| biological research | scientific research conducted by biologists |
bioterrorism
biological terrorism | terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare |
biological defense
biological defence
biodefense
biodefence | procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents |
biological warfare
BW
biological attack
biologic attack
bioattack | the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food |
biological warfare defense
biological warfare defence
BW defense
BW defence | defense against biological warfare |
marine animal
marine creature
sea animal
sea creature | any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals |
sea turtle
marine turtle | any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers, widely distributed in warm seas |
marine iguana
Amblyrhynchus cristatus | shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands |
marine mussel
mytilid | marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell, live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones |
aquarium
fish tank
marine museum | a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals |
bioweapon
biological weapon
bioarm | any weapon usable in biological warfare, they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon |
floating mine
marine mine | an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it |
shipping
cargo ships
merchant marine
merchant vessels | conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry |
somatotropin
somatotrophin
somatotropic hormone
somatotrophic hormone
STH
human growth hormone
growth hormone | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland, promotes growth in humans |
biology
biological science r | the science that studies living organisms |
marine archeology
marine archaeology
underwater archeology
underwater archaeology | the archeology of underwater sites |
emergence outgrowth
growth | the gradual beginning or coming forth, figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece |
rapid climb
rapid growth
zoom | a rapid rise |
| biological group | a group of plants or animals |
| growth industry | an industry that is growing rapidly |
United States Marine Corps
United States Marines
Marine Corps
US Marine Corps
USMC | an amphibious division of the United States Navy |
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
MCIA | an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization |
| merchant marine | the crew of a merchant vessel |
| growth | vegetation that has grown, a growth of trees, the only growth was some salt grass |
maritime law
marine law
admiralty law | the branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc. |
biological agent
biohazard | any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare |
| growth | something grown or growing, a growth of hair |
Marine
devil dog
leatherneck
shipboard soldier | a member of the United States Marine Corps |
| marine | a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land |
marine engineer
naval engineer | a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines |
annual ring
growth ring | an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow |
old growth
virgin forest | forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity |
| second growth | a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting |
| growth stock | stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to |
| economic growth | steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income) |
growth
growing
maturation
development ontogeny
ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically, a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level, he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children |
| growth | a progression from simpler to more complex forms, the growth of culture |
increase
increment
growth | a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important, the increase in unemployment, the growth of population |
organic process
biological process | a process occurring in living organisms |
| population growth | increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state |
type I diabetes
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
IDDM
juvenile-onset diabetes
juvenile diabetes
growth-onset diabetes
ketosis-prone diabetes
ketoacidosis-prone diabetes
autoimmune diabetes | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset, characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis, diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease |
| growth | (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) |
| marine glue | glue that is not water soluble |
| growth factor | a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth |
nerve growth factor
NGF | a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells |
phytohormone
plant hormone
growth regulator | (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone |
growth hormoneeleasing factor
GHRF | a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body |
| biological time | the time of various biological processes |
| biological clock | an innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions |
growth rate
rate of growth | the rate of increase in size per unit time |