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  • abiotic: non-biological
    Category: Environment

  • aerobiology: science which treats of the small organisms, both plant and animal, that are suspended in the air, and investigates their behaviour in the air and their effects on other organisms.
    Category: Medicine

  • amphibious: a limited type of amphibious operation; a landing from the sea on a hostile shore involving swift incursion into, or a temporary occupancy of, an objective, followed by a planned withdrawal
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: the total capacity of assault shipping utilized in an amphibious operation,expressed in terms of personnel,vehicles,and measurement or weight tons of supplies
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: a command within the amphibious force,consisting of the commander and his staff,designed to exercise operational command of assigned units in executing all phases of a division-size amphibious operation
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: 1.a naval force and landing force,together with supporting forces that are trained,organized and equipped for amphibious operations 2.in naval usage,the administrative title of the amphibious type command of a fleet
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: a special naval chart designed to meet special requirements for landing operations and passive coastal defence,at a scale of 1:25,000 or larger,and showing foreshore and coastal information in greater detail than a combat chart
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: a wheeled or tracked vehicle capable of operating on both land and water
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: the principal type of amphibious operation which involves establishing a force on a hostile shore
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: a tactical and administrative organization composed of amphibious assault shipping to transport troops and their equipment for an amphibious assault operation
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: an attack launched from the sea by naval and landing forces,embarked in ships or craft involving a landing on a hostile shore
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: an operation involving the withdrawal of land forces by sea in naval ships or craft from a hostile shore
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: a naval ship from which a commander exercises control in amphibious operations
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: a type of amphibious operation conducted for the purpose of deceiving the enemy by a show of force with the expectation of deluding the enemy into a course of action unfavourable to him
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: personnel,ships and craft designated to control the waterborne ship-to-shore movement in an amphibious operation
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: an amphibious landing conducted by minor elements,normally involving stealth rather than force of arms,for the purpose of securing information,and usually followed by a planned withdrawal
    Category: Defense

  • amphibious: a geographical area,delineated in the initiating directive,for purposes of command and control within which is located the objective(s)to be secured by the amphibious task force.This area must be of sufficient size to ensure accomplishment of the amphibious task force`s mission and must provide sufficient area for conducting necessary sea,air and land operations
    Category: Defense

  • antibiosis: An association between organisms that is injurious to one of them.
    Category: Medicine

  • antibiosis: the prevention of growth or development of an organism by a substance or another organism
    Category: Botany and zoology

  • antibiotic: a substance usually produced by vegetal micro-organisms capable of inhibiting the growth of or killing bacteria
    Category: Medicine

  • astrobiology: the study of extraterrestrial life forms
    Category: The cosmos

  • autobiography: document recording the life and activities of its author
    Category: Printing and publishing

  • bio: commission`s directives on information policy and a wide range of material on items of community news passed by the spokesman to the commission`s information offices etc
    Category: The European Communities

  • bio: the absence of reaction in physiological media
    Category: Medicine

  • bio: branch of industry using biotechnology at an industrial and commercial level
    Category: The chemical industry

  • bio: enzymatic transformation of an inactive substance to a reactive agent as part of a carcinogenic process
    Category: Medicine

  • bio: Microbial control agent that can be used like a chemical insecticide,in which repeated applications are used.
    Category: General

  • bio: the study of the effects of space flight upon living organisms
    Category: Medicine

  • bio: a bibliography of work by and about a particular person
    Category: Language and literature

  • bio: process by which the amount of a substance in a living organism(or its parts increases with the time
    Category: General

  • bio: Farming according to the principles laid down by Rudolf Steiner.These are similar in many ways to organic farming principles.But in addition relate farm operations to phases of the moon and make use of various preparations in very small quantities.
    Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

  • bio: use of microbes to separate out heavy metals
    Category: Environment

  • bio-industry: branch of industry using biotechnology at an industrial and commercial level
    Category: The chemical industry

  • bioaccumulation: Process by which some environmental contaminant becomes concentrated in exposed organisms
    Category: Medicine

  • bioaccumulation: process by which the amount of a substance in a living organism(or its parts increases with the time
    Category: General

  • bioactive: a pigment with biocidal properties
    Category: The chemical industry

  • bioactive: it is harnessing genetic engineering to make medically useful proteins and peptides
    Category: Medicine

  • bioassay: The determination of the biological activity of a substance,e.g.a drug,by observing its effect on an organism(or organ)compared to a standard preparation.
    Category: Medicine

  • bioassay: the inoculation of tissue into another animal in order to see if it is infective (if it is, the animal will develop disease). Multiple dilutions of the inoculum will, if the dilutions are enough, get to the point that not enough infection is present in the inoculum to cause disease. The lowest amount of inoculum that will still transmit the disease is said to contain one infective unit
    Category: General

  • bioassay: determination of the relative effective strength of a substance (as a vitamin, hormone, or drug) by comparing its effect on a test organism with that of a standard preparation...
    Category: Medicine

  • bioastronautics: the study of the effects of space flight upon living organisms
    Category: Medicine

  • bioavailability: The proportion of the active drug in a formulation that is absorbed and therefore available to exert its pharmacological effect.
    Category: General

  • bioavailability: propriété d`un produit de se diffuser utilement dans l`organisme. Son degré de 'diffusibilité' dans l`organisme.
    Category: Medicine

  • biocatalyst: A chemical,especially an enzyme,which modifies the rate of a biochemical reaction.
    Category: Medicine

  • biochemistry: the chemistry of living organisms and of the chemical changes occurring therein
    Category: Chemistry

  • BIOCIDE: active agent which kills microorganisms,added to products to increase their life,e.g.cutting greases
    Category: Medicine

  • bioclimatology: The science and study of the relationships between life and climate
    Category: Management in the public and private sector

  • bioclimatology: study of the influences exerted on living organisms by climate.
    Category: The cosmos

  • biocoenose: any community of plants and animals
    Category: The cosmos

  • biodegradability: biological decomposition of an organic compound in particular a synthetic,anionic surfactant,by micro-organisms
    Category: Environment



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