Biological

Definitions: Biological

Biological

Adjective

1. Pertaining to biology or to life and living things.

2. Of parents and children; related by blood; "biological child".

Date "biological" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Biological

Domain	Definitions
Science	Information related to the science that studies living organisms. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Biological

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
BIDS	English	Biological Integrated Detection System	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Biological

Synonym: biologic (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: adoptive (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Biological

English words defined with "biological": allopatric, applied math, applied mathematics ♦ bacteriostat, bio lab, bioassay, biochip, bioengineering, biogenic, biological clock, biological group, biological process, biological science, biological time, biological warfare, biological warfare defense, biologism, biology lab, biology laboratory, biomedicine, bionics, biophysics, bioremediation, biotechnology ♦ -blast ♦ blocker, blocking agent, bromeosin, BW defense ♦ Carl von Linne, Carolus Linnaeus, circadian, clade, cladistics, cybernetics, cytochrome ♦ degeneration, development, differentiated, dormant ♦ energid, entomologic, entomological, enzymology, eosin, ergonomics ♦ formalin, formol, freeze-dried ♦ growing, growth ♦ hereditary pattern, heredity, hibernating, homeostasis ♦ illegitimately, inheritance ♦ Karl Linne, kingdom ♦ limnology, Linnaeus, liothyronine, lose, lyophilised, lyophilized ♦ maturation, mechanism, meteortropism ♦ neurobiological ♦ oceanographer, oceanography, Ochoa, ontogenesis, ontogeny, Otto Heinrich Warburg, out of wedlock, oxidase ♦ paternity test, physiological, physiology, protoplast ♦ retrogression ♦ Severo Ochoa, sociobiologist, speciation, sympatric ♦ t, thyme camphor, thymic acid, thymol, torpid, trace element, tracer, transsexualism, trial-and-error ♦ valence, valency ♦ Warburg. (references)

Specialty definitions using "biological": Biological Availability, Biological Factors, biological filter, Biological halflife, Biological Markers, Biological Measurement, Biological Oxygen Demand, Biological Phenomena, BIOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHER, Biological Psychiatry, Biological Response Modifiers, biological therapy ♦ Halflife, biological ♦ Immunologic and Biological Factors, individual nuclear, biological and chemical protection ♦ Models, Biological ♦ nuclear, biological, chemical area of observation, nuclear, biological, chemical collection center, nuclear, biological, chemical control center, nuclear, biological, chemical zone of observation ♦ Pest Control, Biological ♦ relative biological effectiveness. (references)

Etymologies containing "biological": Abiological. (references)

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Modern Usage: Biological

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

We've made living biological attractions so astounding that they'll capture the imagination of the entire planet. (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton)

I'm in major cellular rejuvenation mode, fast-tracking my way to eternal biological viability. (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin)

Is your biological clock digital? (Keiner liebt mich; writing credit: Doris Dörrie)

I think they were looking for the ultimate biological weapon. (The Andromeda Strain; writing credit: Michael Crichton; Nelson Gidding)

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Commercial Usage: Biological

Domain	Title
References	Chesapeake Biological Laboratories, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Medical & Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Biological Waste Treatment and Environmental Remediation in Japan: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Biological Aspects of Disease: Contributions from Animal Models (reference) Biological Reactive Intermediates III: Mechanisms of Action in Animal Models and Human Disease (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 197) (reference) Biological Sequence Analysis : Probabilistic Models of Proteins and Nucleic Acids (reference) Discrete Mathematical Models with Applications to Social, Biological, and Environmental Problems. (reference) Integrative Neuroscience: Bringing Together Biological, Psychological and Clinical Models of the Human Brain (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Ifla Section Of Biological And Medical Science Library Newsletter (reference) Iyo Denshi To Seitai Kogaku = Japanese Journal Of Medical Electronics And Biological Engineering (reference) Jbic: Journal Of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (reference) Journal Of Agricultural Biological And Environmental Statistics (reference) Journal Of Biological Chemistry (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Biological Evidence of Creation: From a Frog to a Prince (reference) Healing Codes for the Biological (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Biological Response [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Celestron Biological Microscope 4050 (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Image Slideshow: Biological

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Photo Album: Biological

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shows photo of woman scientist making a streptomycin assay at the Agricultural Experimental Station, Rutgers University, New Jersey. Streptomycin is a bacterial antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis. An assay is the determination of the biological for pharmacological potency of a drug.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Pictured is a breast cancer cell, photographed by a scanning electron microscope, which produces a 3-dimensional images. This picture shows the overall shape of the cell's surface at a very high magnification. Cancer cells are best identified by internal details, but research with a scanning electron microscope can show how cells respond in changing environments and can show mapping distribution of binding sites of hormones and other biological molecules.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	CDC Laboratorians performing a preliminary mock-up tests, using a biological safety hood.Credit: CDC.		Biological hazard logo, small shaded version. Biohazard.Credit: CDC.
	Neuston tow for surface biological sampling Tow off of MT. MITCHELL.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Bongo nets for biological sampling at depth On MT. MITCHELL.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	A zodiac boat departing the NATHANIEL B. PALMER to collect ice samples for biological studies.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Collecting ice cores to collect biological samples.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Research Vessel UNDAUNTED. This vessel was used by the Tropical Atlantic Biological Laboratory.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		The schooner E. W. SCRIPPS, observed offshore from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography during a biological experiment.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Biological

