| APITHERAPY | • apitherapy n. The medical use of bee products such as honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and bee venom. • APITHERAPY n. the therapeutic use of bee products, such as royal jelly and propolis. |
| HIPPOGRYPH | • hippogryph n. Alternative spelling of hippogriff. • HIPPOGRYPH n. a fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin, also HIPPOGRIFF. |
| HYPEROPIAS | • hyperopias n. Plural of hyperopia. • HYPEROPIA n. longsightedness, aka hypermetropia. |
| HYPERPLOID | • hyperploid adj. (Genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds an exact multiple of the haploid number. • hyperploid adj. (Medicine) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds the diploid number. • hyperploid n. A hyperploid organism. |
| HYPERPNEIC | • hyperpneic adj. Related to hyperpnea. • HYPERPNEIC adj. relating to hyperpnea, abnormally fast breathing. |
| LIPOGRAPHY | • lipography n. A scribal or typographical error where a letter or group of letters that should be written twice is written once. • LIPOGRAPHY n. the accidental omission of a letter or syllable. |
| PARAPHYSIS | • paraphysis n. (Botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the… • paraphysis n. (Mycology) A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci. • paraphysis n. (Anatomy) A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon. |
| PASIGRAPHY | • pasigraphy n. (Linguistics) A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic… • PASIGRAPHY n. a system of universal ideographic writing. |
| PERILYMPHS | • perilymphs n. Plural of perilymph. • PERILYMPH n. the fluid surrounding the membranous labyrinth of the ear. |
| PERIPHYTIC | • periphytic adj. Relating to periphytons. • PERIPHYTIC adj. relating to a periphyton. |
| PERIPHYTON | • periphyton n. (Ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to… • PERIPHYTON n. aquatic organisms which are attached to, or cling to, stems and leaves of rooted plants, rocks, etc. |
| PORPHYRIAS | • porphyrias n. Plural of porphyria. • PORPHYRIA n. any of various disorders of metabolism resulting in the excretion of an excessive quantity of porphyrins in the urine. |
| PORPHYRIES | • porphyries n. Plural of porphyry. • PORPHYRY n. (Greek) a very hard, variegated rock of a purple and white colour, used in sculpture. |
| PORPHYRINS | • porphyrins n. Plural of porphyrin. • PORPHYRIN n. any of a large group of red or purple crystalline pigments present in plant and animal tissues. |
| PORPHYRIOS | • porphyrios n. Plural of porphyrio. • PORPHYRIO n. any bird of the purple-coot genus Porphyrio. |
| PORPHYRITE | • porphyrite n. A rock with a porphyritic structure. • PORPHYRITE n. a rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite. |
| PORPHYROID | • porphyroid n. (Mineralogy) A crystalline and schistose rock containing porphyritic crystals of feldspar. • PORPHYROID n. a metamorphic rock having a texture characterized by large crystals set in a finer groundmass. |
| PYROPHOBIA | • pyrophobia n. An fear or hatred of fire or flames. • PYROPHOBIA n. fear of fire. |
| PYROPHOBIC | • pyrophobic adj. Suffering from pyrophobia; afraid of fire. • pyrophobic n. A person who is afraid of fire. • PYROPHOBIC n. one having an irrational fear of fires. |
| PYROPHORIC | • pyrophoric adj. Spontaneously igniting in air, especially when in a finely divided state. • pyrophoric adj. Producing sparks, especially by friction. • pyrophoric adj. (Fire investigation) Able to oxidize with exposure to atmospheric oxygen at normal temperatures. |