| BAROPHILE | • barophile n. An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile. • BAROPHILE n. a bacterium able to tolerate high atmospheric pressure. |
| EUROPHILE | • europhile n. Alternative form of Europhile. • Europhile n. One who loves Europe, Europeans, or European culture. • Europhile n. A political supporter of the European Union. |
| TUROPHILE | • turophile n. A gourmet/connoisseur of cheese. • TUROPHILE n. a connoisseur of cheese. |
| XEROPHILE | • xerophile n. Any xerophilic organism. • XEROPHILE n. a plant adapted to dry conditions. |
| 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. |
| AILUROPHILE | • ailurophile n. A person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover. • AILUROPHILE n. a cat-lover, also AILOUROPHILE. |
| HETEROPHILE | • heterophile adj. Able to react immunologically with material from another species. • heterophile n. (Immunology) A heterophilic antibody. • HETEROPHILE n. a polymorphonuclear leukocyte in humans that may be stained with dyes, also HETEROPHIL. |
| NEUTROPHILE | • neutrophile n. (Biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH. • NEUTROPHILE n. a leukophyte that is easily stained, also NEUTROPHIL. |
| SIDEROPHILE | • siderophile n. (Chemistry, geology) In the Goldschmidt classification, an element that forms alloys easily with iron… • siderophile n. A siderophile element, tissue, or cell. • siderophile adj. (Of a cell or tissue) Having an affinity for iron. |
| AILOUROPHILE | • ailourophile n. Alternative spelling of ailurophile. • AILOUROPHILE n. a cat-lover, also AILUROPHILE. |
| ELECTROPHILE | • electrophile n. (Chemistry) A compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially… • ELECTROPHILE n. an electrophilic substance, such as an electron-accepting reagent. |
| MICROAEROPHILE | • microaerophile n. An organism, especially an aerobic bacterium, that lives and thrives in environments low in oxygen. • MICROAEROPHILE n. an organism, esp. a bacterium, that thrives in an environment low in oxygen. |