| ACIDOPHIL | • acidophil n. (Immunology) An eosinophil; a white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body. • acidophil n. One of the endocrine acidophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including somatotrophs and lactotrophs. • ACIDOPHIL n. a substance, tissue or organism that stains readily with acid stains, also ACIDOPHILE. |
| AHISTORIC | • ahistoric adj. Synonym of ahistorical. • AHISTORIC adj. not historical, also AHISTORICAL. |
| CHILIAGON | • chiliagon n. (Geometry, rare) A polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges. • CHILIAGON n. (Greek) a plane figure of a thousand angles and sides. |
| CHIPOCHIA | • CHIPOCHIA n. (Shakespeare) a simpleton, also CAPOCCHIA. |
| CHIRIMOYA | • chirimoya n. Alternative form of cherimoya. • CHIRIMOYA n. (Quechua) a Peruvian fruit resembling the custard apple, also CHERIMOYA, CHERIMOYER. |
| CHIYOGAMI | • chiyogami n. The repeating pattern found in many origami papers, originally applied with wood blocks, but now mainly… • CHIYOGAMI n. (Japanese) a kind of hand-printed patterned paper. |
| CHORIAMBI | • choriambi n. Plural of choriambus. • CHORIAMBUS n. a metrical foot comprising a trochee and an iambus, also CHORIAMB, CHORIAMBIC. |
| CHROMIDIA | • chromidia n. Plural of chromidium. • CHROMIDIUM n. an algal cell in a lichen. |
| DIAPHONIC | • diaphonic adj. Of or pertaining to diaphony. • diaphonic adj. (Phonology) Of or pertaining to diaphones. • DIAPHONIC adj. relating to diaphony, two-part polyphony. |
| GLOCHIDIA | • glochidia n. Plural of glochidium. • GLOCHIDIUM n. (Latin) the larva of a freshwater mussel that develops as a parasite on fish. |
| HALITOTIC | • halitotic adj. Afflicted with halitosis. • HALITOTIC adj. relating to halitosis, bad breath. |
| HAPLOIDIC | • haploidic adj. Of or pertaining to a call having a single set of unpaired chromosomes. • HAPLOIDIC adj. denoting a cell or organism with unpaired chromosomes. |
| HELICONIA | • heliconia n. Any of genus Heliconia of flowering plants. • HELICONIA n. a tropical flowering plant. |
| HOMICIDAL | • homicidal adj. Of or pertaining to homicide. • HOMICIDAL adj. related to homicide. |
| ISOBATHIC | • isobathic adj. Of the same depth. • isobathic adj. Of or relating to an isobath. • ISOBATHIC adj. relating to isobaths, contour lines connecting points of equal underwater depth. |
| ISOCHIMAL | • isochimal adj. Alternative form of isocheimal. • ISOCHIMAL adj. connecting points of same average winter temperature. • ISOCHIMAL n. an isochimal line, also ISOCHEIMAL. |
| PISTACHIO | • pistachio n. A deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) grown in parts of Asia for its drupaceous fruit. • pistachio n. The nutlike fruit of this tree. • pistachio n. (Color) A pale green colour, like that of a pistachio seed. |
| RADICCHIO | • radicchio n. A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste… • RADICCHIO n. (Italian) a purple-leaved variety of chicory from Italy. |