| ALLOPATHY | • allopathy n. (Uncountable, originally) A system of heroic medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce… • allopathy n. (Countable) A conventional Western medical method or treatment. • ALLOPATHY n. the treatment of disease by inducing an opposite condition (i.e. in the usual way). |
| APHYLLOUS | • aphyllous adj. (Botany) Having no leaves; leafless. • APHYLLOUS adj. without leaves. |
| EPOCHALLY | • epochally adv. In an epochal manner. • EPOCHAL adv. belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch. |
| HALOPHILY | • halophily n. (Biology) The ability to live and thrive in an environment of high salinity. • HALOPHILY n. being adapted to salt conditions. |
| HAPLOLOGY | • haplology n. (Phonology, uncountable) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word. • haplology n. (Phonology, countable) An instance of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word. • HAPLOLOGY n. the contraction of a word by the omission of one or more similar sounds or syllables (as in mineralogy for mineralology or prob-ly for probably). |
| HOPEFULLY | • hopefully adv. In a hopeful manner. • hopefully adv. (Not comparable) It is hoped that; I hope; we hope. • HOPEFUL adv. full of hope. |
| HOPLOLOGY | • hoplology n. The study of the methods, behaviour, and technology involved in human combat, particularly weapons and armour. • HOPLOLOGY n. the study of weapons. |
| LYOPHILED | • LYOPHILED adj. obtained by freeze-drying. |
| LYOPHILIC | • lyophilic adj. (Chemistry, of a colloid) Having an affinity for the dispersion medium and thus not easily precipitated. • LYOPHILIC adj. of a colloid, readily dispersed in a suitable medium, also LYOPHIL, LYOPHILE. |
| MESOPHYLL | • mesophyll n. (Botany) The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf. • MESOPHYLL n. the photosynthetic tissue of a green plant borne beneath the epidermis, also MESOPHYL. |
| PHILOLOGY | • philology n. The humanistic study of language. • philology n. (Uncommon) Linguistics. • philology n. (Philosophy) Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking. |
| PHYLLODES | • phyllodes n. Plural of phyllode. • PHYLLODE n. a flattened petiole that serves as a leaf. |
| PHYLLODIA | • phyllodia n. Plural of phyllodium. • PHYLLODIUM n. a petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias. |
| PHYLLOIDS | • PHYLLOID n. a leaflike assimilatory organ in brown algae. |
| PHYLLOMES | • phyllomes n. Plural of phyllome. • PHYLLOME n. a leaf of a plant. |
| PHYLLOMIC | • phyllomic adj. Relating to a phyllome. • PHYLLOMIC adj. of or like a phyllome, a leaf or homologue of a leaf. |
| PHYLLOPOD | • phyllopod n. Any of several branchiopod crustaceans whose appendages resemble leaves. • PHYLLOPOD n. one of an order of crustaceans whose swimming and respiratory appendages resemble leaves. |
| PROPHYLLS | • prophylls n. Plural of prophyll. • PROPHYLL n. a small leaf on the axis of a flower. |
| SULPHONYL | • sulphonyl n. (British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonyl. • SULPHONYL n. a particular chemical divalent group, also SULFONYL, SULFURYL, SULPHURYL. |
| TALLYSHOP | • tallyshop n. Alternative form of tally shop. • tally␣shop n. A shop from which the tally trade is conducted. • TALLYSHOP n. a shop where goods are sold on credit to be paid for by instalments. |