| ADIAPHOROUS | • adiaphorous adj. Neither harmful nor beneficial. • ADIAPHOROUS adj. doing neither good nor harm. |
| AILUROPHOBE | • ailurophobe n. A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines. • AILUROPHOBE n. a person with a morbid fear of cats. |
| AUTOMORPHIC | • automorphic adj. (Geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic. • automorphic adj. (Mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular. • automorphic adj. (Mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism. |
| AUTOTROPHIC | • autotrophic adj. (Biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using… • AUTOTROPHIC adj. capable of building up food materials from inorganic matter. |
| AUXOTROPHIC | • auxotrophic adj. (Biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent… • AUXOTROPHIC adj. requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| ERIOPHOROUS | • ERIOPHOROUS adj. very cottony. |
| ERIOPHORUMS | • ERIOPHORUM n. a plant of the cotton-grass genus. |
| EUROPHOBIAS | • EUROPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of Europe and things European. |
| HEMITROPOUS | • hemitropous adj. Turned half round; half inverted. • hemitropous adj. (Botany, of an ovule) Having the raphe terminating about halfway between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous. • HEMITROPOUS adj. of a crystal, having a twinned structure, also HEMITROPAL, HEMITROPE, HEMITROPIC. |
| HYPONITROUS | • hyponitrous adj. Of or pertaining to hyponitrous acid or its derivatives. • HYPONITROUS adj. containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds. |
| ISOMORPHOUS | • isomorphous adj. Of, relating to, or exhibiting isomorphism. • ISOMORPHOUS adj. similar in form. |
| RHIZOPODOUS | • rhizopodous adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the rhizopods. • RHIZOPODOUS adj. relating to a rhizopod. |
| THOROUGHPIN | • thoroughpin n. An abnormal swelling (tenosynovitis) on the sides of the hock joint of horses. • THOROUGHPIN n. a swelling of horses' hocks. |
| TRIMORPHOUS | • trimorphous adj. Trimorphic; having, or relating to, three forms. • TRIMORPHOUS adj. having three forms, also TRIMORPHIC. |
| XEROPHILOUS | • xerophilous adj. Able to thrive in dry weather. • XEROPHILOUS adj. drought loving, particularly pertaining to plants. |