| ACIDOPHILE | • acidophile n. An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile. • ACIDOPHILE n. a substance, tissue or organism that stains readily with acid stains, also ACIDOPHIL. |
| AMPHIPHILE | • amphiphile n. (Chemistry) A chemical compound which has both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties. Many such compounds… • AMPHIPHILE n. a type of molecule that is amphiphilic, of or relating to a compound having a polar water-molecule attached to a water-soluble hydrocarbon chain. |
| ANGLOPHILE | • anglophile n. Alternative letter-case form of Anglophile. • Anglophile n. A person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of England. • Anglophile n. (By extension) A person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of the United Kingdom. |
| ARCTOPHILE | • arctophile n. Someone who has a fondness for teddy bears, usually a collector of them. • ARCTOPHILE n. a lover or collector of teddy bears, also ARCTOPHIL. |
| AUDIOPHILE | • audiophile n. A person with an interest in high fidelity music and/or sound reproduction and its associated technology. • AUDIOPHILE n. a person who is enthusiastic about hi-fidelity sound reproduction, also AUDIOPHIL. |
| CARTOPHILE | • cartophile n. A person with an interest in maps. • CARTOPHILE n. a lover of maps. |
| DISCOPHILE | • discophile n. Record collector. • DISCOPHILE n. one who loves records. |
| HAEMOPHILE | • HAEMOPHILE n. a person with haemophilia, also HEMOPHILE. |
| HIPPOPHILE | • hippophile n. A person who loves horses. • HIPPOPHILE n. a lover of horses. |
| HYDROPHILE | • hydrophile n. (Chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance. • hydrophile n. (Zoology) Any organism that thrives in the presence of water. • hydrophile adj. Hydrophilic. |
| HYGROPHILE | • HYGROPHILE n. a plant loving moist places, also HYDROPHILE. |
| NECROPHILE | • necrophile n. (Sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia. • NECROPHILE n. someone who is morbidly attracted to corpses, also NECROPHIL. |
| OMBROPHILE | • ombrophile n. (Botany) Any plant that flourishes in a rainy environment. • OMBROPHILE n. a plant flourishing in extremely rainy conditions, also OMBROPHIL. |
| PAEDOPHILE | • paedophile n. Standard spelling of pedophile in the British Commonwealth. • pædophile n. Alternative form of pedophile. • PAEDOPHILE n. one with a perverted sexual desire for children, also PEDOPHILE. |
| SLAVOPHILE | • Slavophile n. A person who is interested in the development and prosperity of the Slavic race. • SLAVOPHILE n. a person who admires the Slavs or their culture, also SLAVOPHIL. |
| VIDEOPHILE | • videophile n. A connoisseur of video, particularly one who values high-definition and otherwise high-quality video. • videophile n. A fan of video games. • VIDEOPHILE n. a lover of videos. |