| BIOTROPH | • biotroph n. (Biology) Any parasite that cannot survive in a dead host and therefore keeps it alive. • BIOTROPH n. a parasitic organism such as a fungus. |
| HOLOPTIC | • holoptic adj. (Of the insect eye) Occupying most of the surface of the head, and sometimes meeting in the middle. • HOLOPTIC adj. having eyes meeting in front. |
| HOROPITO | • horopito n. (New Zealand) Either of two plant species in the Pseudowintera genus. • HOROPITO n. (Maori) a bushy New Zealand shrub, with red aromatic peppery leaves. |
| ISOPHOTE | • isophote n. (Computer graphics) A contour of equal luminance in an image. • ISOPHOTE n. a line on an image of a galaxy, nebula or other celestial object connecting points of equal light intensity from a given source. |
| 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. |
| OOPHYTIC | • oophytic adj. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of an oophyte. • oöphytic adj. Alternative spelling of oophytic. • OOPHYTIC adj. of or pertaining to an oophyte, a division of plants. |
| PHILOMOT | • philomot adj. Obsolete spelling of filemot. • PHILOMOT n. (French) a dull brown colour, also FILEMOT, PHILAMOT. |
| PHOTINOS | • photinos n. Plural of photino. • PHOTINO n. a hypothetical elementary particle. |
| PHOTOFIT | • photofit n. An image of a person constructed out of bits of photographs of other people; a facial composite. • PHOTOFIT n. (tradename) a method of building up a picture of a person by assembling a number of photographs of individual facial features. |
| PHOTOING | • photoing v. Present participle of photo. • PHOTO v. (colloquial) to photograph. |
| PHOTONIC | • photonic adj. Of, or relating to photons or to photonics. • PHOTONIC adj. relating to a photon. |
| PHOTOPIA | • photopia n. Normal daylight vision, in which the cone cells are used. • PHOTOPIA n. vision in illumination similar to daylight, believed to involve chiefly the cones of the retina. |
| PHOTOPIC | • photopic adj. (Of vision) used in normal daylight. • PHOTOPIC adj. relating to photopia, vision in illumination similar to daylight, believed to involve chiefly the cones of the retina. |
| POORTITH | • POORTITH n. (Scots) poverty, also PUIRTITH. |