| ALLOPATH | • allopath n. A practitioner of allopathy. • ALLOPATH n. one who practises allopathy, orthodox medical treatment, also ALLOPATHIST. |
| BELLHOPS | • bellhops n. Plural of bellhop. • BELLHOP n. a pageboy in a hotel or club, also BELLBOY. |
| HILLTOPS | • hilltops n. Plural of hilltop. • HILLTOP n. the top of a hill. |
| LAMPHOLE | • lamphole n. A vertical shaft down which a lamp may be lowered to inspect a sewer. • LAMPHOLE n. a shaft for lowering a lamp into a sewer. |
| LOOPHOLE | • loophole n. (Historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting… • loophole n. (Figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited… • loophole v. (Military, transitive) To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to… |
| LOPOLITH | • lopolith n. (Geology) a mass of volcanic or igneous rock found within strata which has spilled downward into underlaying… • lopolith n. (Geology) mass similar to laccolith but concave down. • LOPOLITH n. a lens-shaped body of igneous rock. |
| LYOPHILE | • lyophile n. (Chemistry) a lyophilic substance. • lyophile adj. (Chemistry) lyophilic. • LYOPHILE adj. of a colloid, readily dispersed in a suitable medium, also LYOPHIL, LYOPHILIC. |
| PHALLOID | • phalloid adj. Resembling a penis. • phalloid n. Any fungus of the genus Phallus. • PHALLOID adj. phallus shaped. |
| PHELLOID | • PHELLOID adj. resembling cork, but unable to shed water. |
| PHILOMEL | • philomel n. (Poetic) The nightingale. • PHILOMEL n. (Greek) a songbird, also PHILOMELA. |
| PHYLLODE | • phyllode n. (Botany) A flattened petiole or leaf rachis that resembles and functions as a leaf, and may or may not… • PHYLLODE n. a flattened petiole that serves as a leaf. |
| PHYLLODY | • phyllody n. (Botany) A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to the condition of leaves. • PHYLLODY n. a flower transformation. |
| PHYLLOID | • phylloid adj. Resembling a leaf. • PHYLLOID n. a leaflike assimilatory organ in brown algae. |
| PHYLLOME | • phyllome n. (Botany) A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf. • PHYLLOME n. a leaf of a plant. |
| PLUGHOLE | • plughole n. (Chiefly Australia, New Zealand, Britain) The hole at the bottom of a bath, sink or tub, which can be… • PLUGHOLE n. a drain-hole in a sink, bath etc. which may be stopped with a plug. |
| POOLHALL | • poolhall n. Alternative form of pool hall. • pool␣hall n. (US) A building where visitors pay to play billiards (pool). • POOLHALL n. an establishment for the playing of billiards, also POOLROOM. |
| PROPHYLL | • prophyll n. (Botany) The frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot. • PROPHYLL n. a small leaf on the axis of a flower. |
| SHALLOPS | • shallops n. Plural of shallop. • SHALLOP n. a light river boat with sail and oars. |