| CHOIRLIKE | • choirlike adj. Resembling a choir or its sound. • CHOIRLIKE adj. like a choir. |
| EIGHTFOIL | • eightfoil n. (Heraldry) An octofoil. • EIGHTFOIL n. an eight-leaved flower. |
| 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. |
| HELICOIDS | • helicoids n. Plural of helicoid. • HELICOID n. a type of geometrical curve, a flattened spiral. |
| HELICONIA | • heliconia n. Any of genus Heliconia of flowering plants. • HELICONIA n. a tropical flowering plant. |
| HELIOPSIS | • Heliopsis prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain flowering plants. • HELIOPSIS n. a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family. |
| HELIOZOIC | • HELIOZOIC adj. relating to the Heliozoa, sun-animalcules, an order of Protozoa, also HELIOZOAN. |
| HELIPILOT | • helipilot n. A helicopter pilot. • HELIPILOT n. the pilot of a helicopter. |
| HEMIOLIAS | • HEMIOLIA n. (Greek) in mediaeval music, a perfect fifth, also HEMIOLA. |
| HOMILETIC | • homiletic adj. Of or relating to a homily, or to homiletics. • homiletic adj. Preachy. • HOMILETIC adj. relating to homily or the art of preaching, also HOMILETICAL. |
| ICHNOLITE | • ichnolite n. A fossil footprint; an ichnite. • ICHNOLITE n. a fossil footprint, also ICHNITE. |
| IODOPHILE | • iodophile n. An iodophilic cell. • IODOPHILE adj. esp. of bacteria containing compounds similar to starch, readily stained by iodine. |
| LIBECCHIO | • libecchio n. A southwest wind. • LIBECCHIO n. (Milton) a strong westerly (or southwesterly) wind that blows on to Corsica's western coast, also LIBECCIO. |
| LICHENOID | • lichenoid adj. Resembling lichen. • LICHENOID adj. of or like lichen. |
| NEOLITHIC | • neolithic adj. Alternative spelling of Neolithic. • neolithic adj. (Informal) hopelessly outdated. • Neolithic prop.n. The New Stone Age, from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE. |
| NEOPHILIA | • neophilia n. The love of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations. • neophilia n. (Biology) The preference for any new foods not forming part of the diet associated with an earlier nutritional… • NEOPHILIA n. an obsessive love of novelty. |
| OPHIOLITE | • ophiolite n. (Geology) an assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been… • OPHIOLITE n. a slice of oceanic rock and upper mantle that has been thrust over the edge of a continent. |
| PICHOLINE | • PICHOLINE n. a variety of olive. |
| THOLEIITE | • tholeiite n. (Geology) An igneous basaltic rock, formed from magma rich in magnesium and iron. • THOLEIITE n. a basaltic rock rich in aluminum. |