| 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. |
| ALIPHATIC | • aliphatic adj. (Organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain. • aliphatic n. A compound of this type. • aliphatic n. (Chiefly in the plural) A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds. |
| AUDIOPHIL | • AUDIOPHIL n. a person who is enthusiastic about hi-fidelity sound reproduction, also AUDIOPHILE. |
| BIOPHILIA | • biophilia n. (Obsolete, rare) Hypochondria. • biophilia n. (Psychology) The biological drive to preserve oneself; love of life. • biophilia n. The love of or empathy with nature and all living things. |
| DELPHINIA | • delphinia n. Plural of delphinium. • delphinia n. Synonym of delphinine. • DELPHINIUM n. a genus of garden flower, comprising larkspur and stavesacre. |
| EPITHELIA | • epithelia n. Plural of epithelium. • EPITHELIUM n. the outer skin and cover for most internal organs. |
| 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. |
| LAIRDSHIP | • lairdship n. (Scotland) The state or condition of being a laird. • lairdship n. The area of land owned by a laird. • LAIRDSHIP n. the office of a laird. |
| MALPIGHIA | • malpighia n. (Botany) Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs. • Malpighia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Malpighiaceae. • MALPIGHIA n. the Barbados cherry genus of tropical American trees, shrubs, and lianes. |
| NEOPHILIA | • neophilia n. The love of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations. • neophilia n. (Biology) The preference for any new foods not forming part of the diet associated with an earlier nutritional… • NEOPHILIA n. an obsessive love of novelty. |
| PERIHELIA | • perihelia n. Plural of perihelion. • perihelia n. Plural of perihelium. • PERIHELION n. the point of the orbit of a planet or a comet at which it is nearest to the sun, as opposed to aphelion. |
| PHIALLING | • phialling v. Present participle of phial. • PHIAL v. to keep in a small bottle, also VIAL. |
| PHILISTIA | • Philistia prop.n. An ancient pentapolis in south-western Levant, comprising Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza. • PHILISTIA n. the class or world of cultured Philistines. |
| RIVALSHIP | • rivalship n. (Now rare). Rivalry. • rivalship n. (Fandom slang) A ship involving characters with an adversarial relationship. • RIVALSHIP n. rivalry. |
| WHIPTAILS | • whiptails n. Plural of whiptail. • WHIPTAIL n. a lizard with a long, slender tail. |
| XIPHOIDAL | • xiphoidal adj. Xiphoid; sword-shaped. • XIPHOIDAL adj. swordlike, also XIPHOID. |
| ZOOPHILIA | • zoophilia n. Human sexual attraction toward or sexual interaction with non-human animals. • zoophilia n. (Uncommon, chiefly derogatory) Excessive fondness for animals. • ZOOPHILIA n. the love of animals; erotic fondness for animals, also ZOOPHILISM, ZOOPHILY. |