| 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. |
| ACIDOPHILS | • acidophils n. Plural of acidophil. • ACIDOPHIL n. a substance, tissue or organism that stains readily with acid stains, also ACIDOPHILE. |
| 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. |
| AMPHIPLOID | • amphiploid adj. (Genetics) Having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species. • amphiploid n. (Genetics) Any organism having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species. • AMPHIPLOID n. having at least one set of diploid chromosomes derived from each parent species. |
| 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. |
| AUDIOPHILS | • AUDIOPHIL n. a person who is enthusiastic about hi-fidelity sound reproduction, also AUDIOPHILE. |
| DIAPHYSIAL | • diaphysial adj. Alternative spelling of diaphyseal. • DIAPHYSIAL adj. of or like a diaphysis, the shaft of a long bone, also DIAPHYSEAL. |
| DIDELPHIAN | • didelphian adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to opossums. • DIDELPHIAN adj. of or relating to the marsupial family Didelphia, opossums, also DIDELPHINE, DIDELPHOUS. |
| HAPLOIDIES | • haploidies n. Plural of haploidy. • HAPLOIDY n. the state of being a haploid. |
| LAIRDSHIPS | • lairdships n. Plural of lairdship. • LAIRDSHIP n. the office of a laird. |
| 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. |
| PHALLOIDIN | • phalloidin n. (Biochemistry) A toxic cyclic peptide obtained from the mushroom Amanita phalloides. • PHALLOIDIN n. one of the poisons occurring in the fungus Amanita phalloides. |
| WHIPTAILED | • WHIPTAILED adj. having a long slender tail. |