| AMYLOPECTIN | • amylopectin n. (Biochemistry) A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose). • AMYLOPECTIN n. the major component of starch, consisting of branched polysaccharide chains. |
| AMYLOPLASTS | • amyloplasts n. Plural of amyloplast. • AMYLOPLAST n. a colourless plastid that forms and stores starch. |
| HYLOPATHISM | • hylopathism n. The doctrine that matter is sentient. • HYLOPATHISM n. belief in ability of matter to affect the spiritual world. |
| HYLOPATHIST | • hylopathist n. One who believes in hylopathism. • HYLOPATHIST n. a believer in the capability of matter to affect spirit. |
| HYLOPHAGOUS | • hylophagous adj. That feeds on wood. • HYLOPHAGOUS adj. eating wood. |
| STYLOPHONES | • stylophones n. Plural of stylophone. • STYLOPHONE n. a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped pen-like stylus. |
| STYLOPISING | • STYLOPISE v. to paralyse a host, also STYLOPIZE. |
| STYLOPIZING | • STYLOPIZE v. to paralyse a host, also STYLOPISE. |
| STYLOPODIUM | • stylopodium n. (Botany) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants. • STYLOPODIUM n. an enlargement at the end of the style base of certain flowers. |
| XYLOPHAGANS | • xylophagans n. Plural of xylophagan. • XYLOPHAGAN n. one of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood. |
| XYLOPHAGOUS | • xylophagous adj. Feeding on wood. (Of insects etc.) • xylophagous adj. Destructive to wood. (Of fungi etc.) • XYLOPHAGOUS adj. wood-eating. |
| XYLOPHILOUS | • xylophilous adj. Living on or in wood, as some fungi and beetles do. • XYLOPHILOUS adj. fond of wood; living in or on wood. |
| XYLOPHONIST | • xylophonist n. Someone who plays a xylophone. • XYLOPHONIST n. one who plays the xylophone. |