| CREOPHAGY | • creophagy n. Alternative spelling of kreophagy. • CREOPHAGY n. the act of eating meat. |
| GEOPHAGIA | • geophagia n. Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt. • GEOPHAGIA n. the practice of feeding on soil, also GEOPHAGY. |
| GEOPHILIC | • geophilic adj. (Zoology) Spending all or a stage of the life cycle underground; exhibiting geophily. • geophilic adj. (Botany) Fruiting and/or flowering at or below ground level; exhibiting geophily. • GEOPHILIC adj. loving the earth. |
| GEOPHONES | • geophones n. Plural of geophone. • GEOPHONE n. (tradename) an instrument used to pick up vibrations passing through soil, rocks or ice. |
| GEOPHYTES | • geophytes n. Plural of geophyte. • GEOPHYTE n. a plant that survives the winter by having subterranean buds e.g. bulbs, corms or rhizomes. |
| GEOPHYTIC | • geophytic adj. Relating to geophytes. • GEOPHYTIC adj. of or like a geophyte, a plant that survives the winter by having subterranean buds. |
| IDEOPHONE | • ideophone n. A word that utilizes sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses… • IDEOPHONE n. a word that is spoken but not written. |
| NEOPHILES | • neophiles n. Plural of neophile. • NEOPHILE n. one who loves novelty. |
| NEOPHILIA | • neophilia n. The love of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations. • neophilia n. (Biology) The preference for any new foods not forming part of the diet associated with an earlier nutritional… • NEOPHILIA n. an obsessive love of novelty. |
| NEOPHOBES | • neophobes n. Plural of neophobe. • NEOPHOBE n. one who hates novelty. |
| NEOPHOBIA | • neophobia n. The fear or hatred of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations. • NEOPHOBIA n. fear of novelty. |
| NEOPHOBIC | • neophobic n. (Psychology) A person or animal that fears or dislikes new or novel experiences or food. • neophobic adj. Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new. • NEOPHOBIC adj. hating novelty. |
| NEOPHYTES | • neophytes n. Plural of neophyte. • NEOPHYTE n. a beginner, a novice, esp. a religious novice. |
| NEOPHYTIC | • neophytic adj. (Biology) Being or relating to a neophyte. • NEOPHYTIC adj. of or like a neophyte, a person who is new to a subject. |
| RHEOPHILE | • rheophile n. Any organism that thrives in the presence of running water. • RHEOPHILE adj. living in flowing water, also RHEOPHIL. • RHEOPHILE n. a creature that lives in flowing water, also RHEOPHIL. |
| THEOPHAGY | • theophagy n. (Rare) The eating or consumption of a god, in a sacramental context. • THEOPHAGY n. the sacramental consumption of a god. |
| THEOPHANY | • theophany n. A manifestation of a deity to a person. • Theophany n. One of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church, commemorating the revelation of Jesus’ divinity… • THEOPHANY n. the manifestation or appearance of a god to people. |