| APHOTIC | • aphotic adj. Having no light, especially no sunlight; specifically (biology, oceanography) describing that part of… • APHOTIC adj. lightless, esp. as designating that part of the ocean not reached by sunlight. |
| ETHIOPS | • ethiops n. Alternative form of aethiops. • Ethiops n. Plural of Ethiop. • ETHIOPS n. an old name for various dingy chemicals. |
| HIGHTOP | • hightop n. Alternative form of high-top. • high-top n. A kind of sports shoe that extends significantly over the wearer’s ankle. • high␣top n. Alternative form of high-top. |
| HILLTOP | • hilltop n. The peak or crest of a hill. • HILLTOP n. the top of a hill. |
| HIPSHOT | • hipshot adj. Having a dislocated hip. • hipshot adj. (Dated) Clumsy, awkward. • hipshot adj. (US, colloquial) Standing with one hip lower than the other. |
| HOPLITE | • hoplite n. (Historical) A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis. • HOPLITE n. (Greek) a heavily armed Greek foot soldier. |
| LITHOPS | • lithops n. Any of the genus Lithops of succulent plants resembling stones. • Lithops prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Aizoaceae – various southern African succulents. • LITHOPS n. a fleshy-leaved plant. |
| OPHITES | • ophites n. Plural of ophite. • Ophites n. Plural of Ophite. • OPHITE n. a name given to various green-mottled rocks such as diabase and serpentine. |
| OPHITIC | • ophitic adj. (Geology) Describing any rock having crystals of feldspar interspersed with plates of augite. • OPHITIC adj. of or like an ophite, a name given to various green-mottled rocks such as diabase and serpentine. |
| PHOBIST | • phobist n. (Dated) A person who has a phobia. • PHOBIST n. someone with a phobia. |
| PHOTICS | • photics n. The science of light. • PHOTICS n. the science of light. |
| PHOTINO | • photino n. (Physics) The superpartner of the photon. • PHOTINO n. a hypothetical elementary particle. |
| PHOTISM | • photism n. (Psychology) A luminous appearance, image or subjective perception of a hallucinatory nature. • photism n. The color that a synesthete may report seeing in association with a particular letter or number. • PHOTISM n. a hallucinatory sensation of light; a visual synaesthesia. |
| PHYTOID | • phytoid adj. Resembling a plant, plantlike. • PHYTOID adj. resembling a plant. |
| POTICHE | • potiche n. (Ceramics) A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical… • POTICHE n. (French) a round or polygonal jar, tapering at the neck, with a removable cover. |
| SOPHIST | • sophist n. One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece. • sophist n. (Figuratively) A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning. • sophist n. (Figuratively, by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument. |
| TROPHIC | • trophic adj. Of or pertaining to nutrition. • trophic adj. (Ecology) Describing the relationships between the feeding habits of organisms in a food chain. • trophic adj. (Physiology) Of or pertaining to growth. |
| TYPHOID | • typhoid adj. Characterised by or relating to typhus. • typhoid n. (Pathology) Short for typhoid fever. • TYPHOID n. an infectious disease. |
| UPHOIST | • uphoist v. (Archaic) To hoist up. • UPHOIST v. to hoist up. |