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not resulting from the activity of living organisms
- abiogenicnot resulting from the activity of living organisms
- biogenicresulting from the activity of living organisms, as fermentation
- nonbiologicalNot involving, relating to, or derived from biology or living organisms
- chemolithotropha bacterium that obtains its energy from inorganic compounds containing iron, nitrogen, or sulfur, and not from living on decaying organisms
- bioluminescencethe emission of light from living organisms
- biogenythe production of living organisms from other living organisms
- abiogenesisthe supposed spontaneous origination of living organisms directly from lifeless matter
- abiogenesesABIOGENESIS, the supposed spontaneous origination of living organisms directly from lifeless matter
- anabolicconstructive metabolism; the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances from simpler ones
- abiogenista believer in abiogenesis, the supposed spontaneous origination of living organisms directly from lifeless matter
- abiogenistsABIOGENIST, a believer in abiogenesis, the supposed spontaneous origination of living organisms directly from lifeless matter
- pelagicliving or growing at or near the surface of the ocean, far from land, as certain organisms
- anabolismThe synthesis of complex molecules in living organisms from simpler ones together with the storage of energy; constructive metabolism
- evolutionsThe process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth
- chemosynthesisThe synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy derived from reactions involving inorganic chemicals, typically in the absence of sunlight
- creationismThe belief that the universe and living organisms originate from specific acts of divine creation, as in the biblical account, rather than by natural processes such as evolution
- respirationA process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances
- respirationsA process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances
- hormonea product of living cells that circulates in body fluids (as blood) or sap and produces a specific often stimulatory effect on the activity of cells usually remote from its point of origin
- polyphyletic(of a group of organisms) Derived from more than one common evolutionary ancestor or ancestral group and therefore not suitable for placing in the same taxon
- disillusionmentA feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be
- ellipsesA regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points (the foci) is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by an oblique plane that does not intersect the base