| CRYPTOPHYTE | • cryptophyte n. (Biology) Any plant whose buds overwinter either below ground, or under water. • cryptophyte n. (Biology) A cryptomonad. • CRYPTOPHYTE n. any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface. |
| HYPERTROPHY | • hypertrophy n. (Countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells. • hypertrophy n. (Uncountable, bodybuilding) Increase in muscle size through increased size of individual muscle cells;… • hypertrophy v. (Intransitive, of a tissue or organ) To increase in size. |
| 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. |
| NEPHROPATHY | • nephropathy n. (Pathology) Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys. • NEPHROPATHY n. kidney disease. |
| PAEDOTROPHY | • paedotrophy n. Alternative form of pedotrophy. • PAEDOTROPHY n. the art of rearing children. |
| PELOTHERAPY | • pelotherapy n. Body therapy using mud or clay. • PELOTHERAPY n. medical treatment by mud baths. |
| PERIPHYTONS | • periphytons n. Plural of periphyton. • PERIPHYTON n. aquatic organisms which are attached to, or cling to, stems and leaves of rooted plants, rocks, etc. |
| PETROGLYPHS | • petroglyphs n. Plural of petroglyph. • PETROGLYPH n. an ancient rock-carving. |
| PETROGLYPHY | • petroglyphy n. The art or process of carving figures or inscriptions on stone. • PETROGLYPHY n. the art of carving on rocks. |
| PETROGRAPHY | • petrography n. (Petrology) The branch of petrology that deals with the scientific description and classification of rocks. • petrography n. The art of writing on stone. • PETROGRAPHY n. the description and classification of rocks. |
| PHONOTYPERS | • PHONOTYPER n. one who phonotypes, prints in phonotype. |
| PORPHYRITES | • porphyrites n. Plural of porphyrite. • PORPHYRITE n. a rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite. |
| PROTOPHYTES | • protophytes n. Plural of protophyte. • PROTOPHYTE n. any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division. |
| SAPROPHYTES | • saprophytes n. Plural of saprophyte. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
| SPERMOPHYTE | • spermophyte n. (Botany) Alternative form of spermatophyte. • SPERMOPHYTE n. any member of the Spermatophyta, seed-bearing plants, also SPERMAPHYTE. |
| SPOROPHYTES | • sporophytes n. Plural of sporophyte. • SPOROPHYTE n. a spore-producing phase in plants that reproduce by metagenesis (alternating asexual and sexual reproduction). |
| TROPOPHYTES | • tropophytes n. Plural of tropophyte. • TROPOPHYTE n. a plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought. |
| TRYPTOPHANE | • tryptophane n. Alternative form of tryptophan. • TRYPTOPHANE n. an essential amino acid, also TRYPTOPHAN. |
| TYPOGRAPHED | • typographed v. Simple past tense and past participle of typograph. • TYPOGRAPH v. to produce stamps by letterpress. |
| TYPOGRAPHER | • typographer n. A person skilled in typography. • typographer n. A typewriter. • typographer n. A kind of bark beetle, Ips typographus. |