| EXOPHAGOUS | • exophagous adj. Exhibiting or relating to exophagy. • EXOPHAGOUS adj. relating to exophagy, cannibalism outside one's own group. |
| GEOPHAGOUS | • geophagous adj. Eating earth. • GEOPHAGOUS adj. earth-eating. |
| GEOPHILOUS | • geophilous adj. Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails. • geophilous adj. (Botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground. • geophilous adj. (Phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements… |
| GONOPHORES | • gonophores n. Plural of gonophore. • GONOPHORE n. in certain flowers, an elongate structure bearing the stamens and pistil. |
| GYNOPHOBES | • gynophobes n. Plural of gynophobe. • GYNOPHOBE n. a person who hates or fears women. |
| GYNOPHORES | • gynophores n. Plural of gynophore. • GYNOPHORE n. the pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. |
| HAGIOSCOPE | • hagioscope n. (Architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar. • HAGIOSCOPE n. an opening cut in the wall of a church to enable viewing of the altar. |
| HYGROSCOPE | • hygroscope n. An instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity. • HYGROSCOPE n. an instrument for displaying changes in air humidity. |
| HYPOGAEOUS | • HYPOGAEOUS adj. germinating with cotyledons underground, also HYPOGAEAL, HYPOGAEAN, HYPOGEAL, HYPOGEAN, HYPOGEOUS. |
| HYPOGENOUS | • hypogenous adj. (Botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface. • HYPOGENOUS adj. produced or growing on the undersurface, esp. (of fern spores) growing on the undersurface of the leaves. |
| LOGOPHILES | • logophiles n. Plural of logophile. • LOGOPHILE n. a person who loves words. |
| MORPHOGENS | • morphogens n. Plural of morphogen. • MORPHOGEN n. a chemical substance that exerts an influence on morphogenesis. |
| OESOPHAGUS | • oesophagus n. (Anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach. • œsophagus n. (Chiefly British spelling) Obsolete form of oesophagus. • OESOPHAGUS n. that portion of the gut which connects the pharynx to the stomach, also ESOPHAGUS. |
| OLEOGRAPHS | • oleographs n. Plural of oleograph. • OLEOGRAPH n. a lithographic reproduction of an oil painting. |
| OMOPHAGIES | • omophagies n. Plural of omophagy. • OMOPHAGY n. the eating of raw flesh. |
| PHAGOSOMES | • phagosomes n. Plural of phagosome. • PHAGOSOME n. part of a biological cell. |
| PHOTOGENES | • photogenes n. Plural of photogene. • PHOTOGENE n. an afterimage. |
| PSEPHOLOGY | • psephology n. The predictive or statistical study of elections. • psephology n. An ancient Greek method of numerology, similar to gematria. • PSEPHOLOGY n. the study of political elections. |
| ZOOPHAGIES | • ZOOPHAGY n. the practice of feeding on animals. |