| HOMOPLASY | • homoplasy n. (Evolutionary theory) A correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as… • HOMOPLASY n. the quality or fact of being homoplastic, also HOMOPLASTY. |
| LAMPHOLES | • lampholes n. Plural of lamphole. • LAMPHOLE n. a shaft for lowering a lamp into a sewer. |
| LYMPHOMAS | • lymphomas n. Plural of lymphoma. • LYMPHOMA n. a tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland. |
| MESOPHILE | • mesophile n. An organism, especially a microorganism, that lives and thrives at moderate temperatures. • MESOPHILE n. the ideal growth temperature of 20 to 45 degrees. |
| 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. |
| MESOPHYLS | • mesophyls n. Plural of mesophyl. • MESOPHYL n. the soft tissue of a leaf. |
| PALMHOUSE | • palmhouse n. A glasshouse for growing palms and other tropical plants. • PALMHOUSE n. a glasshouse for palms and other plants. |
| PHILAMOTS | • PHILAMOT n. (French) a dull brown colour, also FILEMOT, PHILOMOT. |
| PHILOMELS | • philomels n. Plural of philomel. • PHILOMEL n. (Greek) a songbird, also PHILOMELA. |
| PHILOMOTS | • PHILOMOT n. (French) a dull brown colour, also FILEMOT, PHILAMOT. |
| PHLEGMONS | • phlegmons n. Plural of phlegmon. • PHLEGMON n. an inflammation with pus. |
| PHLOMISES | • phlomises n. Plural of phlomis. • PHLOMIS n. (Greek) any plant of the Phlomis genus of labiate herbs. |
| PHYLLOMES | • phyllomes n. Plural of phyllome. • PHYLLOME n. a leaf of a plant. |
| POLYMATHS | • polymaths n. Plural of polymath. • POLYMATH n. a person of great and varied learning. |
| RHOPALISM | • rhopalism n. (Poetry, rhetoric) rhopalic structure. • RHOPALISM n. a sentence or poem in which each word is one syllable longer than its predecessor. |
| ROMPISHLY | • rompishly adv. In a rompish manner. • ROMPISH adv. inclined to romp. |
| SYPHILOMA | • syphiloma n. A syphilitic tumor. • SYPHILOMA n. a syphilitic tumour. |