| ALLELOPATHY | • allelopathy n. The release by a plant of a toxin to suppress growth of nearby competing plants. • ALLELOPATHY n. an adverse influence exerted either by one individual plant over another by the production of a chemical inhibitor. |
| ALLOPATHIES | • allopathies n. Plural of allopathy. • ALLOPATHY n. the treatment of disease by inducing an opposite condition (i.e. in the usual way). |
| APHETICALLY | • aphetically adv. (Linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis. • aphetically adv. (Astrology) In an aphetic way: pertaining to the apheta. • APHETIC adv. relating to aphesis, the loss of an unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word. |
| APOPHYLLITE | • apophyllite n. (Mineralogy) Any of several forms of a pale pink or green mineral being a mixed fluoride and silicate… • APOPHYLLITE n. a mineral, hydrated calcium potassium silicate, that exfoliates on heating. |
| HOSPITALLER | • hospitaller n. A person who attends visitors in a religious institution. • hospitaller n. A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals. • HOSPITALLER n. a member of a charitable brotherhood for the care of the sick in hospitals, also HOSPITALER. |
| LAMPLIGHTER | • lamplighter n. (Historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn. • lamplighter n. (Historical) Any device or contrivance for lighting lamps, such as a length of paper to be set alight at one end. • lamplighter n. A kind of tall bicycle. |
| LIGHTPLANES | • lightplanes n. Plural of lightplane. • LIGHTPLANE n. a small and comparatively lightweight airplane. |
| PALAEOLITHS | • palaeoliths n. Plural of palaeolith. • PALAEOLITH n. a Stone Age artefact, also PALEOLITH. |
| PALEOLITHIC | • paleolithic adj. Alternative letter-case form of Paleolithic. • paleolithic adj. (Informal) Extremely outdated. • Paleolithic prop.n. A period that lasted from two and a half million years ago to 10,000 BC; the Old Stone Age. |
| PHILATELIES | • philatelies n. Plural of philately. • PHILATELY n. the study of postage stamps. |
| PHILATELIST | • philatelist n. A person who collects and studies postage stamps. • PHILATELIST n. a stamp collector. |
| PHYLLOTAXES | • phyllotaxes n. Plural of phyllotaxis. • PHYLLOTAXIS n. the arrangement of leaves on a stem and in relation to one another, also PHYLLOTAXY. |
| PLETHORICAL | • plethorical adj. Alternative form of plethoric. • PLETHORICAL adj. having a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood, also PLETHORIC. |
| POLYHALITES | • POLYHALITE n. a triclinic hydrated sulphate of calcium, potassium, and magnesium, usually occurring as red or yellowish fibrous masses. |
| THALLOPHYTE | • thallophyte n. (Botany) Any of very many primitive plants that consist of a thallus (plant body not differentiated… • THALLOPHYTE n. any organism belonging to the Thallophyta, that includes algae, fungi, and bacteria. |
| WHIPSTALLED | • whipstalled v. Simple past tense and past participle of whipstall. • WHIPSTALL v. of an airplane, to stall causing the nose to whip forward and down. |