biology lab biology laboratory bio lab | a laboratory for biological research |
rhythm regular recurrence | recurring at regular intervals |
biology biological science r | the science that studies living organisms |
exobiology space biology astrobiology | the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life |
molecular biology | the branch of biology that studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life (and especially with their genetic role) |
evolutionary trend | a general direction of evolutionary change |
recurrence return | happening again (especially at regular intervals), the return of spring |
atavism reversion throwback | a reappearance of an earlier characteristic |
biota biology | all the plant and animal life of a particular region |
biology department department of biology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology |
biology | characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms, the biology of viruses |
earlier earliest | (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than, most early, a fashion popular in earlier times, his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher, Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera |
bit-by-bit in small stages piecemeal step-by-step stepwise | one thing at a time |
evolutionary | of or relating to or produced by evolution, evolutionary biology |
earlier before | earlier in time, previously, I had known her before, as I said before, he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier, her parents had died four years earlier, I mentioned that problem earlier |
in the first place earlier in the beginning to begin with originally | before now, why didn't you tell me in the first place? |
sooner earlier | comparatives of `soon' or `early', Come a little sooner, if you can, came earlier than I expected |
piecemeal little by little bit by bit in stages | a little bit at a time, the research structure has developed piecemeal |