| ACIDOPHILUS | • acidophilus n. Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt. • ACIDOPHILUS n. a bacterium used to counter intestinal imbalance and in making yoghurt. |
| AILUROPHILE | • ailurophile n. A person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover. • AILUROPHILE n. a cat-lover, also AILOUROPHILE. |
| AILUROPHOBE | • ailurophobe n. A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines. • AILUROPHOBE n. a person with a morbid fear of cats. |
| DILUCIDATED | • dilucidated v. Simple past tense and past participle of dilucidate. • DILUCIDATE v. (obsolete) to elucidate. |
| DILUCIDATES | • dilucidates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dilucidate. • DILUCIDATE v. (obsolete) to elucidate. |
| DILUTIONARY | • dilutionary adj. (Economics) Related to the dilution of stocks and shares. • DILUTIONARY adj. tending to dilute. |
| DILUVIALISM | • diluvialism n. The explaining of geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. • DILUVIALISM n. a belief in Noah's flood. |
| DILUVIALIST | • diluvialist n. (Historical) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. • Diluvialist n. Alternative letter-case form of diluvialist. • DILUVIALIST n. one who believes in Noah's flood. |
| HAEMOPHILUS | • Haemophilus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Pasteurellaceae – nonmotile, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria… |
| NOCTILUCENT | • noctilucent adj. (Meteorology) Shining or glowing at night, especially of very high-altitude clouds that reflect sunlight… • NOCTILUCENT adj. shining in the dark, often used of clouds that are luminous at night, also NOCTILUCOUS. |
| NOCTILUCOUS | • noctilucous adj. (Obsolete) Shining in the night; luminescent. • NOCTILUCOUS adj. shining in the dark, often used of clouds that are luminous at night, also NOCTILUCENT. |
| OVERDILUTED | • overdiluted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overdilute. • OVERDILUTED adj. excessively diluted. |
| STROBILUSES | • STROBILUS n. (Greek) a scaly spike of female flowers, as in the hop, also STROBIL, STROBILE. |
| TROCHILUSES | • trochiluses n. Plural of trochilus. • TROCHILUS n. (Greek) an African bird, also TROCHIL. |