| CHORIOIDS | • chorioids n. Plural of chorioid. • CHORIOID n. the dark brown vascular coat of the eye, also CHOREOID, CHOROID. |
| CHORIONIC | • chorionic adj. Of or pertaining to the chorion. • CHORIONIC adj. relating to the chorion, the outer foetal envelope. |
| FINNOCHIO | • finnochio n. Rare spelling of finocchio. • FINNOCHIO n. (Italian) a dwarf variety of fennel, also FINOCCHIO, FINOCHIO. |
| FINOCCHIO | • finocchio n. A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum… • finocchio n. (Derogatory, slang) A male homosexual. • Finocchio prop.n. A surname from Italian. |
| FINOCHIOS | • FINOCHIO n. (Italian) a dwarf variety of fennel, also FINNOCHIO, FINOCCHIO. |
| HELIOZOIC | • HELIOZOIC adj. relating to the Heliozoa, sun-animalcules, an order of Protozoa, also HELIOZOAN. |
| HOMINOIDS | • hominoids n. Plural of hominoid. • HOMINOID n. a member of the superfamily Hominoidea, comprising man and modern apes and their extinct ancestors, also HOMINIAN. |
| HONORIFIC | • honorific n. A title. (e.g., Mister, Misses, Doctor, Professor) • honorific n. A term of respect; respectful language. • honorific n. (Linguistics) A word or word form expressing the speaker’s respect for the hearer or the referent. |
| IDIOPHONE | • idiophone n. Any musical instrument that produces its sound by its own vibration (without any strings or membranes). • IDIOPHONE n. a percussion instrument made of naturally resonant material. |
| INHOOPING | • inhooping v. Present participle of inhoop. • INHOOP v. (Shakespeare) to confine in a hoop. |
| IODOPHILE | • iodophile n. An iodophilic cell. • IODOPHILE adj. esp. of bacteria containing compounds similar to starch, readily stained by iodine. |
| ISOCHORIC | • isochoric adj. Having the same volume. • isochoric adj. (Physics, of a thermodynamic process) during which the volume does not change. • ISOCHORIC adj. of or like an isochor, a curve representing variation of some quantity under conditions of constant volume. |
| OPHIOLITE | • ophiolite n. (Geology) an assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been… • OPHIOLITE n. a slice of oceanic rock and upper mantle that has been thrust over the edge of a continent. |
| OPHIUROID | • ophiuroid n. An echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea; the brittlestar. • OPHIUROID n. a member of the Ophiura genus of brittle-stars or sand-stars, also OPHIURA, OPHIURAN, OPHIURID. |
| ORNITHOID | • ornithoid adj. Resembling or characteristic of a bird. • ornithoid n. (Science fiction, fantasy) Any bird-like creature. • ORNITHOID adj. birdlike. |
| OTOLITHIC | • otolithic adj. Of or pertaining to an otolith. • OTOLITHIC adj. of or like an otolith, a calcium concretion in inside of vertebrate's ear to aid in equilibrium. |
| PIHOIHOIS | • PIHOIHOI n. (Maori) a variety of New Zealand pipit. |
| ZOOLITHIC | • zoolithic adj. Relating to zooliths. • ZOOLITHIC adj. of or like a zoolite, a fossil animal. |
| ZOOPHILIA | • zoophilia n. Human sexual attraction toward or sexual interaction with non-human animals. • zoophilia n. (Uncommon, chiefly derogatory) Excessive fondness for animals. • ZOOPHILIA n. the love of animals; erotic fondness for animals, also ZOOPHILISM, ZOOPHILY. |
| ZOOPHILIC | • zoophilic adj. Liking or preferring animals. • zoophilic adj. Relating to or exhibiting zoophilia; paraphilic to animals. • ZOOPHILIC adj. of or like zoophilia, the erotic love of animals. |