| 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. |
| GEOPHILOUS | • geophilous adj. Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails. • geophilous adj. (Botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground. • geophilous adj. (Phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements… |
| NEOPHILE | • neophile n. A lover of new or novel things. • NEOPHILE n. one who loves novelty. |
| 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. |
| NEOPHILIAC | • neophiliac n. A neophile; a lover of new or novel things. • NEOPHILIAC n. one suffering from neophilia, an obsessive love of novelty. |
| NEOPHILIACS | • neophiliacs n. Plural of neophiliac. • NEOPHILIAC n. one suffering from neophilia, an obsessive love of novelty. |
| NEOPHILIAS | • neophilias n. Plural of neophilia. • NEOPHILIA n. an obsessive love of novelty. |
| NUCLEOPHILE | • nucleophile n. (Chemistry) A compound or functional group that is attractive to centres of positive charge, and donates… • NUCLEOPHILE n. a substance that donates electrons. |
| NUCLEOPHILES | • nucleophiles n. Plural of nucleophile. • NUCLEOPHILE n. a substance that donates electrons. |
| NUCLEOPHILIC | • nucleophilic adj. (Chemistry) of, or relating to a nucleophile. • NUCLEOPHILIC adj. having an affinity for atomic nuclei. |
| NUCLEOPHILICITY | • nucleophilicity n. (Uncountable) The condition of being nucleophilic. • nucleophilicity n. (Countable) A measure of the extent to which something is nucleophilic, or of the reactivity of such a reagent. • NUCLEOPHILICITY n. the state of being nucleophilic. |
| OLEOPHILIC | • oleophilic adj. Having an affinity for oil (rather than for water). • OLEOPHILIC adj. having affinity for oils; wetted by oils in preference to water. |
| RHEOPHIL | • rheophil n. Alternative form of rheophile. • RHEOPHIL adj. living in flowing water, also RHEOPHILE. |
| 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. |
| RHEOPHILES | • rheophiles n. Plural of rheophile. • RHEOPHILE n. a creature that lives in flowing water, also RHEOPHIL. |
| 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. |
| VIDEOPHILES | • videophiles n. Plural of videophile. • VIDEOPHILE n. a lover of videos. |