| ACIDOPHILE | • acidophile n. An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile. • ACIDOPHILE n. a substance, tissue or organism that stains readily with acid stains, also ACIDOPHIL. |
| AEDILESHIP | • aedileship n. (Historical) The office of an aedile. • aedileship n. (Historical) The period or duration of this office. • ædileship n. (Rare) Alternative form of aedileship. |
| APHIDICIDE | • aphidicide n. Any man-made substance that kills aphids. • aphidicide n. (Rare) The act of killing aphids. • APHIDICIDE n. something that kills aphids, also APHICIDE. |
| AUDIOPHILE | • audiophile n. A person with an interest in high fidelity music and/or sound reproduction and its associated technology. • AUDIOPHILE n. a person who is enthusiastic about hi-fidelity sound reproduction, also AUDIOPHIL. |
| DIAPHONIES | • diaphonies n. Plural of diaphony. • DIAPHONY n. a system of rules for scientific investigation. |
| DIDELPHIAN | • didelphian adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to opossums. • DIDELPHIAN adj. of or relating to the marsupial family Didelphia, opossums, also DIDELPHINE, DIDELPHOUS. |
| DIPHTHERIA | • diphtheria n. (Pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory… • DIPHTHERIA n. an infectious throat disease in which the air-passages become covered with a leathery membrane. |
| DISPATHIES | • dispathies n. Plural of dispathy. • DISPATHY n. dislike, also DYSPATHY. |
| EUPHAUSIID | • euphausiid n. (Zoology) Any member of the taxonomic order Euphausiacea of krill. • EUPHAUSIID n. one of a genus of shrimplike crustaceans, also EUPHAUSID. |
| HAPLOIDIES | • haploidies n. Plural of haploidy. • HAPLOIDY n. the state of being a haploid. |
| HEPARINOID | • heparinoid n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of glycosaminoglycans derived from heparin. • HEPARINOID adj. of or like heparin, a complex substance formed in the liver that delays clotting of blood. |
| HESPERIDIA | • hesperidia n. Plural of hesperidium. • HESPERIDIUM n. a plant with a berry like a citrus fruit. |
| NEPHRIDIAL | • nephridial adj. Of or pertaining to a nephridium. • NEPHRIDIAL adj. of or pertaining to a nephridium, a segmental tubule. |
| PEDOPHILIA | • pedophilia n. Sexual attraction to children by adults. • pedophilia n. (By extension) Sexual activity between adults and children; the act of child molestation. • PEDOPHILIA n. sexual desire for children. |
| SPHAERIDIA | • sphaeridia n. Plural of sphaeridium. • SPHAERIDIUM n. a minute spheroidal body on the surface of a sea urchin, perhaps a sense organ. |
| WHIPTAILED | • WHIPTAILED adj. having a long slender tail. |