| APHRODITE | • aphrodite n. (Mineralogy) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found… • Aphrodite prop.n. (Greek mythology) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and… • Aphrodite prop.n. A female given name from Ancient Greek. |
| ATROPHIED | • atrophied v. Simple past tense and past participle of atrophy. • atrophied adj. Characterized by atrophy. • ATROPHY v. to waste away. |
| DICHOPTIC | • dichoptic adj. (Anatomy, of eyes) Widely separated near the top of the head. • DICHOPTIC adj. having eyes distinctly separate. |
| DIPHTHONG | • diphthong n. (Phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of… • diphthong n. (Rare) A vowel digraph or ligature. • DIPHTHONG n. a union of two vowels pronounced in one syllable. |
| DOLPHINET | • dolphinet n. (Dated) A female dolphin. • DOLPHINET n. (Spenser) a female dolphin. |
| DROPLIGHT | • droplight n. Alternative spelling of drop light. • drop␣light n. A lamp that is suspended, for example via a cable. • drop␣light n. (Railways) A window in a train carriage that is opened by pushing it downward into the door. |
| HERPETOID | • herpetoid adj. Resembling or characteristic of a reptile. • herpetoid n. (Fantasy) A reptilian creature. • HERPETOID adj. of or relating to snakes. |
| HYDROPTIC | • hydroptic adj. Alternative form of hydropic. • HYDROPTIC adj. dropsical, thirsty, also HYDROPIC. |
| HYPNOTOID | • hypnotoid adj. Resembling hypnotism. • HYPNOTOID adj. like hypnosis. |
| IDIOPATHY | • idiopathy n. (Pathology) Something idiopathic; a disease having no known cause. • IDIOPATHY n. a disease of unknown origin or one having no apparent cause. |
| PEDORTHIC | • pedorthic adj. Of or relating to modifying footwear and employing supportive devices to address conditions which affect… • PEDORTHIC adj. of footwear, designed to alleviate foot problems. |
| PHOTODISK | • photodisk n. (Astronomy) The circular area of an astronomical object that emits light. • PHOTODISK n. a disk for use in a computer that contains photographs or can have photographs stored on it in a digitally coded manner. |
| PITHECOID | • pithecoid adj. Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes. • pithecoid adj. Of or pertaining to the monkeys of genus Pithecia. • PITHECOID n. an ape, esp. a higher or anthropoid ape. |
| STROPHOID | • strophoid n. (Geometry) The locus of a point that has a certain relationship with a given curve. • STROPHOID n. a type of curve on a graph. |
| TYPHOIDAL | • typhoidal adj. Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with typhoid fever. • TYPHOIDAL adj. relating to typhoid. |
| TYPHOIDIN | • typhoidin n. A substance produced by culturing typhoid bacilli that is used to indicate the presence of typhoid fever. • TYPHOIDIN n. a culture of dead typhoid bacillus for injection into the skin as a test for typhoid fever. |
| UPHOISTED | • uphoisted v. Simple past tense and past participle of uphoist. • UPHOIST v. to hoist up. |