| ANTHROPOPHAGOUS | • anthropophagous adj. Who practices anthropophagy; cannibal. • ANTHROPOPHAGOUS adj. eating humans. |
| ANTHROPOPHUISMS | • ANTHROPOPHUISM n. the ascription of human nature to God or to the gods. |
| CHEMAUTOTROPHIC | • chemautotrophic adj. Alternative form of chemoautotrophic. • CHEMAUTOTROPHIC adj. of or like a chemautotroph. |
| CHEMOAUTOTROPHS | • chemoautotrophs n. Plural of chemoautotroph. • CHEMOAUTOTROPH n. any organism, e.g. bacteria, that produces energy by the oxidation of inorganic compounds, such as iron, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide, also CHEMOAUTROPH. |
| CHEMOAUTOTROPHY | • chemoautotrophy n. (Biology) A mode of growth in which CO2 is the exclusive source of assimilated carbon, and energy is… • CHEMOAUTOTROPHY n. the production of energy by the oxidation of inorganic compounds, such as iron, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide. |
| CHROMATOPHOROUS | • CHROMATOPHOROUS adj. of or like a chromatophore, a pigment-bearing cell. |
| EDRIOPHTHALMOUS | • edriophthalmous adj. (Zoology) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma, a former classification of peracarids. • EDRIOPHTHALMOUS adj. of crustaceans, with stalkless eyes, also EDRIOPHTHALMIAN, EDRIOPHTHALMIC. |
| ELEUTHEROPHOBIA | • eleutherophobia n. (Rare) Fear of freedom. • ELEUTHEROPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of freedom. |
| ELEUTHEROPHOBIC | • ELEUTHEROPHOBIC adj. suffering from a fear of freedom. |
| FLUOROPHOSPHATE | • fluorophosphate n. (Inorganic chemistry) The anion PO3F2- formed by replacing one hydroxyl of a phosphate anion with a… • fluorophosphate n. (Organic chemistry) The functional group >PO3F formed by replacing one hydroxyl of a phosphate group… • FLUOROPHOSPHATE n. a mineral compound of fluorine and phosphorus. |
| ICHTHYODORULITE | • ichthyodorulite n. (Zoology) One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail of certain skates. • ichthyodorulite n. (Geology) A fossil fish-spine found in stratified rock. • ICHTHYODORULITE n. a fossilised fish-spine, also ICHTHYODORYLITE. |
| ODONTORHYNCHOUS | • ODONTORHYNCHOUS adj. of birds, having toothlike ridges inside the beak. |
| ORNITHODELPHOUS | • ORNITHODELPHOUS adj. of or like the Ornithodelphia, monotremes, also ORNITHODELPHIAN, ORNITHODELPHIC. |
| ORNITHORHYNCHUS | • ornithorhynchus n. A platypus (genus Ornithorhynchus). • Ornithorhynchus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Ornithorhynchidae – the single species Ornithorhynchus anatinus… • ORNITHORHYNCHUS n. the duckbill platypus. |
| PHONAUTOGRAPHIC | • phonautographic adj. Relating to the phonautograph. • PHONAUTOGRAPHIC adj. relating to a phonautograph, an instrument for recording sound vibrations. |
| PHOTOAUTOTROPHS | • photoautotrophs n. Plural of photoautotroph. • PHOTOAUTOTROPH n. an organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances using light as an energy source. |
| THOROUGHGOINGLY | • thoroughgoingly adv. Fully; completely; thoroughly. • THOROUGHGOING adv. marked by thoroughness or zeal. |