| 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. |
| APODEICTIC | • apodeictic adj. Affording proof; demonstrative. • apodeictic adj. Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain. • apodeictic adj. (Logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly… |
| APSIDIOLES | • apsidioles n. Plural of apsidiole. • APSIDIOLE n. a subsidiary apse, a rounded extension at the end of a building, esp. at the east end of a church. |
| 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. |
| DEPILATION | • depilation n. Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing; hair removal. • depilation n. Removal of hair, wool or bristles from the body. • DEPILATION n. the act of removing the hair. |
| DIAPHONIES | • diaphonies n. Plural of diaphony. • DIAPHONY n. a system of rules for scientific investigation. |
| EPISODICAL | • episodical adj. Episodic. • EPISODICAL adj. pertaining to or contained in an episode, also EPISODAL, EPISODIAL, EPISODIC. |
| 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. |
| PALINODIES | • palinodies n. Plural of palinody. • PALINODY n. a poem which retracts an earlier poem, also PALINODE. |
| PAREIDOLIA | • pareidolia n. (Psychology) The tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as… • PAREIDOLIA n. a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus being perceived as significant e.g. seeing faces in clouds. |
| PAVILIONED | • pavilioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of pavilion. • pavilioned adj. Having a pavilion. • PAVILION v. to cover with a large tent. |
| 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. |
| PERIODICAL | • periodical n. A publication issued regularly, but less frequently than daily. • periodical n. A regularly issued thematic publication that contains the most current information in its field, often… • periodical adj. Periodic. |
| PODIATRIES | • PODIATRY n. the study and treatment of the human foot. |
| SAPONIFIED | • saponified v. Simple past tense and past participle of saponify. • saponified adj. Treated by saponification. • SAPONIFY v. to convert into soap. |