| ACHAGE | • achage n. (Rare) The state or condition of having aches. • ACHAGE n. (Tennyson) an ache, aching. |
| BACTERIOPHAGE | • bacteriophage n. (Microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria. • BACTERIOPHAGE n. a bacterium that eats other bacteria. |
| BERTHAGE | • berthage n. A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor. • BERTHAGE n. a place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor. |
| COLIPHAGE | • coliphage n. Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli. • COLIPHAGE n. any bacteriophage active against E. coli. |
| COWHAGE | • cowhage n. Alternative form of cowage. • COWHAGE n. (Hindi) a leguminous climbing plant with crooked pods covered with sharp stinging hairs, also COWAGE, COWITCH. |
| HAEMORRHAGE | • haemorrhage n. British form standard spelling of hemorrhage. • haemorrhage v. British form standard spelling of hemorrhage. • hæmorrhage n. (Chiefly British spelling) Archaic spelling of haemorrhage. |
| HEMORRHAGE | • hemorrhage n. A heavy release of blood within or from the body. • hemorrhage n. (Figurative) A sudden or significant loss. • hemorrhage v. (Intransitive) To bleed copiously. |
| MACROPHAGE | • macrophage n. (Immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material… • MACROPHAGE n. any of the large phagocytic cells situated in the walls of blood vessels. |
| MICROPHAGE | • microphage n. (Biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte). • MICROPHAGE n. a small phagocyte. |
| OSTREOPHAGE | • ostreophage n. (Rare) Synonym of ostreophagist. • OSTREOPHAGE n. an oyster-eater. |
| PHAGE | • phage n. (Microbiology, virology) A virus that is parasitic on bacteria. • -phage suff. Something that eats, or consumes. • PHAGE n. (short for) a bacteriophage, a bacterium that eats other bacteria. |
| PROPHAGE | • prophage n. (Biology) The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome. • PROPHAGE n. a virus that exists in a bacterial cell and undergoes division with its host without destroying it. |
| REPECHAGE | • repechage n. (Sports) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous… • repêchage n. Alternative spelling of repechage. • REPECHAGE n. (French) a supplementary heat or competition giving eliminated competitors the chance of competing again to reach the final. |
| ROUGHAGE | • roughage n. Originally (archaic), garbage, rubbish, or waste; later (agriculture) the portions of a crop which are… • roughage n. (Agriculture) Coarse or rough plant material such as hay and silage used as animal fodder. • roughage n. (Nutrition) Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which… |
| WEIGHAGE | • weighage n. A duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise. • WEIGHAGE n. the rate paid for weighing of goods. |
| XYLOPHAGE | • xylophage n. (Biology) Any living organism that feeds on wood. • XYLOPHAGE n. an insect larva, mollusc etc. that eats or bores into wood. |