| COLIPHAGE | • coliphage n. Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli. • COLIPHAGE n. any bacteriophage active against E. coli. |
| 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. |
| HEPTAGLOT | • heptaglot n. (Rare) A book in seven languages. • HEPTAGLOT n. a book written in seven languages. |
| HYPERGOLS | • hypergols n. Plural of hypergol. • HYPERGOL n. a rocket fuel. |
| HYPOGAEAL | • hypogaeal adj. Alternative form of hypogeal. • HYPOGAEAL adj. germinating with cotyledons underground, also HYPOGAEAN, HYPOGAEOUS, HYPOGEAL, HYPOGEAN, HYPOGEOUS. |
| LOGOPHILE | • logophile n. One who loves words; a word buff. • LOGOPHILE n. a person who loves words. |
| NEPHOLOGY | • nephology n. The branch of meteorology that studies clouds. • NEPHOLOGY n. the study of clouds. |
| OLEOGRAPH | • oleograph n. (Art) A type of chromolithograph, using oil paint on canvas, that attempts to imitate oil painting. • OLEOGRAPH n. a lithographic reproduction of an oil painting. |
| PHELLOGEN | • phellogen n. (Botany) The tissue of young cells that produces the phellem. • PHELLOGEN n. the tissue of young cells which produces cork cells. |
| PHENOLOGY | • phenology n. (Biology) The study of the effect of climate on periodic biological phenomena. • PHENOLOGY n. the study of organisms as affected by climate, also PHAENOLOGY. |
| PHLEGMONS | • phlegmons n. Plural of phlegmon. • PHLEGMON n. an inflammation with pus. |
| PHYLOGENY | • phylogeny n. (Systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades. • phylogeny n. (Systematics, informal) A phylogenetic diagram. • phylogeny n. The historical development of a human social or racial group. |
| PLOUGHERS | • ploughers n. Plural of plougher. • PLOUGHER n. one who ploughs, also PLOWER. |
| PLOUGHMEN | • ploughmen n. Plural of ploughman. • PLOUGHMAN n. a man who drives or guides horses in ploughing, also PLOWMAN. |
| PLUGHOLES | • plugholes n. Plural of plughole. • PLUGHOLE n. a drain-hole in a sink, bath etc. which may be stopped with a plug. |
| REPLOUGHS | • reploughs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of replough. • REPLOUGH v. to plough again, also REPLOW. |
| XYLOPHAGE | • xylophage n. (Biology) Any living organism that feeds on wood. • XYLOPHAGE n. an insect larva, mollusc etc. that eats or bores into wood. |