| EOSINOPHIL | • eosinophil n. (Cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body. • eosinophil adj. Alternative form of eosinophilic. • EOSINOPHIL n. a type of white blood cell, so called because it is easily stained by eosin, also EOSINOPHILE. |
| 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… |
| HELIOSCOPE | • helioscope n. (Astronomy) An apparatus for viewing the Sun without harming the eye, by means of an optical filter… • HELIOSCOPE n. an instrument for observing the sun without injury to the eyes. |
| HOMOPHILES | • homophiles n. Plural of homophile. • HOMOPHILE n. a homosexual. |
| LITHOPONES | • lithopones n. Plural of lithopone. • LITHOPONE n. a white pigment used in paints, consisting of a mixture of zinc sulphide and barium sulphate. |
| LOGOPHILES | • logophiles n. Plural of logophile. • LOGOPHILE n. a person who loves words. |
| OENOPHILES | • oenophiles n. Plural of oenophile. • œnophiles n. Plural of œnophile. • OENOPHILE n. a wine connoisseur, also ENOPHILE, OENOPHIL. |
| OPHIOLITES | • ophiolites n. Plural of ophiolite. • OPHIOLITE n. a slice of oceanic rock and upper mantle that has been thrust over the edge of a continent. |
| PHELONIONS | • phelonions n. Plural of phelonion. • PHELONION n. a liturgical vestment, also PHAELONION. |
| PHILOSOPHE | • philosophe n. Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment. • philosophe n. (Derogatory) An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster. • PHILOSOPHE n. (French) a philosopher. |
| PHOLIDOSES | • PHOLIDOSIS n. the arrangement of scales, as in fish and reptiles. |
| PHONOLITES | • phonolites n. Plural of phonolite. • PHONOLITE n. a fine-grained intermediate igneous rock that rings when struck by a hammer, aka clinkstone. |
| PILOTHOUSE | • pilothouse n. (Nautical) A wheelhouse. • pilothouse n. A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse. • PILOTHOUSE n. a shelter for steering gear and pilot. |
| SHOPSOILED | • shopsoiled adj. Alternative form of shop-soiled. • shop-soiled adj. Soiled from display in a shop; shopworn. • SHOPSOILED adj. of goods, having deteriorated through handling in a shop. |
| STROPHIOLE | • strophiole n. (Botany) An excrescence or tubercle around the hilum of certain seeds. • STROPHIOLE n. a caruncle. |
| ZOOPHILIES | • ZOOPHILY n. the love of animals; erotic fondness of animals, also ZOOPHILIA, ZOOPHILISM. |