Acetabulifera :: Acetabulifera (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda..

Acetabuliferous :: Acetabuliferous (a.) Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc..

Acetabuliform :: Acetabuliform (a.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx..

Bulimia :: Bulimia (n.) Alt. of Bulim.

Bulimus :: Bulimus (n.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America..

Bulimy :: Bulimy (n.) A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.

Debulition :: Debulition (n.) A bubbling or boiling over.

Fabulist :: Fabulist (n.) One who invents or writes fables.

Fabulize :: Fabulize (v. i.) To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions..

Fabulized :: Fabulized (imp. & p. p.) of Fabuliz.

Fabulizing :: Fabulizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fabuliz.

Funambulist :: Funambulist (n.) A ropewalker or ropedancer.

Globuliferous :: Globuliferous (a.) Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock..

Globulimeter :: Globulimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the number of red blood corpuscles in the blood.

Globulin :: Globulin (n.) An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with haematin to form haemoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions..

Globulite :: Globulite (n.) A rudimentary form of crystallite, spherical in shape..

Haematoglobulin :: Haematoglobulin (n.) Same as Hematoglobin.

Infundibuliform :: Infundibuliform (a.) Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.

Infundibuliform :: Infundibuliform (a.) Same as Funnelform.

Latibulize :: Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid..

Latibulized :: Latibulized (imp. & p. p.) of Latibuliz.

Latibulizing :: Latibulizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Latibuliz.

Mandibuliform :: Mandibuliform (a.) Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of the maxillae of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.

Nebulization :: Nebulization (n.) The act or process of nebulizing; atomization.

Nebulize :: Nebulize (v. t.) To reduce (as a liquid) to a fine spray or vapor; to atomize.

Nebulizer :: Nebulizer (n.) An atomizer.

Noctambulism :: Noctambulism (n.) Somnambulism.

Noctambulist :: Noctambulist (n.) A somnambulist.

Orbulina :: Orbulina (n.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.

Paraglobulin :: Paraglobulin (n.) An albuminous body in blood serum, belonging to the group of globulins. See Fibrinoplastin..

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