| EPIPHYLLOUS | • epiphyllous adj. (Botany) Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf. • EPIPHYLLOUS adj. borne on the leaves or leaflike organs. |
| GYPSOPHILAS | • gypsophilas n. Plural of gypsophila. • GYPSOPHILA n. a garden flower. |
| HYPERPLASIA | • hyperplasia n. (Medicine) An increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells. • HYPERPLASIA n. an abnormal or unusual increase in the elements composing a part, such as cells composing a tissue. |
| HYPERPLOIDS | • hyperploids n. Plural of hyperploid. • HYPERPLOID n. a hyperploid organism. |
| HYPOPHYSIAL | • hypophysial adj. Of or pertaining to the hypophysis (the pituitary gland). • HYPOPHYSIAL adj. relating to the pituitary gland. |
| HYPOPLASIAS | • hypoplasias n. Plural of hypoplasia. • HYPOPLASIA n. the incomplete development of an organ or part, also HYPOPLASTY. |
| HYPOPLASTIC | • hypoplastic adj. Of, or pertaining to hypoplasia or hypoplasty. • HYPOPLASTIC adj. relating to hypoplasia. |
| PODOPHYLINS | • PODOPHYLIN n. a cathartic resin obtained from the rhizomes of the Podophyllum genus, also PODOPHYLLIN. |
| POLYPHAGIAS | • polyphagias n. Plural of polyphagia. • POLYPHAGIA n. the eating of excessive amounts, or many different kinds, of food. |
| POLYPHAGIES | • POLYPHAGY n. the practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food. |
| POLYPHONIES | • polyphonies n. Plural of polyphony. • POLYPHONY n. composition in separate, but simultaneous and harmonizing, parts. |
| POLYPHONIST | • polyphonist n. One who is proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist. • polyphonist n. (Music) A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist. • POLYPHONIST n. a contrapuntist, one who writes counterpoint. |
| PROPHYLAXIS | • prophylaxis n. (Medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease. • prophylaxis n. (Chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent’s plan or tactic. • PROPHYLAXIS n. preventive treatment against diseases, etc. |
| PSALIGRAPHY | • PSALIGRAPHY n. the art of paper-cutting to make pictures. |
| PSILOPHYTES | • psilophytes n. Plural of psilophyte. • PSILOPHYTE n. any of an order of extinct plants. |
| PSILOPHYTIC | • psilophytic adj. Relating to psilophytes. • PSILOPHYTIC adj. of or like a psilophyte, a kind of extinct plant. |
| PSYCHOPHILY | • psychophily n. Pollination by butterflies. • PSYCHOPHILY n. pollination by butterflies. |
| SCRIPOPHILY | • scripophily n. The hobby of collecting paper documents, particularly business stock certificates. • SCRIPOPHILY n. the hobby of collecting historic stock and bond certificates. |