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Search "All Biological Data" by "Keyword." (references)
		In other cases, biological therapy may be considered. (references)
		The biological bases for these differences are unknown. (references)
Business		Additionally, all chemical and biological substances must be referenced in the EINECS guide. (references)
		To meet tighter effluent standards, companies must invest in advanced or tertiary treatment systems on top of existing biological treatment systems. (references)
		While most domestic sewage from larger urban areas is treated, only 36% is subject to biological treatment and almost none receives tertiary treatment. (references)
Children	Sweden	Critics charge that this policy places the rights of biological parents over the needs of children for security in permanent family situations. (references)
	Malawi	According to the National Statistic Office's Demographic and Health Survey of 2000, only 60 percent of children under age 15 currently live with both of their biological parents; 23 percent of children under age 15 live with only one parent, while 16 percent are orphans. (references)
Economic History	Malaysia	In terms of technology, industries are looking for compact biological treatment systems and aeration equipment systems. (references)
Human Rights	Iraq	The report states that many of the detainees were used as subjects in the country's outlawed experimental chemical and biological weapons programs. (references)
	Korea	The woman reported severe beatings, torture involving water forced into a victim's stomach with a rubber hose and pumped out by guards jumping on a board placed across the victim's abdomen, and chemical and biological warfare experiments allegedly conducted on inmates by the army. (references)
Political Economy	COSTA RICA	No patent protection has been available for plant or animal varieties or for any biological or microbiological process or products. (references)
Trade	Bulgaria	This list includes goods and technologies in the nuclear weapon, chemical and biological warfare and missile areas. (references)
	Philippines	ADB's 2000 technical assistance grants focused on: education, rural electrification, rural road development, biological diversity, and housing development. (references)
	Czech Rep	The list of prohibited imports includes certain veterinary and plant materials, freon, non-registered pharmaceuticals and chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Biological

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	When it comes to helping mankind feed the world, the sky is the limit for the cloning and biological engineering field.
John Miller	Yeah, I went through the federal government's training course for first responders to turn them into hazmat technicians to focus on chemical and biological warfare, which actually turned out to be interesting timing.
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Speeches: Biological

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Our children will sleep free from the threat of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	Iraq could decide on any given day to provide a biological or chemical weapon to a terrorist group or individual terrorists.
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Usage Frequency: Biological

"Biological" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.29% of the time. "Biological" is used about 1,977 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.29%	1,963	4,379
Noun (proper)	0.71%	14	93,893
Total	100.00%	1,977	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Biological

Country	Name	Country	Name
Japan	Medical & Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd.	USA	Chesapeake Biological Laboratories, Inc.
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Biological

Expressions using "biological": agricultural biological diversity ♦ biological agent ♦ biological ammunition ♦ Biological Archeology ♦ Biological Assay ♦ Biological Availability ♦ biological capacity ♦ biological clock ♦ Biological Clocks ♦ biological control ♦ biological control agent ♦ biological control measure ♦ biological data ♦ biological defense ♦ biological degradation ♦ biological disc ♦ biological disk ♦ Biological Dressings ♦ biological environment ♦ Biological Factors ♦ biological filter ♦ biological group ♦ biological husbandry ♦ Biological Immunity Analysis ♦ Biological Markers ♦ biological operation ♦ Biological Phenomena ♦ biological potential ♦ biological process ♦ Biological Products ♦ Biological Psychiatry ♦ biological response modifier ♦ Biological Response Modifiers ♦ biological science ♦ Biological Sciences ♦ biological sludge ♦ Biological Specimen Banks ♦ biological therapy ♦ biological threshold limit value ♦ biological time ♦ biological TLV ♦ Biological Transport ♦ biological uptake ♦ Biological Warfare ♦ biological warfare defense ♦ biological weapon ♦ classical biological control ♦ gross biological capacity ♦ Immunologic and Biological Factors ♦ relative biological effectiveness ♦ rotating biological contactor ♦ rotating biological disc. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "biological": biological-response.
	Ending with "biological": micro-biological, non-biological, quasi-biological, socio-biological.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Biological

