| CHELASHIP | • chelaship n. The role or status of chela (pupil or disciple). • CHELASHIP n. discipleship. |
| HALOPHILE | • halophile n. (Biology) An organism that lives and thrives in an environment of high salinity, often requiring such… • HALOPHILE n. a plant that is adapted to survive in salty soil. |
| HALOPHILY | • halophily n. (Biology) The ability to live and thrive in an environment of high salinity. • HALOPHILY n. being adapted to salt conditions. |
| HEMOPHILE | • HEMOPHILE n. a person with hemophilia, also HAEMOPHILE. |
| HOMOPHILE | • homophile adj. (Dated) Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one’s own… • homophile adj. (Chiefly historical) Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement. • homophile n. (Dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons… |
| HYGROPHIL | • HYGROPHIL adj. moisture-loving; living where there is much moisture, also HYGROPHILOUS. |
| LIGHTSHIP | • lightship n. (Nautical) A vessel riding at anchor and displaying a light for the guidance of sailors, in a position… • light-ship n. Alternative spelling of lightship. • LIGHTSHIP n. a ship intended to function as a lighthouse. |
| PHACOLITH | • phacolith n. (Geology) A lens-shaped mass that occurs in an anticlinal crest or synclinal trough. • PHACOLITH n. an intrusive mass of igneous rock situated between strata at the top of an anticline or the bottom of a syncline. |
| PHILHORSE | • PHILHORSE n. (Shakespeare) a fill-horse, the horse in a team nearest to the carriage. |
| PHILOMATH | • philomath n. (Archaic) A lover of learning; a scholar. • philomath n. An astrologer or predictor. • PHILOMATH n. a lover of learning; a scholar. |
| PHOTOPHIL | • photophil n. The phase of a two-phase circadian rhythm associated with light and expenditure of energy. • PHOTOPHIL n. an organism that seeks the light. |
| PHTHALEIN | • phthalein n. (Organic chemistry) any of a range of lactones formed by the reaction of phenols with phthalic anhydride. • PHTHALEIN n. any one of a very important class of dye-yielding materials formed by the union of phenols with phthalic anhydride. |
| PHTHALINS | • phthalins n. Plural of phthalin. • PHTHALIN n. a colourless crystalline compound obtained by reducing a phthalein. |
| PHYTOLITH | • phytolith n. A small particle of silica or mineral that occurs in many plants. • PHYTOLITH n. a microscopic particle in plants. |
| RHEOPHILE | • rheophile n. Any organism that thrives in the presence of running water. • RHEOPHILE adj. living in flowing water, also RHEOPHIL. • RHEOPHILE n. a creature that lives in flowing water, also RHEOPHIL. |
| TEPHILLAH | • tephillah n. Alternative form of tefilla. • TEPHILLAH n. (Hebrew) a phylactery worn by Jews, also TEFILLAH. |
| WHOLPHINS | • wholphins n. Plural of wholphin. • WHOLPHIN n. a hybrid of a whale and a dolphin. |