| HOMOPHILE | • homophile adj. (Dated) Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one’s own… • homophile adj. (Chiefly historical) Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement. • homophile n. (Dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons… |
| IMPLOSION | • implosion n. The inrush of air in forming a suction stop. • implosion n. The action of imploding. • implosion n. The act or action of bringing to or as if to a center. |
| LIPOSOMAL | • liposomal adj. Of or pertaining to liposomes. • LIPOSOMAL adj. relating to a liposome, a naturally occurring liquid globule in the cytoplasm of a cell. |
| LIPOSOMES | • liposomes n. Plural of liposome. • LIPOSOME n. a microscopic globule composed of lipids. |
| MALTIPOOS | • maltipoos n. Plural of maltipoo. • MALTIPOO n. a dog that is a cross between a Maltese and a poodle. |
| MENOPOLIS | • MENOPOLIS n. (colloquial) an area with a high proportion of single men. |
| MONOPLOID | • monoploid adj. (Genetics) Having a single set of chromosomes. • monoploid n. A monoploid cell. • monoploid n. A monoploid organism. |
| OMBROPHIL | • ombrophil n. Alternative form of ombrophile. • OMBROPHIL n. a plant flourishing in extremely rainy conditions, also OMBROPHILE. |
| OMPHALOID | • omphaloid adj. Shaped like a navel. • OMPHALOID adj. of or pertaining to the omphalos, the umbilicus, or navel, also OMPHALIC. |
| PALOMINOS | • palominos n. Plural of palomino. • Palominos prop.n. A surname from Spanish. • Palominos prop.n. Plural of Palomino. |
| PHILOMOTS | • PHILOMOT n. (French) a dull brown colour, also FILEMOT, PHILAMOT. |
| PICOMOLES | • picomoles n. Plural of picomole. • PICOMOLE n. one trillionth of a mole. |
| PILOMOTOR | • pilomotor adj. Relating to the goose flesh reflex. • PILOMOTOR adj. causing movement of hairs, as in pilomotor nerves. |
| POLONISMS | • Polonisms n. Plural of Polonism. • POLONISM n. a Polish idiom. |
| POLONIUMS | • poloniums n. Plural of polonium. • POLONIUM n. a rare highly radioactive metallic chemical element, present in some uranium ores. |
| POLYOMINO | • polyomino n. (Geometry) A plane polyform made by joining one or more squares edge to edge in various arrangements;… • POLYOMINO n. a flat, many-sided shape made of up of identical squares placed side by side. |
| POLYPIDOM | • polypidom n. (Obsolete) polyparium. • POLYPIDOM n. a coral, or corallum; also, one of the coral-like structure made by bryozoans and hydroids. |
| POLYSOMIC | • polysomic adj. Having one or more duplicated chromosomes beyond the normal diploid complement. • polysomic adj. In auto-polyploids, inheritance that involves pairing of homeologous chromosomes, rather than strictly… • polysomic n. Such an organism or chromosome. |