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
biological weapon	149	biological supply	21
biological warfare	141	biological anthropology	21
journal of biological chemistry	99	biological psychiatry	21
biological carolina	85	biological carolina company supply	21
biological carolina supply	80	biological safety cabinet	18
biological	64	biological center diversity	17
biological science	59	biological institute lanzhou	16
biological parent	40	biological pond filter	16
biological war	34	biological determinism	15
biological clock	32	biological hazard	15
biological control	32	biological engineering	14
biological filter	31	biological pest control	14
chemical and biological weapon	28	biological father	14
biological chemical iraq	26	nuclear biological chemical	13
biological oxygen demand	26	biological effects ultrasound	13
find biological parent	24	biological chemistry	13
finding biological parent	24	biological therapy	13
chemical and biological warfare	22	biological weapon picture	12
biological psychology	22	biological magnification	12
biological gas mustard	22	biological diversity	12
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Modern Translations: Biological

Language		Translations for "biological"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		biologjik (biologic). (various references)

Arabic		‏المستحضر الأحيائي, ‏بيولوجي. (various references)

Bulgarian		биологически (biologic), биологичен (biologic). (various references)

Chinese		�"�物 (living creature, organism). (various references)

Czech		biologický (biologic). (various references)

Danish		biologisk, ABC-kommandocentral (chemical control centre, nuclear). (various references)

Dutch		biologisch. (various references)

Finnish		biologinen. (various references)

French		biologique. (various references)

German		biologisch. (various references)

Greek		βιολογικόσ. (various references)

Hebrew		ביולו�'י. (various references)

Hungarian		biológiai (biologic). (various references)

Indonesian		biologik. (various references)

Italian		biologico (biologic). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		神経回路網 (biological neural network), �"�物化学兵器 (biological weapons), �"�物地理学 (biological geography), �"�物濃縮 (biological concentration), �"�物戦 (biological warfare), �"�物兵器 (biological weapon), �"内時計 (biological clock). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たいないどけい (biological clock), し�"けいかいろもう (biological neural network), せいぶつのうしゅく (biological concentration), せいぶつせ�" (biological warfare), せいぶつかがくへいき (biological weapons), せいぶつへいき (biological weapon), せいぶつちりがく (biological geography). (various references)

Korean		생물학 (Biologic, Biology). (various references)

Manx		bea-oaylleeagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		iologicalbay

Portuguese		biológico (biologic), biológico. (various references)

Romanian		biologic (biologic, biologically). (various references)

Russian		биологический (biologic). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		biološki (biologic). (various references)

Spanish		biológico (biologic). (various references)

Swedish		biologisk (biologic). (various references)

Thai		ทางชีววิทยา. (various references)

Turkish		biyolojik (biologic), biyoloji ile ilgili (biologic). (various references)

Ukranian		біологічний. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Biological

Derivations
	Words beginning with "biological": biologically, biologicals. (additional references)
	Words ending with "biological": abiological, aerobiological, chronobiological, cryobiological, exobiological, hydrobiological, microbiological, neurobiological, nonbiological, paleobiological, photobiological, prebiological, psychobiological, radiobiological, sociobiological. (additional references)
	Words containing "biological": microbiologically, nonbiologically, radiobiologically. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Biological" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bilogora, biologia, biologicals, biologised, booligal, sinological. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Biological"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "biological" (pronounced bī'ulÄ"jikul)
8	-u l Ä" j i k u l	archaeological, archeological, astrological, biotechnological, chronological, dermatological, ecological, epidemiological, eschatological, geological, gynecological, ideological, immunological, methodological, morphological, mythological, neurological, ontological, pathological, pharmacological, phonological, physiological, psychological, radiological, sociological, technological, theological, toxicological, virological.
7	-l Ä" j i k u l	illogical, logical, zoological.
6	-Ä" j i k u l	pedagogical.
5	-j i k u l	liturgical, magical, metallurgical, nonsurgical, ornithological, serological, strategical, surgical, teleological.
4	-i k u l	acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biomedical, botanical, categorical, cervical, classical, comical, conical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, logistical, lyrical, mathematical, mechanical, metaphorical, metaphysical, metrical, musical, mystical, neoclassical, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nontechnical, optical, paradoxical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, philosophical, physical, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, puritanical, rabbinical, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, testicle, theatrical, theoretical, topical, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, whimsical.
3	-k u l	aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle.
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Anagrams: Biological

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-g-i-i-l-l-o-o"
	-2 letters: biologic.
	-3 letters: bacilli, illogic, logical.
	-4 letters: colobi, gallic, global.
	-5 letters: aboil, aioli, alibi, biali, cibol, cilia, cobia, colog, glial, igloo, iliac, ilial, lilac, local, logia, logic, logoi, oboli.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-c-g-i-i-l-l-o-o"
	+1 letter: abiological, biologicals.
	+2 letters: biologically, tribological.
	+3 letters: exobiological, nonbiological, paleobiologic, prebiological.
	+4 letters: aerobiological, cryobiological.
	+5 letters: bacteriological, gnotobiotically, hydrobiological, microbiological, neurobiological, nonbiologically, paleobiological, photobiological, radiobiological, sociobiological.
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