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Azoic
- adjective - before the appearance of life; "azoic rocks contain not organic remains"
Azole
- - Any of a large class of compounds characterized by a five-membered ring which contains an atom of nitrogen and at least one other noncarbon atom (nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur). The prefixes furo-, thio, and pyrro- are used to distinguish three subclasses of azoles, which may be regarded as derived respectively from furfuran, thiophene, and pyrrol by replacement of the CH group by nitrogen; as, furo-monazole. Names exactly analogous to those for the azines are also used; as, oxazole, diazole, etc.
Azote
- noun - an obsolete name for nitrogen
Azoth
- - The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them. (b) The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
Bioko
- noun - an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea
Biome
- noun - a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
Biont
- noun - a discrete unit of living matter
Biota
- noun - all the plant and animal life of a particular region
Bloat
- noun - become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"
- make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly"
- Smoke cure a fish, typically cod or herring
- swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas