| ABIOTROPHIC | • abiotrophic adj. (Medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ… • ABIOTROPHIC adj. relating to abiotrophy, bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| BIBLIOPOLES | • bibliopoles n. Plural of bibliopole. • BIBLIOPOLE n. (archaic) a bookseller, also BIBLIOPOLIST. |
| BIBLIOPOLIC | • bibliopolic adj. Of or relating to bookselling. • BIBLIOPOLIC adj. relating to a bibliopole, a dealer esp. in rare books, also BIBLIOPOLICAL. |
| DIPLOBIONTS | • diplobionts n. Plural of diplobiont. • DIPLOBIONT n. an organism that has both haploid and diploid individuals in its life cycle. |
| HELIOPHOBIC | • heliophobic adj. Averse to sunlight. • HELIOPHOBIC adj. afflicted with a morbid fear of the sun. |
| HIEROPHOBIA | • hierophobia n. Fear of what is religious or sacred. • HIEROPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of sacred things. |
| HIEROPHOBIC | • hierophobic adj. (Rare) Averse to what is religious or sacred. • HIEROPHOBIC n. someone having a fear of sacred things. |
| IMPROBATION | • improbation n. Disapproval. • improbation n. (Law, Scotland) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose… • IMPROBATION n. in Scots law, an action for the purpose of declaring some instrument false or forged. |
| OBSTIPATION | • obstipation n. Severe constipation caused by intestinal obstruction. • OBSTIPATION n. a severe and obstinate constipation. |
| POPMOBILITY | • popmobility n. (Dated) A form of aerobics performed to pop music. • POPMOBILITY n. a form of exercise that combines aerobics in a continuous dance routine, performed to pop music. |
| POTBOILINGS | • POTBOILING n. the act of producing an artistic work of poor quality. |
| PREBIOLOGIC | • prebiologic adj. Synonym of prebiological. • PREBIOLOGIC adj. before life, also PREBIOLOGICAL. |
| PROHIBITION | • prohibition n. An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something. • prohibition n. A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol. • prohibition n. A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances. |
| PROHIBITORS | • prohibitors n. Plural of prohibitor. • PROHIBITOR n. one who prohibits, also PROHIBITER. |
| PROHIBITORY | • prohibitory adj. That serves to prohibit or forbid. • PROHIBITORY adj. serving to prohibit. |
| SAPROBIOTIC | • saprobiotic adj. (Biology) Relating to saprobes, or to saprobiosis. • SAPROBIOTIC adj. feeding on dead or decaying plants or animals. |
| SITIOPHOBIA | • sitiophobia n. Alternative form of sitophobia. • SITIOPHOBIA n. a morbid aversion to food, also SITOPHOBIA. |
| SITOPHOBIAS | • SITOPHOBIA n. a morbid aversion to food, also SITIOPHOBIA. |
| TOXIPHOBIAC | • TOXIPHOBIAC n. one who suffers from toxiphobia, fear of poison or being poisoned. |
| TOXIPHOBIAS | • toxiphobias n. Plural of toxiphobia. • TOXIPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of poisoning, also TOXICOPHOBIA. |