| HEPATOSCOPY | • hepatoscopy n. (Rare) Divination by the liver of an animal or bird. The liver was divided into sections, each section… • HEPATOSCOPY n. divination by examining animal livers. |
| 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. |
| HYPOTYPOSES | • hypotyposes n. Plural of hypotyposis. • HYPOTYPOSIS n. a vivid description of a scene. |
| NYMPHOLEPTS | • nympholepts n. Plural of nympholept. • NYMPHOLEPT n. one in state of nympholepsy, a trance incurred by erotic daydreams. |
| 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. |
| PHAENOTYPES | • PHAENOTYPE v. to categorise by phaenotype, the sum of the attributes of an individual, regarded as resulting from the interaction of its genotype with its environment, also PHENOTYPE. |
| PHONOTYPERS | • PHONOTYPER n. one who phonotypes, prints in phonotype. |
| PHONOTYPIES | • phonotypies n. Plural of phonotypy. • PHONOTYPY n. the transcription into phonetic spelling advocated for ordinary use. |
| PHOTOTYPIES | • PHOTOTYPY n. the art or process of producing phototypes. |
| 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. |
| PSAMMOPHYTE | • psammophyte n. (Botany) Any plant which thrives in sandy conditions. • PSAMMOPHYTE n. a plant adapted to growing in sand. |
| PSILOPHYTES | • psilophytes n. Plural of psilophyte. • PSILOPHYTE n. any of an order of extinct plants. |
| 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. |