| ABIOTROPHY | • abiotrophy n. (Medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function… • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| AMBIOPHONY | • AMBIOPHONY n. the reproduction of sound to create an illusion to a listener of being in a spacious room, such as a concert hall. |
| BIOPHYSICS | • biophysics n. The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology. • BIOPHYSICS n. the science of the application of the laws of physics to biological phenomena. |
| BRYOPHYTIC | • bryophytic adj. Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta… • BRYOPHYTIC adj. of or like a bryophyte. |
| CYNOPHOBIA | • cynophobia n. An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines. • CYNOPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of dogs. |
| GYNOPHOBIA | • gynophobia n. Fear or hatred of women. • GYNOPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of women. |
| GYNOPHOBIC | • gynophobic adj. Having a fear of or aversion to women. • GYNOPHOBIC n. one who hates women. |
| HOSPITABLY | • hospitably adv. In a hospitable manner. • HOSPITABLE adv. kind to strangers. |
| HYPERBOLIC | • hyperbolic adj. Of or relating to hyperbole. • hyperbolic adj. Using hyperbole: exaggerated. • hyperbolic adj. (Vision, of a perceived color) Having a saturation exceeding 100%. |
| MYSOPHOBIA | • mysophobia n. An abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination. • MYSOPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of dirt. |
| PHYCOBILIN | • phycobilin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of bilins (pigments derived from porphyrins) found in some photosynthetic… • PHYCOBILIN n. any of a class of red or blue-green pigments found in the red algae and cyanobacteria. |
| PHYCOBIONT | • phycobiont n. An algal photobiont. • PHYCOBIONT n. the algal constituent of a lichen. |
| POLYHYBRID | • polyhybrid n. A hybrid whose parents differ in several ways. • POLYHYBRID n. a plant hybridised from many sources. |
| PYROPHOBIA | • pyrophobia n. An fear or hatred of fire or flames. • PYROPHOBIA n. fear of fire. |
| PYROPHOBIC | • pyrophobic adj. Suffering from pyrophobia; afraid of fire. • pyrophobic n. A person who is afraid of fire. • PYROPHOBIC n. one having an irrational fear of fires. |