| ATROPHIA | • atrophia n. Archaic form of atrophy. • ATROPHIA n. a wasting away of body parts. |
| ATROPHIC | • atrophic adj. (Medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy. • ATROPHIC adj. relating to atrophia. |
| BIOTROPH | • biotroph n. (Biology) Any parasite that cannot survive in a dead host and therefore keeps it alive. • BIOTROPH n. a parasitic organism such as a fungus. |
| DROPHEAD | • drophead n. (Britain) A drophead coupé. • DROPHEAD n. a convertible car. |
| EUTROPHY | • eutrophy n. (Medicine) healthy nutrition. • eutrophy n. (Geography, of a body of water) The quality of being rich in minerals and nutrients. • eutrophy v. (Transitive, intransitive, of a body of water) To make or become rich in minerals and nutrients, which… |
| JATROPHA | • jatropha n. Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal… • Jatropha prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – nettlespurges, many tropical American plants including… • JATROPHA n. any plant of the genus Jatropha, esp. Jatropha curcas, whose seeds yield an oil that can be used as a biofuel. |
| PROPHAGE | • prophage n. (Biology) The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome. • PROPHAGE n. a virus that exists in a bacterial cell and undergoes division with its host without destroying it. |
| PROPHASE | • prophase n. The first stage of mitosis, during which chromatin condenses to form the chromosomes. • prophase n. The first stage of meiosis. • PROPHASE n. the first stage in cell division. |
| PROPHECY | • prophecy n. A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration. • prophecy n. The public interpretation of Scripture. • prophecy v. (Chiefly dated) Alternative form of prophesy. |
| PROPHESY | • prophesy v. To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. • prophesy v. To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration). • prophesy v. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. |
| PROPHETS | • prophets n. Plural of prophet. • Prophets prop.n. A division of the Old Testament, comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah… • Prophets prop.n. The 21st sura (chapter) of the Qur’an. |
| PROPHYLL | • prophyll n. (Botany) The frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot. • PROPHYLL n. a small leaf on the axis of a flower. |
| STROPHES | • strophes n. Plural of strophe. • STROPHE n. (Greek) a group of lines forming a section of a lyric poem. |
| STROPHIC | • strophic adj. (Prosody) Using or containing strophes. • strophic adj. (Music) Of a song, composed so that every stanza is set to the same music. • STROPHIC adj. pertaining to or consisting of strophes, also STROPHICAL. |
| TROPHESY | • trophesy n. Malnourishment due to a disorder of the nervous system. • TROPHESY n. a state of diseased nutrition due to disorder of the trophic action of the nerves. |
| TROPHIED | • trophied adj. Adorned with trophies. • trophied v. Simple past tense and past participle of trophy. • TROPHY v. to honour with a symbol of victory. |
| TROPHIES | • trophies n. Plural of trophy. • TROPHY v. to honour with a symbol of victory. |