| ANTHOPHORES | • anthophores n. Plural of anthophore. • ANTHOPHORE n. the stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. |
| AXEROPHTHOL | • axerophthol n. Vitamin A. • AXEROPHTHOL n. vitamin A, a pale yellow crystalline substance, deficiency of which causes xerophthalmia. |
| CHOROPLETHS | • choropleths n. Plural of choropleth. • CHOROPLETH n. a map using symbols (often a series of shadings) on geographic subdivisions to represent each subdivision's level in a range of values. |
| HETEROPHONY | • heterophony n. (Music) The simultaneous performance by a number of singers or musicians of two or more versions of the same melody. • HETEROPHONY n. an independent variation on a single melody by two or more voices. |
| HETEROTROPH | • heterotroph n. (Ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own. • HETEROTROPH n. a secondary feeder eating plants or other animals. |
| HYPOSTROPHE | • hypostrophe n. (Medicine) The act of a patient turning himself or herself. • hypostrophe n. (Medicine) A relapse, or return of a disease. • hypostrophe n. (Rhetoric) The use of insertion or parenthesis. |
| ORTHOPHYRES | • ORTHOPHYRE n. a fine-grained syenitic rock with orthoclase crystals. |
| PHOSPHORATE | • phosphorate v. (Transitive) To combine or treat with phosphorus; to phosphorize. • PHOSPHORATE v. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus. |
| PHOSPHORETS | • phosphorets n. Plural of phosphoret. • PHOSPHORET n. (obsolete) a phosphide, also PHOSPHURET. |
| PHOSPHORITE | • phosphorite n. (Mineralogy) a sedimentary rock rich in phosphate minerals such as apatite. • PHOSPHORITE n. fibrous apatite. |
| PHOTOPHORES | • photophores n. Plural of photophore. • PHOTOPHORE n. a luminiferous organ. |
| PHOTOSPHERE | • photosphere n. (Astronomy) A visible surface layer of a star, and especially that of a sun. • PHOTOSPHERE n. the sun's luminous envelope. |
| PHYTOCHROME | • phytochrome n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of pigments that control most photomorphogenic responses in higher plants. • PHYTOCHROME n. a plant pigment which absorbs red or infrared rays and acts as an enzyme controlling growth. |
| PROPHETHOOD | • prophethood n. State or condition of being a prophet. • PROPHETHOOD n. the state of being a prophet. |
| THEOMORPHIC | • theomorphic adj. Having the form of God or a god. • theomorphic adj. Of, pertaining to or involving the conception of man as having the form of God or a god. • THEOMORPHIC adj. resembling a god or having godlike qualities. |
| THEOSOPHERS | • theosophers n. Plural of theosopher. • THEOSOPHER n. a believer in theosophy, immediate divine illumination or wisdom, also THEOSOPH, THEOSOPHIST. |
| THERIOMORPH | • THERIOMORPH n. an animal form in art. |
| TROCHOPHORE | • trochophore n. (Biology) The free-swimming larva of some invertebrates that have a circlet of cilia. • TROCHOPHORE n. a free-swimming pelagic form of many invertebrates, also TROCHOSPHERE. |