| ALPHOSIS | • alphosis n. (Medicine, obsolete) Albinism. • ALPHOSIS n. a lack of skin pigmentation. |
| APHELION | • aphelion n. (Astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, etc., where it is farthest from the Sun. • APHELION n. (Greek) the farthest point of a planet's orbit from the sun. |
| BASOPHIL | • basophil n. (Cytology) Any cell that has granules stained by basic stains. • BASOPHIL adj. of white blood cells, having an affinity for basic stains, also BASOPHILE, BASOPHILIC. • BASOPHIL n. a basophil cell. |
| HAPLOIDS | • haploids n. Plural of haploid. • HAPLOID n. a cell having only one set of chromosomes. |
| HAPLOIDY | • haploidy n. (Genetics) The state of being haploid. • HAPLOIDY n. the state of being a haploid. |
| HAPLOPIA | • haplopia n. Binocular single vision, as opposed to diplopia. • HAPLOPIA n. normal vision. |
| HAPLOSIS | • haplosis n. (Biology) The halving of the number of chromosomes during meiosis, resulting in the haploid number. • HAPLOSIS n. the halving of the chromosome number. |
| HOSPITAL | • hospital n. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured… • hospital n. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may… • hospital n. (Obsolete) A place of lodging. |
| OLIPHANT | • oliphant n. (Archaic and historical) An elephant. • oliphant n. An ancient ivory hunting-horn. • Oliphant prop.n. A surname. |
| OMPHALIC | • omphalic adj. Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel. • OMPHALIC adj. pertaining to the navel. |
| OMPHALOI | • omphaloi n. Plural of omphalos. • OMPHALOS n. (Greek) a central point, a navel. |
| ORPHICAL | • Orphical adj. Orphic. • ORPHICAL adj. mystical, oracular, also ORPHIC. |
| PACHOULI | • pachouli n. Alternative spelling of patchouli. • PACHOULI n. (Tamil) an Asiatic tree with a fragrant perfume oil; the resulting perfume, also PATCHOULI, PATCHOULY. |
| PHALLOID | • phalloid adj. Resembling a penis. • phalloid n. Any fungus of the genus Phallus. • PHALLOID adj. phallus shaped. |
| PHELONIA | • phelonia n. Plural of phelonion. • PHELONION n. a liturgical vestment, also PHAELONION. |
| PHILAMOT | • philamot adj. Alternative form of philomot. • PHILAMOT n. (French) a dull brown colour, also FILEMOT, PHILOMOT. |
| RHOPALIC | • rhopalic adj. (Poetry, rhetoric) Having each successive word longer by a letter or syllable. • rhopalic n. A rhopalic poem. • RHOPALIC adj. each word being increased by a syllable. |
| SHIPLOAD | • shipload n. (Nautical) The amount (of cargo) that a ship can carry. • SHIPLOAD n. a ship with a full cargo, also SHIPFUL. |
| SIPHONAL | • siphonal adj. (Zoology) Resembling or relating to a siphon. • SIPHONAL adj. pertaining to a siphon, also SIPHONIC. |