| CONTAGIONIST | • contagionist n. One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, such as yellow fever. • CONTAGIONIST n. (obsolete) a person who believes in the contagiousness of diseases. |
| CONTAGIOUSLY | • contagiously adv. In a contagious manner. • CONTAGIOUS adv. communicable by contact. |
| HAGIOCRACIES | • hagiocracies n. Plural of hagiocracy. • HAGIOCRACY n. government by holy persons, also HAGIARCHY. |
| HAGIOGRAPHER | • hagiographer n. Someone who writes the biography of a saint. • hagiographer n. Someone who writes praising and flattering things about a person (as if that person were a saint). • HAGIOGRAPHER n. a writer of hagiography. |
| HAGIOGRAPHIC | • hagiographic adj. Of or pertaining to hagiography. • hagiographic adj. (By extension) Uncritically reverent; adulating. • HAGIOGRAPHIC adj. relating to hagiography, also HAGIOGRAPHICAL. |
| HAGIOLATRIES | • HAGIOLATRY n. worship or reverence for saints. |
| HAGIOLATROUS | • hagiolatrous adj. Saint-worshipping. • HAGIOLATROUS adj. relating to hagiolatry, worship or reverence for saints. |
| HAGIOLOGICAL | • hagiological adj. Relating to hagiology. • HAGIOLOGICAL adj. relating to hagiology, the study of saints' lives, also HAGIOLOGIC. |
| HAGIOLOGISTS | • hagiologists n. Plural of hagiologist. • HAGIOLOGIST n. one who writes saints' lives. |
| PLAGIOCLASES | • plagioclases n. Plural of plagioclase. • PLAGIOCLASE n. a fine-grained volcanic rock of intermediate composition, consisting largely of plagioclase and one or more mafic minerals. |
| PLAGIOCLIMAX | • plagioclimax n. An altered or reduced climax of a plant ecosystem caused by human activity. • PLAGIOCLIMAX n. the climax stage of a community, influenced by man or some other outside factor. |
| PLAGIOSTOMES | • plagiostomes n. Plural of plagiostome. • PLAGIOSTOME n. any fish families of the Plagiostomata or Plagiostomi, the cross-mouthed fishes, sharks and ray. |
| PLAGIOTROPIC | • plagiotropic adj. (Botany) Growing at an oblique or almost horizontal angle. • PLAGIOTROPIC adj. of a plant, growing away from the vertical. |