| ACIDOPHIL | • acidophil n. (Immunology) An eosinophil; a white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body. • acidophil n. One of the endocrine acidophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including somatotrophs and lactotrophs. • ACIDOPHIL n. a substance, tissue or organism that stains readily with acid stains, also ACIDOPHILE. |
| AUDIOPHIL | • AUDIOPHIL n. a person who is enthusiastic about hi-fidelity sound reproduction, also AUDIOPHILE. |
| DELPHINIA | • delphinia n. Plural of delphinium. • delphinia n. Synonym of delphinine. • DELPHINIUM n. a genus of garden flower, comprising larkspur and stavesacre. |
| DEVILSHIP | • devilship n. The character or person of a devil or Satan. • DEVILSHIP n. the character or person of a devil or the Devil. |
| DIDELPHIC | • didelphic adj. (Zoology) Possessing two wombs. • DIDELPHIC adj. having a double womb, like a marsupial. |
| DIDELPHID | • didelphid n. (Zoology) A member of Didelphidae; opossum. • DIDELPHID n. any member of the marsupial family Didelphidae. |
| DRILLSHIP | • drillship n. (Nautical) Any vessel fitted with drilling equipment. • DRILLSHIP n. a free-floating ship-shaped drilling platform. |
| GUILDSHIP | • guildship n. A guild (group of tradespeople). • GUILDSHIP n. membership of a guild. |
| HAPLOIDIC | • haploidic adj. Of or pertaining to a call having a single set of unpaired chromosomes. • HAPLOIDIC adj. denoting a cell or organism with unpaired chromosomes. |
| IODOPHILE | • iodophile n. An iodophilic cell. • IODOPHILE adj. esp. of bacteria containing compounds similar to starch, readily stained by iodine. |
| LAIRDSHIP | • lairdship n. (Scotland) The state or condition of being a laird. • lairdship n. The area of land owned by a laird. • LAIRDSHIP n. the office of a laird. |
| SYPHILOID | • syphiloid adj. (Medicine) Resembling syphilis. • syphiloid n. (Medicine) Any disease resembling syphilis. • SYPHILOID adj. like syphilis. |
| XIPHOIDAL | • xiphoidal adj. Xiphoid; sword-shaped. • XIPHOIDAL adj. swordlike, also XIPHOID. |