| ALLOPATHIES | • allopathies n. Plural of allopathy. • ALLOPATHY n. the treatment of disease by inducing an opposite condition (i.e. in the usual way). |
| ALLOPATHIST | • allopathist n. A practitioner of allopathy. • ALLOPATHIST n. one who practises allopathy, orthodox medical treatment, also ALLOPATH. |
| APOPHYLLITE | • apophyllite n. (Mineralogy) Any of several forms of a pale pink or green mineral being a mixed fluoride and silicate… • APOPHYLLITE n. a mineral, hydrated calcium potassium silicate, that exfoliates on heating. |
| HOPLOLOGIST | • hoplologist n. Someone who is an expert in weapons and armour (especially military uses or knowledge thereof). • HOPLOLOGIST n. a student of hoplology, the study of weapons. |
| HOSPITALLER | • hospitaller n. A person who attends visitors in a religious institution. • hospitaller n. A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals. • HOSPITALLER n. a member of a charitable brotherhood for the care of the sick in hospitals, also HOSPITALER. |
| LITHOGLYPHS | • lithoglyphs n. Plural of lithoglyph. • LITHOGLYPH n. an engraving on stone. |
| LITHOLAPAXY | • litholapaxy n. (Medicine) The removal of a vesical calculus by first crushing it and subsequently washing out the fragments. • LITHOLAPAXY n. the operation of crushing stone in the bladder and working it out. |
| PALAEOLITHS | • palaeoliths n. Plural of palaeolith. • PALAEOLITH n. a Stone Age artefact, also PALEOLITH. |
| PALEOLITHIC | • paleolithic adj. Alternative letter-case form of Paleolithic. • paleolithic adj. (Informal) Extremely outdated. • Paleolithic prop.n. A period that lasted from two and a half million years ago to 10,000 BC; the Old Stone Age. |
| PHILOLOGIST | • philologist n. A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector… • philologist n. A person devoted to general learning and literature. • philologist n. A person devoted to classical scholarship. |
| PHLEBOLITES | • phlebolites n. Plural of phlebolite. • PHLEBOLITE n. a calcareous concretion found in a vein. |
| PHYLLOTAXIS | • phyllotaxis n. (Botany) The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement. • PHYLLOTAXIS n. the arrangement of leaves on a stem and in relation to one another, also PHYLLOTAXY. |
| PLETHORICAL | • plethorical adj. Alternative form of plethoric. • PLETHORICAL adj. having a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood, also PLETHORIC. |
| PLOUGHTAILS | • ploughtails n. Plural of ploughtail. • PLOUGHTAIL n. the end of a plough where the handles are, also PLOWTAIL. |
| POLYHALITES | • POLYHALITE n. a triclinic hydrated sulphate of calcium, potassium, and magnesium, usually occurring as red or yellowish fibrous masses. |
| PROTHALLIAL | • PROTHALLIAL adj. of or like the prothallium, the growth following a germinating spore, for the purpose of sexual reproduction, producing the antheridia and archegonia. |
| PROTHALLIUM | • prothallium n. A plant, usually a pteridophyte, in gametophyte stage in the metagenesis cycle. • prothallium n. The young gametophyte of a liverwort or peat moss. • PROTHALLIUM n. the free-living gametophyte of a fern or other vascular cryptogam, also PROTHALLUS. |
| PROTHALLOID | • PROTHALLOID adj. relating to the prothallus, the gametophyte or sexual generation in ferns and related plants. |
| TRIPHYLLOUS | • triphyllous adj. (Botany) Having three leaves. • TRIPHYLLOUS adj. three-leaved. |
| TROPHICALLY | • trophically adv. In a trophic manner. • trophically adv. With regard to nutrition. • TROPHIC adv. pertaining to nutrition. |