| AMPHIBOLE | • amphibole n. (Mineralogy) Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing… • AMPHIBOLE n. any mineral of a group of dark-coloured, rock-forming silicates. |
| APHELIONS | • aphelions n. Plural of aphelion. • APHELION n. (Greek) the farthest point of a planet's orbit from the sun. |
| BAROPHILE | • barophile n. An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile. • BAROPHILE n. a bacterium able to tolerate high atmospheric pressure. |
| BASOPHILE | • basophile n. Alternative form of basophil. • BASOPHILE adj. of white blood cells, having an affinity for basic stains, also BASOPHIL, BASOPHILIC. • BASOPHILE n. such a cell. |
| COLIPHAGE | • coliphage n. Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli. • COLIPHAGE n. any bacteriophage active against E. coli. |
| HALOPHILE | • halophile n. (Biology) An organism that lives and thrives in an environment of high salinity, often requiring such… • HALOPHILE n. a plant that is adapted to survive in salty soil. |
| HEXAPLOID | • hexaploid adj. Having six complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell. • hexaploid n. A cell or organism that has six complete sets of chromosomes. • HEXAPLOID n. a cell having six times the ordinary number of chromosomes. |
| HOSPITALE | • hospitale n. Obsolete form of hospital. • HOSPITALE n. (Spenser) lodging. |
| NEMOPHILA | • nemophila n. (Botany) Any plant of the genus Nemophila in the family Boraginaceae. • NEMOPHILA n. a plant of a North American genus of garden annuals. |
| NEOPHILIA | • neophilia n. The love of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations. • neophilia n. (Biology) The preference for any new foods not forming part of the diet associated with an earlier nutritional… • NEOPHILIA n. an obsessive love of novelty. |
| PALEOLITH | • paleolith n. A relic from the Paleolithic era. • PALEOLITH n. a Stone Age artifact, also PALAEOLITH. |
| PARHELION | • parhelion n. A bright spot in the sky due to the refraction of the sun’s image by ice crystals. • parhelion n. A reflection or image. • PARHELION n. a halolike light seen in sky opposite the sun. |
| PHACOLITE | • phacolite n. (Mineralogy) A colourless variety of chabazite. • PHACOLITE n. a colorless variety of chabazite, a mineral of the zeolite group. |
| PHASEOLIN | • phaseolin n. (Organic chemistry) A prenylated pterocarpan found in Phaseolus vulgaris seeds and in the stems of Erythrina… • PHASEOLIN n. a protein found in kidney beans. |
| PHILOMELA | • Philomela prop.n. A female given name. • Philomela prop.n. (Greek mythology) the sister of Procne who is raped and mutilated by her brother-in-law Tereus and supposedly… • Philomela prop.n. (Literary zoology) The nightingale. |
| PHILOPENA | • philopena n. A game in which a person, on finding a double-kernelled almond or nut, may offer the second kernel to… • philopena n. The occasion on which a philopena is forfeited; the forfeit paid. • philopena n. A nut or almond with a double kernel, as used to set a philopena. |