| AUTOTROPHS | • autotrophs n. Plural of autotroph. • AUTOTROPH n. an organism that is able to manufacture its own food from inorganic substances. |
| AUXOTROPHS | • auxotrophs n. Plural of auxotroph. • AUXOTROPH n. an auxotrophic strain or individual, i.e. one requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| CRUSHPROOF | • crushproof adj. Strong enough to resist being deformed or crushed when subjected to more than normal physical stress or pressure. • CRUSHPROOF adj. resistant to crushing. |
| CRYOPHORUS | • cryophorus n. (Chemistry) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary… • CRYOPHORUS n. an instrument for showing the decrease in the temperature of water by its evaporation. |
| DIMORPHOUS | • dimorphous adj. Dimorphic; occurring or existing in two different forms. • DIMORPHOUS adj. characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinct forms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic. |
| OCTOPUSHER | • octopusher n. Someone who plays octopush. • OCTOPUSHER n. one who plays octopush, a kind of underwater hockey. |
| OPHIUROIDS | • ophiuroids n. Plural of ophiuroid. • OPHIUROID n. a member of the Ophiura genus of brittle-stars or sand-stars, also OPHIURA, OPHIURAN, OPHIURID. |
| PHOSPHORUS | • phosphorus n. (Chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms. • phosphorus n. (Obsolete) any substance exhibiting phosphorescence; a phosphor. • Phosphorus prop.n. A name sometimes used for Hesperus, the personification in Greek mythology of the planet Venus. |
| POORHOUSES | • poorhouses n. Plural of poorhouse. • poor␣houses n. Plural of poor house. • POORHOUSE n. (historical) a place of residence for people too poor to support themselves. |
| POORMOUTHS | • poormouths v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of poormouth. • POORMOUTH v. to complain about being poor. |
| PORPHYROUS | • porphyrous adj. Of or crafted from porphyry. • porphyrous adj. Of purple hue, like that of porphyry. • PORPHYROUS adj. purple. |
| PORTHOUSES | • porthouses n. Plural of porthouse. • PORTHOUSE n. (historical) a portable breviary, also PORTAS, PORTEOUS, PORTESS, PORTESSE, PORTHORS, PORTHOS, PORTOUS. |
| POWERHOUSE | • powerhouse n. A power station; the building housing a power station. • powerhouse n. (Figurative) Any source of power, energy or strength; a source of influence or inspiration. • powerhouse n. (Card games) A very good hand of cards, likely to win. |
| PYROPHORUS | • pyrophorus n. A substance capable of taking fire spontaneously on exposure to the air, especially in a finely divided state. • Pyrophorus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Elateridae – fire beetles, bioluminescent click beetles. • PYROPHORUS n. any substance capable of igniting spontaneously on exposure to air. |
| SKEUOMORPH | • skeuomorph n. A design feature copied from a similar feature in another object, even when not functionally necessary. • SKEUOMORPH n. a design feature copied from a similar artifact in another material, even when not functionally necessary e.g. the click sound of a shutter in an analog camera that is now reproduced in a digital camera by playing a sound clip. |
| TOOLPUSHER | • toolpusher n. The senior worker in charge of an oil drilling rig. • tool-pusher n. Alternative spelling of toolpusher. • TOOLPUSHER n. a supervisor of drilling operations at an oil well. |