| 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. |
| 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. |
| CHILOPODAN | • CHILOPODAN n. a member of the order Chilopoda, which contains the centipedes, also CHILOPOD. |
| DIPLOPHASE | • diplophase n. (Biology) The diploid phase in the life cycle of an organism. • DIPLOPHASE n. a diploid phase in a life cycle. |
| DOLLARSHIP | • dollarship n. Monetary concerns; the power of money. • DOLLARSHIP n. the domain of the dollar. |
| DROSOPHILA | • drosophila n. Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila. • Drosophila prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Drosophilidae – the fruit flies. • DROSOPHILA n. a kind of fruit-fly. |
| HAPLOIDIES | • haploidies n. Plural of haploidy. • HAPLOIDY n. the state of being a haploid. |
| HEXAPLOIDS | • hexaploids n. Plural of hexaploid. • HEXAPLOID n. a cell having six times the ordinary number of chromosomes. |
| HEXAPLOIDY | • hexaploidy n. The property of being hexaploid. • HEXAPLOIDY n. the state of having six times the normal number of chromosomes. |
| HYPOLYDIAN | • hypolydian adj. (Music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from C to F. • HYPOLYDIAN adj. relating to a mode in ancient Greek music. |
| PAEDOPHILE | • paedophile n. Standard spelling of pedophile in the British Commonwealth. • pædophile n. Alternative form of pedophile. • PAEDOPHILE n. one with a perverted sexual desire for children, also PEDOPHILE. |
| 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. |
| PHYLLODIAL | • phyllodial adj. Relating to a phyllodium. • PHYLLODIAL adj. relating to a phyllode, a flattened stem functioning as leaf. |
| PREHOLIDAY | • preholiday adj. Before a holiday. • PREHOLIDAY adj. taking place before a holiday. |
| SPHENOIDAL | • sphenoidal adj. Synonym of sphenoid. • SPHENOIDAL adj. wedge-shaped, also SPHENOID. |
| SPHEROIDAL | • spheroidal adj. Like a spheroid; roughly spherical. • spheroidal n. A spheroid. • SPHEROIDAL adj. having the form of a spheroid. |