| ACIDOPHILOUS | • acidophilous adj. That thrives in an acidic environment. • ACIDOPHILOUS adj. staining readily with acid stains. |
| EDAPHOLOGIES | • EDAPHOLOGY n. the science of soil as a plant growing medium. |
| HALOPERIDOLS | • haloperidols n. Plural of haloperidol. • HALOPERIDOL n. a synthetic tranquillizing drug used in treating psychiatric illnesses. |
| HETEROPLOIDS | • heteroploids n. Plural of heteroploid. • HETEROPLOID n. an organism having a chromosome number that is not an integral multiple of the haploid. |
| HYDROPHILOUS | • hydrophilous adj. (Biology) That grows or thrives in or near water. • hydrophilous adj. (Botany) That is pollinated by water. • HYDROPHILOUS adj. water-loving; pollinated by agency of water. |
| HYPERBOLOIDS | • hyperboloids n. Plural of hyperboloid. • HYPERBOLOID n. a solid figure in which some of the plane sections are hyperbolas. |
| HYPOCYCLOIDS | • hypocycloids n. Plural of hypocycloid. • HYPOCYCLOID n. a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on the inside of another circle. |
| HYPOPLOIDIES | • hypoploidies n. Plural of hypoploidy. • HYPOPLOIDY n. the state of being hypoploid, having a chromosome number a few below the normal diploid number. |
| OVERLORDSHIP | • overlordship n. The position or quality of being an overlord. • overlordship n. The realm of overlords. • OVERLORDSHIP n. the position of overlord. |
| PATHOLOGISED | • pathologised v. Simple past tense and past participle of pathologise. • PATHOLOGISE v. to make pathological, also PATHOLOGIZE. |
| PHONOFIDDLES | • phonofiddles n. Plural of phonofiddle. • PHONOFIDDLE n. a one-stringed musical instrument which emits sounds through a metal amplifying horn. |
| PHOSPHOLIPID | • phospholipid n. (Organic chemistry) Any lipid, such as lecithin or cephalin, consisting of a diglyceride combined with… • PHOSPHOLIPID n. a lipid which contains a phosphate group and also a nitrogenous group. |
| PODOPHYLLINS | • podophyllins n. Plural of podophyllin. • PODOPHYLLIN n. a cathartic resin obtained from the rhizomes of the Podophyllum genus, also PODOPHYLIN. |
| POLYHEDROSIS | • polyhedrosis n. Any of several diseases of insect larvae that are caused by the polyhedral viruses, family Baculoviridae. • POLYHEDROSIS n. an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA. |