| acaryote | (noun) a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte) | Synonyms: akaryocyte, akaryote |
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| akaryocyte | (noun) a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte) | Synonyms: acaryote, akaryote |
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| akaryote | (noun) a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte) | Synonyms: acaryote, akaryocyte |
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| antibaryon | (noun) the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1 | - |
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| baryon | (noun) any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1 | Synonyms: heavy particle |
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| botryoid | (adjective) resembling a cluster of grapes in form | Synonyms: botryoidal, boytrose |
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| botryoidal | (adjective) resembling a cluster of grapes in form | Synonyms: botryoid, boytrose |
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| bryony | (noun) a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties | Synonyms: briony |
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| bryophyte | (noun) any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta | Synonyms: nonvascular plant |
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| bryophytic | (adjective) relating to plants of the division Bryophyta | - |
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| bryozoan | (noun) sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding | Synonyms: moss animal, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss |
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| caryophyllaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae | - |
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| caryopsis | (noun) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | Synonyms: grain |
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| cryoanaesthesia | (noun) insensibility resulting from cold | Synonyms: cryoanesthesia |
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| cryoanesthesia | (noun) insensibility resulting from cold | Synonyms: cryoanaesthesia |
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| cryobiology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living tissues or organs or organisms | - |
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| cryocautery | (noun) application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it | - |
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| (noun) an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it | - |
| cryogen | (noun) a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant | - |
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| cryogenic | (adjective) of or relating to very low temperatures | - |
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| cryogenics | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures | Synonyms: cryogeny |
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| cryogeny | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures | Synonyms: cryogenics |
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| cryolite | (noun) a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine | Synonyms: Greenland spar |
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| cryometer | (noun) a thermometer designed to measure low temperatures | - |
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| cryonic | (adjective) of or relating to cryonics | - |
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| cryonics | (noun) the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life | - |
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| cryopathy | (noun) destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene | Synonyms: frostbite |
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| cryophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of freezing | - |
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| cryoscope | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring freezing and melting points | - |
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| cryostat | (noun) a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures | - |
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| cryosurgery | (noun) the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers) | - |
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| dacryocyst | (noun) either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands | Synonyms: lacrimal sac, tear sac |
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| dacryocystitis | (noun) inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose | - |
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| dacryon | (noun) the craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone | - |
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| dryopithecine | (noun) considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans | - |
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| embryo | (noun) an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | Synonyms: conceptus, fertilized egg |
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| (noun) (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium | - |
| embryologic | (adjective) of an organism prior to birth or hatching | Synonyms: embryonal, embryonic |
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| embryologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in embryology | - |
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| embryology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms | - |
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| embryonal | (adjective) of an organism prior to birth or hatching | Synonyms: embryologic, embryonic |
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| embryonic | (adjective) in an early stage of development | Synonyms: embryotic |
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| (adjective) of an organism prior to birth or hatching | Synonyms: embryologic, embryonal |
| embryotic | (adjective) in an early stage of development | Synonyms: embryonic |
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| eucaryote | (noun) an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells | Synonyms: eukaryote |
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| eucaryotic | (adjective) having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: eukaryotic |
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| eukaryote | (noun) an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells | Synonyms: eucaryote |
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| eukaryotic | (adjective) having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: eucaryotic |
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| fryolator | (noun) A kitchen appliance for deep frying; its size depends on intended use. | Synonyms: deep fat fryer, deep fryer, frier, fryer |
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| karyokinesis | (noun) organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis | - |
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| karyokinetic | (adjective) of or relating to the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis | - |
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| karyolymph | (noun) a clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed | - |
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| karyolysis | (noun) disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus when a cell dies | - |
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| karyon | (noun) a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction | Synonyms: cell nucleus, nucleus |
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| karyoplasm | (noun) the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell | Synonyms: nucleoplasm |
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| karyotype | (noun) the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes) | - |
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| megakaryocyte | (noun) a large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets | - |
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| megakaryocytic | (adjective) of or pertaining to large bone marrow cells | - |
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| ophryon | (noun) the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits | - |
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| procaryote | (noun) a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma | Synonyms: prokaryote |
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| procaryotic | (adjective) having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: prokaryotic |
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| prokaryote | (noun) a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma | Synonyms: procaryote |
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| prokaryotic | (adjective) having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: procaryotic |
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| tryout | (noun) a test of the suitability of a performer | Synonyms: audition |
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| (noun) trying something to find out about it | Synonyms: test, trial, trial run |