| AMPHIBOLE | • amphibole n. (Mineralogy) Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing… • AMPHIBOLE n. any mineral of a group of dark-coloured, rock-forming silicates. |
| EMPHLYSIS | • emphlysis n. (Pathology) A vesicular tumour. • EMPHLYSIS n. a vesicular eruption. |
| HEMOPHILE | • HEMOPHILE n. a person with hemophilia, also HAEMOPHILE. |
| HOMOPHILE | • homophile adj. (Dated) Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one’s own… • homophile adj. (Chiefly historical) Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement. • homophile n. (Dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons… |
| KLEPHTISM | • klephtism n. (Historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a… • KLEPHTISM n. being a klepht, a Greek brigand. |
| MESOPHILE | • mesophile n. An organism, especially a microorganism, that lives and thrives at moderate temperatures. • MESOPHILE n. the ideal growth temperature of 20 to 45 degrees. |
| MYCOPHILE | • mycophile n. A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi. • MYCOPHILE n. one who loves fungi. |
| NEMOPHILA | • nemophila n. (Botany) Any plant of the genus Nemophila in the family Boraginaceae. • NEMOPHILA n. a plant of a North American genus of garden annuals. |
| NEPHALISM | • nephalism n. (Obsolete, Temperance movement) The practice of abstaining completely from the drinking of alcohol; teetotalism. • NEPHALISM n. total abstinence from alcoholic drinks. |
| NYMPHLIER | • NYMPHLY adj. resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph. |
| NYMPHLIKE | • nymphlike adj. Resembling a nymph. • NYMPHLIKE adj. like a nymph. |
| PERILYMPH | • perilymph n. An extracellular fluid found in the scala tympani and scala vestibuli of the cochlea. • PERILYMPH n. the fluid surrounding the membranous labyrinth of the ear. |
| PHILOMELA | • Philomela prop.n. A female given name. • Philomela prop.n. (Greek mythology) the sister of Procne who is raped and mutilated by her brother-in-law Tereus and supposedly… • Philomela prop.n. (Literary zoology) The nightingale. |
| PHILOMELS | • philomels n. Plural of philomel. • PHILOMEL n. (Greek) a songbird, also PHILOMELA. |
| PHLEGMIER | • phlegmier adj. Comparative form of phlegmy: more phlegmy. • PHLEGMY adj. full of phlegm. |
| PHLOMISES | • phlomises n. Plural of phlomis. • PHLOMIS n. (Greek) any plant of the Phlomis genus of labiate herbs. |
| SHLUMPIER | • SHLUMPY adj. (Yiddish) slovenly. |
| SYMPHILES | • symphiles n. Plural of symphile. • SYMPHILE n. an animal kept as a guest in a termite's nest. |