| ABIOTROPHY | • abiotrophy n. (Medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function… • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| GYNOPHORIC | • GYNOPHORIC adj. of or like a gynophore, a pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens. |
| HELIOTROPY | • heliotropy n. Heliotropism. • HELIOTROPY n. the tendency of stems and leaves to bend towards the sun. |
| HIEROSCOPY | • hieroscopy n. Hieromancy. • HIEROSCOPY n. divination using entrails. |
| HYDROPONIC | • hydroponic adj. (Agriculture, horticulture) Of a plant; pertaining to or grown using hydroponics, a method of growing… • HYDROPONIC adj. relating to hydroponics, the practice of growing plants in a chemical solution without soil. |
| HYPOCORISM | • hypocorism n. (Countable) A term of endearment; a hypocoristic, a pet name. • hypocorism n. (Uncountable) The formation of terms of endearment or pet names. • hypocorism n. (Uncountable, rare) Baby talk, such as bow-wow for dog and choo-choo for train. |
| HYPODORIAN | • hypodorian adj. (Music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from A to D. • Hypodorian adj. Alternative form of hypodorian. • HYPODORIAN adj. relating to a mode in ancient Greek music. |
| OPHIOLATRY | • ophiolatry n. Snake worship. • OPHIOLATRY n. worship of snakes. |
| POLYCHROIC | • polychroic adj. Having many colours. • POLYCHROIC adj. displaying different colours when seen from different directions, also PLEOCHROIC. |
| POLYHISTOR | • polyhistor n. Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar. • POLYHISTOR n. a person of great and wide learning, also POLYHISTORIAN. |
| PORPHYRIOS | • porphyrios n. Plural of porphyrio. • PORPHYRIO n. any bird of the purple-coot genus Porphyrio. |
| 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. |
| PYORRHOEIC | • pyorrhoeic adj. Alternative form of pyorrheic. • pyorrhœic adj. Obsolete form of pyorrheic. • PYORRHOEIC adj. relating to pyorrhoea, suppuration in the sockets of the teeth, also PYORRHEAL, PYORRHEIC, PYORRHOEAL. |
| 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. |
| RADIOPHONY | • radiophony n. (Dated) The use of the radiophone. • RADIOPHONY n. the art or practice of using the radiophone. |
| RHINOSCOPY | • rhinoscopy n. (Medicine) examination of the nasal passages using an endoscope or speculum; nasal endoscopy. • RHINOSCOPY n. the examination of the nose. |
| THIXOTROPY | • thixotropy n. (Physics) The reduction of viscosity with increased shear. • thixotropy n. (Medicine) The property of certain gels whereby they become fluids when agitated and return to being… • THIXOTROPY n. the property of certain gels of becoming fluid when agitated and of reverting back to a gel when left to stand. |