| COLIPHAGE | • coliphage n. Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli. • COLIPHAGE n. any bacteriophage active against E. coli. |
| DOGESHIPS | • dogeships n. Plural of dogeship. • DOGESHIP n. the office of a doge, also DOGATE, DOGEATE. |
| EIDOGRAPH | • eidograph n. An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of pantograph. • EIDOGRAPH n. an instrument for copying drawings. |
| GEOPHAGIA | • geophagia n. Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt. • GEOPHAGIA n. the practice of feeding on soil, also GEOPHAGY. |
| GEOPHILIC | • geophilic adj. (Zoology) Spending all or a stage of the life cycle underground; exhibiting geophily. • geophilic adj. (Botany) Fruiting and/or flowering at or below ground level; exhibiting geophily. • GEOPHILIC adj. loving the earth. |
| GEOPHYTIC | • geophytic adj. Relating to geophytes. • GEOPHYTIC adj. of or like a geophyte, a plant that survives the winter by having subterranean buds. |
| GOPHERING | • GOPHER v. to burrow, mine. |
| HOSPITAGE | • hospitage n. (Obsolete) hospitality. • HOSPITAGE n. (Spenser) hospitality. |
| HYPOGENIC | • hypogenic adj. Of or relating to a process that acts from below. • HYPOGENIC adj. formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth, also HYPOGENE. |
| IDEOGRAPH | • ideograph n. An ideogram. • IDEOGRAPH n. a symbol in picture-writing representing the idea of a thing. |
| LOGOPHILE | • logophile n. One who loves words; a word buff. • LOGOPHILE n. a person who loves words. |
| OESOPHAGI | • oesophagi n. Plural of oesophagus. • œsophagi n. Plural of œsophagus. • OESOPHAGUS n. that portion of the gut which connects the pharynx to the stomach, also ESOPHAGUS. |
| PHONEYING | • phoneying v. Present participle of phoney. • PHONEY v. to fake, counterfeit. |
| PISHOGUES | • pishogues n. Plural of pishogue. • PISHOGUE n. (Irish) sorcery, also PISHEOG, PISHOGE. |
| POTHERING | • pothering v. Present participle of pother. • POTHER v. to make a commotion. |
| ROGUESHIP | • rogueship n. (Humorous) The quality or state of being a rogue. • ROGUESHIP n. (archaic) the state of being a rogue. |
| SIPHONAGE | • siphonage n. The action of a siphon. • SIPHONAGE n. the action of a siphon, also SYPHONAGE. |
| TIGHTROPE | • tightrope n. A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground. • tightrope n. (Figuratively) a difficult or desperate situation. • tightrope v. To walk on a tightrope. |