| ANTHROPOMORPH | • anthropomorph n. A figure in ancient art resembling a human being. • anthropomorph n. An anthropomorphic character. • ANTHROPOMORPH n. a stylized human figure. |
| ANTHROPOPATHY | • anthropopathy n. The attribution of human emotions to a god. • ANTHROPOPATHY n. the ascription of human feelings to inanimate object. |
| ANTHROPOPHAGI | • anthropophagi n. Plural of anthropophagus. • ANTHROPOPHAGUS n. a cannibal; a man-eater. |
| ANTHROPOPHAGY | • anthropophagy n. The eating of human flesh; cannibalism. • ANTHROPOPHAGY n. cannibalism. |
| ANTHROPOPHYTE | • anthropophyte n. (Ecology) A plant introduced into a new habitat by humans. • ANTHROPOPHYTE n. a plant introduced incidentally in the course of cultivation. |
| ANTHROPOSOPHY | • anthroposophy n. (Archaic, as used before Rudolf Steiner) Knowledge or understanding of human nature. • anthroposophy n. A philosophy founded in the early 20th century by the esotericist Rudolf Steiner (also capitalized as… • Anthroposophy prop.n. Alternative letter-case form of anthroposophy. |
| HIPPOPOTAMIAN | • hippopotamian adj. Resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus. • HIPPOPOTAMIAN adj. like a hippopotamus, clumsy, also HIPPOPOTAMIC. |
| MONOPHOSPHATE | • monophosphate n. (Chemistry) any compound containing a single phosphate unit. • MONOPHOSPHATE n. an ester of phosphoric acid. |
| NONPHOSPHATES | • nonphosphates n. Plural of nonphosphate. |
| PARTHENOSPORE | • PARTHENOSPORE n. a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi. |
| PHONAUTOGRAPH | • phonautograph n. (Historical) A device for recording sound vibrations in a visible form. • PHONAUTOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording sound vibrations. |
| PHONOCAMPTICS | • PHONOCAMPTICS n. the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes. |
| PHONOGRAPHIST | • phonographist n. A phonographer. • PHONOGRAPHIST n. an exponent of phonography. |
| PHOSPHORATING | • phosphorating v. Present participle of phosphorate. • PHOSPHORATE v. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus. |
| PHOTOGRAPHING | • photographing v. Present participle of photograph. • photographing n. The taking of a photograph. • PHOTOGRAPH v. to take a photograph of. |
| PHYTOPATHOGEN | • phytopathogen n. (Biology) Any organism that is pathogenic to plants. • PHYTOPATHOGEN n. an organism parasitic on a plant host. |
| PHYTOPLANKTON | • phytoplankton n. Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis. • PHYTOPLANKTON n. vegetable plankton, that includes diatoms, desmids, and dinoflagellates. |
| PNEUMATOPHORE | • pneumatophore n. (Zoology) A gas-filled sac or float of some colonial marine coelenterates, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. • pneumatophore n. (Botany) An aerial root, in mangroves etc., specialized for gaseous exchange. • pneumatophore n. An apparatus consisting of a bag with a tube and mouthpiece, which may be attached to the body. The… |