| AILUROPHILES | • ailurophiles n. Plural of ailurophile. • AILUROPHILE n. a cat-lover, also AILOUROPHILE. |
| ALLELOMORPHS | • allelomorphs n. Plural of allelomorph. • ALLELOMORPH n. any one of the two or more possible forms of a gene, also ALLEL, ALLELE. |
| APOPHYLLITES | • apophyllites n. Plural of apophyllite. • APOPHYLLITE n. a mineral, hydrated calcium potassium silicate, that exfoliates on heating. |
| CEPHALOCELES | • cephaloceles n. Plural of cephalocele. • CEPHALOCELE n. the protrusion of the membranes of the brain through a hole in the skull. |
| ELLIPSOGRAPH | • ellipsograph n. A mechanical instrument used to trace out an ellipse. • ELLIPSOGRAPH n. an instrument for describing ellipses. |
| HALOPERIDOLS | • haloperidols n. Plural of haloperidol. • HALOPERIDOL n. a synthetic tranquillizing drug used in treating psychiatric illnesses. |
| HOSPITALLERS | • hospitallers n. Plural of hospitaller. • HOSPITALLER n. a member of a charitable brotherhood for the care of the sick in hospitals, also HOSPITALER. |
| MELLIPHAGOUS | • melliphagous adj. Alternative spelling of meliphagous. • MELLIPHAGOUS adj. feeding upon honey, also MELIPHAGOUS. |
| MORPHALLAXES | • morphallaxes n. Plural of morphallaxis. • MORPHALLAXIS n. regeneration in a changed form. |
| PHOTOLYSABLE | • photolysable adj. Capable of photolysis. • PHOTOLYSABLE adj. capable of being photolysed, also PHOTOLYZABLE. |
| PHYLLOCLADES | • phylloclades n. Plural of phylloclade. • PHYLLOCLADE n. another name for a cladode, also PHYLLOCLAD. |
| PHYLLOPLANES | • phylloplanes n. Plural of phylloplane. • PHYLLOPLANE n. the surface of a leaf considered as a habitat, esp. for microorganisms. |
| PHYLLOTAXIES | • phyllotaxies n. Plural of phyllotaxy. • PHYLLOTAXY n. the arrangement of leaves on a stem and in relation to one another, also PHYLLOTAXIS. |
| PLACEHOLDERS | • placeholders n. Plural of placeholder. • place␣holders n. Plural of place holder. • PLACEHOLDER n. a symbol in a mathematical or logical expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of a set. |
| PLAINCLOTHES | • plainclothes adj. (Usually of a police officer) Wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection. • plainclothes n. Ordinary civilian clothes, rather than uniform. • plain-clothes adj. Alternative spelling of plain clothes when used attributively. |
| PROTHALLUSES | • prothalluses n. Plural of prothallus. • PROTHALLUS n. the free-living gametophyte of a fern or other vascular cryptogam, also PROTHALLIUM. |
| SPHEROIDALLY | • spheroidally adv. In a spheroidal manner. • SPHEROIDAL adv. having the form of a spheroid. |
| THALLOPHYTES | • thallophytes n. Plural of thallophyte. • THALLOPHYTE n. any organism belonging to the Thallophyta, that includes algae, fungi, and bacteria. |
| TROPHALLAXES | • trophallaxes n. Plural of trophallaxis. • TROPHALLAXIS n. mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis. |
| UNPOLISHABLE | • unpolishable adj. Not polishable. • UNPOLISHABLE adj. not polishable. |