| APOSTROPHIC | • apostrophic adj. (Rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue). • apostrophic adj. (Orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ’). • APOSTROPHIC adj. relating to apostrophe. |
| HAPTOTROPIC | • haptotropic adj. Of or pertaining to haptotropism; moving when touched. • haptotropic adj. (Chemistry) Describing the movement of clusters of atoms between two ligands or other groups. • HAPTOTROPIC adj. curving in response to touch. |
| PHOTOCOPIED | • photocopied v. Simple past tense and past participle of photocopy. • PHOTOCOPY v. to make a photocopy of. |
| PHOTOCOPIER | • photocopier n. A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates. • PHOTOCOPIER n. a machine for copying. |
| PHOTOCOPIES | • photocopies n. Plural of photocopy. • photocopies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of photocopy. • PHOTOCOPY v. to make a photocopy of. |
| PHOTOPHILIC | • photophilic adj. (Biology) That thrives in bright sunlight. • PHOTOPHILIC adj. light-loving, turning towards the light, also PHOTOPHILOUS. |
| 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. |
| PHOTOPHONIC | • photophonic adj. Of or pertaining to the photophone. • PHOTOPHONIC adj. relating to photophony. |
| PHOTOTROPIC | • phototropic adj. Having a tendency to move in response to light. An animal or microbe that is positively phototropic… • PHOTOTROPIC adj. relating to phototropism, movement directed by light. |
| POLYTROPHIC | • polytrophic adj. (Biology) Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way. • polytrophic adj. (Biology, of an insect) Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary. • polytrophic adj. (Of a lake) Rich in nutrients. |
| PROCTORSHIP | • proctorship n. The post or office of proctor. • PROCTORSHIP n. the office of proctor. |
| PROTOPATHIC | • protopathic adj. Relating to a sensory nerve that detects the presence of a stimulus without determining its location. • protopathic adj. Relating to first symptoms of a disease, as in the sense of protopathic bias. • PROTOPATHIC adj. pertaining to reception by nerves, etc. of only coarse stimuli such as heat, pain, etc.; pertaining to such nerves. |
| PROTOPHILIC | • protophilic adj. (Chemistry) Describing a solvent that can accept protons, and is therefore basic. • PROTOPHILIC adj. having or involving an affinity for hydrogen ions (protons). |
| PROTOPHYTIC | • protophytic adj. Of or relating to the protophytes. • PROTOPHYTIC adj. relating to a protophyte. |
| SPOROPHYTIC | • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to a sporophyte plant. • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte. • SPOROPHYTIC adj. of or like a sporophyte. |
| TOPOGRAPHIC | • topographic adj. Of or relating to topography. • TOPOGRAPHIC adj. relating to topography, also TOPOGRAPHICAL. |
| TROPOPHYTIC | • TROPOPHYTIC adj. of or like a tropophyte, a plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought. |