biology.noun
of, relating to, caused by, or affecting life
or living organisms; the science of life that deals with the origin, history,
physical characteristics, habits, etc. of plants and animals
biological.adjective
of, or connected with biology
bioluminescence.noun
emission of visible light by living organisms
such as the firefly and various fish, fungi,
bacteria
such as those that travel on the Anglerfish. To produce this light oxygen,
a molecule called luciferin and luciferase is required. The oxygen and
luciferin produce the light, and luciferase, an enzyme slows the reaction
produced by the other two down, so that all the molecules fire at once
producing a flash! Luciferase is a mystery!
Marine biologist Jean-Francois Rees of the Catholic
University of Louvain in Belgium says that."...animals
can't produce the molecules for bioluminescence by themselves. Its origin
is a mystery. Somebody somewhere in the marine environment is making it,
but nobody knows who."
The potency
produced by the oxygen and the luciferin isn't necessary for light production,
and without the inhibitive
luciferase, the chemical reaction would be used up far too quickly. All
three components are necessary to produce this defensive mechanism. If
they didn't exist
simultaneously,
deep sea life relying upon bioluminescence would have been quickly eradicated.
There is no plausible
answer other than God planned a system to ensure that they would be around
for a long while.
Bioluminescence is common in deep sea animals.
bioluminescent.adjective
bitter,
bitterish.adjective
marked by intensity or severity; acrid;
being relentlessly determined; vehement;
exhibiting intense animosity (bitter enemies); harshly reproachful; marked
by cynicism and rancor; intensely
unpleasant
bitterness.noun
bitterly.adverb
bland.adjective
mild; smooth; agreeable; a little insipid
blasphemy,
blasphemer.nouns
the act of insulting or showing
contempt
or lack of reverence
for God, and/or the spiritual things of God
blaspheme.verb
inflected
form(s).blasphemed,
blaspheming,
blasphemes
transitive
senses.to speak of or address with
irreverence;
to revile; to abuse
intransitive
senses.to utter blasphemy
blasphemous.adjective
impiously.irreverent;
profane;
to blaspheme
blasphemously.adverb
blasphemousness.noun
blight.noun
a disease or injury of plants resulting in withering,
cessation of growth, and death of parts without rotting; an organism that
causes blight; something that frustrates plans or hopes; something that
impairs or destroys; a deteriorated condition (urban blight)
transitive senses-to
affect (as a plant) with blight; to cause to deteriorate
intransitive senses-to
suffer from or become affected with blight
blithely.adverb
lacking due concern; carefree
blithe.adjective
blithness.noun
botany.noun,.plural.botanies
the science or study of plants; the plant life
of a particular area (the botany of the Kananaskis area); the characteristic
features and biology of a particular kind of plant or plant group.
botulism.noun
poisoning resulting from certain bacillus (botulinus)
producing the toxin botulin, which is sometimes found in foods improperly
canned or preserved. Botulism grows in moist dark conditions which have
an absence of sufficient air.
bounty.noun
a payment to encourage the destruction of noxious
animals; a payment for the capture of or assistance in the capture of an
outlaw
bout.noun
a period of time spent in some activity
BRAIN
frontal
lobe – the largest and most anterior (at the front) part of each
cerebral hemisphere
ganglion.noun;
plural-ganglia
or
ganglions
a group of nerve cells forming a nerve center,
especially one located outside the brain or spinal cord
ganglionic.adjective
gray
matter – brownish gray nerve tissue, especially of the brain and
spinal cord, composed of nerve cell bodies and their dendrites
and some supportive tissue
occipital
lobe – the posterior (at the rear) lobe of each cerebral hemisphere,
having the shape of a three-sided pyramid and containing the visual center
of the brain.
parietal
lobe – the division of each hemisphere of the brain that lies beneath
each parietal bone
temporal
lobe – the lower lateral lobe of either cerebral hemisphere,
located in front of the occipital lobe and containing the sensory center
of hearing in the brain
brash,
brasher,
brashest.adjectives
hasty and
unthinking; impetuous;
rash;
lacking in sensitivity or
tact;
presumptuously
forward; impudent; shameless;
audacious;
bold;
flippant;
brazen;
cheeky
brashly.adverb
brashness.noun
brazen.adjective
marked by flagrant
and insolent.audacity;
shameless; having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; made of brass;
resembling brass, as in color or strength
brazen,
brazened,
brazening,
brazens.transitive
verbs
to face or undergo with bold self assurance (brazened
out the crisis)
brazenly.adverb
brazenness.noun
bolster, bolstered,
bolstering,
bolsters.transitive
verbs
to buoy up (visitors bolstered the patient's morale);
to support or prop up with or as if with a long, narrow pillow or cushion;
bolsterer, bolster.nouns
a long narrow pillow or cushion
bucolic.adjective
of or characteristic of the countryside or its
people; rustic; rural; of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral
bucolic.noun
a pastoral poem; a farmer or shepherd; a rustic
bucolically.adverb
buffet.noun
a blow or cuff with or as if with the hand
buffet, buffeted,
buffeting,
buffets.verbs
transitive use.to
hit or beat, especially repeatedly; to strike against forcefully; batter
(winds that buffeted the tent); beat; to drive or force with or as if with
repeated blows (was buffeted about from job to job by the vagaries
of the economy); to force (one's way) with difficulty.
intransitive use.to
force one's way with difficulty (a ship buffeting against the wind
buffeter.noun
bequeath, bequeathed,
bequeathing,
bequeaths.transitive
verbs Law.-.to
leave or give (property) by will; to pass (something) on to another; hand
down (bequeathed to their children a respect for other human beings)
bequeathal.or.bequeathment,
bequeather.nouns
bequest.noun
the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing
on to another; something that is bequeathed; a
legacy
bestial.adjective
beastly; marked by brutality
or depravity; brute;
lacking in intelligence or reason;
subhuman
bestially.adverb