| 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. |
| ASTROPHOBIC | • ASTROPHOBIC adj. suffering from astrophobia, a morbid fear of thunder and lightning, also ASTRAPHOBIC. |
| COHIBITIONS | • COHIBITION n. hindrance; restraint. |
| HALOBIONTIC | • HALOBIONTIC adj. living in the sea, also HALOBIOTIC. |
| HOLOBENTHIC | • holobenthic adj. (Biology) That inhabits the seafloor during all phases of life. • HOLOBENTHIC adj. passing the entire life in the deep ocean. |
| HOLOBLASTIC | • holoblastic adj. (Biology, of an egg) Cleaving, and separating into separate blastomeres. • HOLOBLASTIC adj. of an entire egg, separated into individual blastomeres. |
| HOMOBLASTIC | • homoblastic adj. (Biology) Developing from a single type of tissue. • homoblastic adj. (Botany) Having leaves whose shape changes very little with the plant’s or shoot’s age. • HOMOBLASTIC adj. derived from similar cells; showing direct embryonic development. |
| NYCTOPHOBIA | • nyctophobia n. A fear of the night, nighttime, or darkness. • NYCTOPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of the night or darkness. |
| NYCTOPHOBIC | • nyctophobic adj. Afflicted with nyctophobia; fearful of the dark or of night. • NYCTOPHOBIC adj. suffering from nyctophobia, an irrational fear of the night. |
| PHLEBOTOMIC | • phlebotomic adj. Relating to phlebotomy. • PHLEBOTOMIC adj. relating to phlebotomy, the surgical opening of a vein to draw blood, also PHLEBOTOMICAL. |
| PHOTOBATHIC | • PHOTOBATHIC adj. designating the zone of the sea where photosynthesis takes place. |
| PHOTOPHOBIC | • photophobic adj. (Biology) That thrives at a relatively low light level. • photophobic adj. Of, relating to, or exhibiting photophobia. • PHOTOPHOBIC adj. having a fear of the light. |
| PHYCOBIONTS | • phycobionts n. Plural of phycobiont. • PHYCOBIONT n. the algal constituent of a lichen. |
| SONOFABITCH | • sonofabitch n. Alternative spelling of son of a bitch. • son-of-a-bitch n. (Derogatory, slang) Alternative spelling of son of a bitch. • son␣of␣a␣bitch n. (Derogatory, slang, vulgar) An objectionable, despicable person. |
| THEOPHOBIAC | • THEOPHOBIAC n. one with an extreme fear of God, also THEOPHOBIST. |
| TOCOPHOBIAS | • TOCOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of giving birth or becoming pregnant. |
| TOXIPHOBIAC | • TOXIPHOBIAC n. one who suffers from toxiphobia, fear of poison or being poisoned. |
| WITCHBROOMS | • WITCHBROOM n. a dense abnormal growth of shoots on a tree or other woody plant, usually caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Taphrina. |