| acidophil | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophile |
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| acidophile | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophil |
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| acidophilus | (noun) a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics | Synonyms: Lactobacillus acidophilus |
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| adrenocorticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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| aerophilately | (noun) the collection and study of airmail stamps | - |
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| aerophile | (noun) a lover of aviation | - |
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| agraphia | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: anorthography, logagraphia |
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| algophilia | (noun) sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain | Synonyms: algolagnia |
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| amphibia | (noun) the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water, frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, caecilians | Synonyms: class Amphibia |
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| amphibian | (noun) cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form | - |
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| (noun) an airplane designed to take off and land on water | Synonyms: amphibious aircraft |
| (noun) a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water | Synonyms: amphibious vehicle |
| amphibole | (noun) a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group | - |
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| amphibolite | (noun) a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase | - |
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| amphibology | (noun) an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes | Synonyms: amphiboly |
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| amphiboly | (noun) an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes | Synonyms: amphibology |
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| amphibrach | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember') | - |
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| amphictyony | (noun) an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center | - |
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| amphidiploid | (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent | - |
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| amphidiploidy | (noun) the condition of being amphidiploid | - |
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| amphigory | (noun) nonsensical writing (usually verse) | Synonyms: nonsense verse |
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| amphimixis | (noun) union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction | - |
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| (noun) reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete | Synonyms: sexual reproduction |
| amphioxus | (noun) small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates | Synonyms: lancelet |
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| amphipod | (noun) a kind of malacostracan crustacean | - |
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| amphisbaena | (noun) (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body | - |
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| amphitheater | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheatre, coliseum |
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| (noun) a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) | Synonyms: amphitheatre |
| amphitheatre | (noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held | Synonyms: amphitheater, coliseum |
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| (noun) a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) | Synonyms: amphitheater |
| amphiuma | (noun) aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States | Synonyms: blind eel, congo eel, congo snake |
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| amyotrophia | (noun) progressive wasting of muscle tissues | Synonyms: amyotrophy |
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| anamorphism | (noun) a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner | Synonyms: anamorphosis |
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| (noun) metamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface; changes simple minerals into complex minerals | - |
| (noun) the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes | Synonyms: anamorphosis |
| angiohemophilia | (noun) a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding | Synonyms: vascular hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease |
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| anglophil | (noun) an admirer of England and things English | Synonyms: anglophile |
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| anglophile | (noun) an admirer of England and things English | Synonyms: anglophil |
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| anthropomorphism | (noun) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits | Synonyms: theanthropism |
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| antisyphilitic | (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that is effective against syphilis | - |
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| aphid | (noun) any of various small plant-sucking insects | - |
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| apomorphine | (noun) a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative | - |
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| basophil | (noun) a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains | Synonyms: basophile |
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| basophile | (noun) a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains | Synonyms: basophil |
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| basophilia | (noun) the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes | - |
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| bibliophile | (noun) someone who loves (and usually collects) books | Synonyms: book lover, booklover |
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| biographism | (noun) reduction of textual meaning to authorial biography. | - |
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| calligraphist | (noun) someone skilled in penmanship | Synonyms: calligrapher |
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| corticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin |
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| cosmographist | (noun) a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography | Synonyms: cosmographer |
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| crotaphion | (noun) the tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone | - |
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| dauphin | (noun) formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne | - |
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| deipnosophist | (noun) someone skilled at informal chitchat | - |
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| delphinium | (noun) any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances | - |
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| demographic | (noun) a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.) | - |
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| demographist | (noun) a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics | Synonyms: demographer, population scientist |
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| dermatoglyphic | (noun) the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) | - |
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| dermatoglyphics | (noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet | - |
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| diacetylmorphine | (noun) a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush | Synonyms: heroin |
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| diastrophism | (noun) the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust | - |
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| dimorphism | (noun) (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms | - |
| dolphin | (noun) any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises | - |
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| (noun) large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) | Synonyms: dolphinfish, mahimahi |
| dolphinfish | (noun) large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) | Synonyms: dolphin, mahimahi |
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| (noun) the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii) | Synonyms: mahimahi |
| drosophila | (noun) small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance | Synonyms: Drosophila melanogaster |
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| dysaphia | (noun) a disorder in the sense of touch | - |
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| dysgraphia | (noun) impaired ability to learn to write | - |
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| enantiomorphism | (noun) the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another | Synonyms: mirror-image relation |
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| endorphin | (noun) a neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties | - |
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| enophile | (noun) someone who appreciates wine | Synonyms: oenophile |
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| eosinophil | (noun) a leukocyte readily stained with eosin | Synonyms: eosinophile |
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| eosinophile | (noun) a leukocyte readily stained with eosin | Synonyms: eosinophil |
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| eosinophilia | (noun) a symptom of allergic states; increased eosinophils in the blood | - |
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| europhilia | (noun) admiration for Europe, Europeans, or the European Union. | - |
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| eutrophication | (noun) excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life | - |
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| geographics | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geography |
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| gonadotrophin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin |
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| graphic | (noun) an image that is generated by a computer | Synonyms: computer graphic |
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| graphics | (noun) the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book | - |
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| (noun) photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | Synonyms: art, artwork, nontextual matter |
| graphite | (noun) used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | Synonyms: black lead, plumbago |
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| gymnosophist | (noun) member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism) | - |
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| haemophile | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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| haemophilia | (noun) congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | Synonyms: bleeder's disease, hemophilia |
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| haemophiliac | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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| hagiographist | (noun) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography | Synonyms: hagiographer, hagiologist |
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| halophil | (noun) archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival | Synonyms: halophile |
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| halophile | (noun) archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival | Synonyms: halophil |
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| heliophila | (noun) any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes | - |
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| hemimorphite | (noun) a white mineral; a common ore of zinc | Synonyms: calamine |
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| hemophile | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophiliac |
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| hemophilia | (noun) congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | Synonyms: bleeder's disease, haemophilia |
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| hemophiliac | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile |
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| hieroglyphic | (noun) a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt | Synonyms: hieroglyph |
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| (noun) writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible) | Synonyms: hieroglyph |
| homomorphism | (noun) similarity of form | Synonyms: homomorphy |
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| homophile | (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homosexual |
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| isomorphism | (noun) (biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure | Synonyms: isomorphy |
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| katamorphism | (noun) metamorphism that occurs at or near the earth's surface; breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones | - |
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| logagraphia | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, anorthography |
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| lyophilisation | (noun) a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes | Synonyms: freeze-drying, lyophilization |
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| lyophilization | (noun) a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes | Synonyms: freeze-drying, lyophilisation |
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| malacophily | (noun) (botany) pollination of plants by snails. | - |
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| mephitis | (noun) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | Synonyms: fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, reek, stench, stink |
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| (noun) a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth | - |
| metamorphism | (noun) change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances | - |
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| morphia | (noun) an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain | Synonyms: morphine |
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| morphine | (noun) an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain | Synonyms: morphia |
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| myrmecophile | (noun) an organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant | - |
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| mysophilia | (noun) abnormal attraction to filth | - |
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| nalorphine | (noun) a narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine) | Synonyms: Nalline |
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