| acanthocyte | (noun) an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm | - |
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| acolyte | (noun) someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches | - |
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| aerophyte | (noun) plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Synonyms: air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant |
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| akaryocyte | (noun) a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte) | Synonyms: acaryote, akaryote |
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| ampholyte | (noun) A substance that acts as a base or an acid, depending on the pH of the solution into which it is introduced. | Synonyms: amphoteric electrolyte |
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| astrocyte | (noun) comparatively large neuroglial cell | - |
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| autophyte | (noun) plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances | Synonyms: autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism |
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| blastocyte | (noun) an undifferentiated embryonic cell | - |
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| bryophyte | (noun) any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta | Synonyms: nonvascular plant |
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| byte | (noun) a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information | - |
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| chlorophyte | (noun) algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water | Synonyms: green algae |
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| choanocyte | (noun) any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through the body | Synonyms: collar cell |
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| cryptophyte | (noun) common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms | Synonyms: cryptomonad |
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| electrolyte | (noun) a solution that conducts electricity | - |
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| epiphyte | (noun) plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Synonyms: aerophyte, air plant, epiphytic plant |
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| erythrocyte | (noun) a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus | Synonyms: RBC, red blood cell |
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| euglenophyte | (noun) marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism | Synonyms: euglenid, euglenoid |
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| exabyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes | Synonyms: EB, EiB, exbibyte |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes | Synonyms: EB |
| exbibyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes | Synonyms: EB, EiB, exabyte |
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| gametocyte | (noun) an immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis | - |
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| gametophyte | (noun) the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations | - |
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| gangliocyte | (noun) a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system | Synonyms: ganglion cell |
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| geophyte | (noun) a perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms | - |
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| gibibyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes | Synonyms: G, GB, GiB, gigabyte |
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| gigabyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes | Synonyms: G, GB, GiB, gibibyte |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes | Synonyms: G, GB |
| granulocyte | (noun) a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm | - |
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| halophyte | (noun) plant growing naturally in very salty soil | - |
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| hemiepiphyte | (noun) a plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life | Synonyms: semiepiphyte |
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| histiocyte | (noun) a macrophage that is found in connective tissue | - |
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| holophyte | (noun) an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis | - |
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| hydrophyte | (noun) a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth | Synonyms: aquatic plant, hydrophytic plant, water plant |
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| hygrophyte | (noun) a plant that grows in a moist habitat | - |
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| kibibyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB, KiB, kilobyte |
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| kilobyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB, KiB, kibibyte |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB |
| labrocyte | (noun) a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation | Synonyms: mast cell, mastocyte |
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| leucocyte | (noun) blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system | Synonyms: leukocyte, WBC, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle |
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| leukocyte | (noun) blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system | Synonyms: leucocyte, WBC, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle |
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| lithophyte | (noun) plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere | Synonyms: lithophytic plant |
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| lymphocyte | (noun) an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection | Synonyms: lymph cell |
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| macrocyte | (noun) abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia) | Synonyms: megalocyte |
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| mastocyte | (noun) a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation | Synonyms: labrocyte, mast cell |
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| mebibyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes | Synonyms: M, MB, megabyte, MiB |
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| megabyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes | Synonyms: M, MB, mebibyte, MiB |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes | Synonyms: M, MB |
| megagametophyte | (noun) the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores | - |
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| megakaryocyte | (noun) a large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets | - |
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| megalocyte | (noun) abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia) | Synonyms: macrocyte |
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| melanocyte | (noun) a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone | - |
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| mesophyte | (noun) land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte | Synonyms: mesophytic plant |
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| microcyte | (noun) an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter) | - |
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| microgametophyte | (noun) the male gametophyte produced by a microspore | - |
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| microgliacyte | (noun) a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue | - |
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| monocyte | (noun) a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria | - |
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| myelocyte | (noun) an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow | - |
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| myrmecophyte | (noun) plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it | - |
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| neophyte | (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, newbie, newcomer, starter |
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| (noun) a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist | Synonyms: catechumen |
| (noun) a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously | - |
| neurogliacyte | (noun) a cell of the neuroglia | Synonyms: glial cell, neuroglial cell |
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| oligodendrocyte | (noun) a cell of the oligodendroglia | - |
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| oocyte | (noun) a female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions | - |
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| osteocyte | (noun) mature bone cell | - |
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| osteophyte | (noun) small abnormal bony outgrowth | - |
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| pebibyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes | Synonyms: PB, petabyte, PiB |
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| petabyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes | Synonyms: PB, pebibyte, PiB |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes | Synonyms: PB |
| phagocyte | (noun) a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms | Synonyms: scavenger cell |
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| plasmacyte | (noun) a cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigen; found in bone marrow and sometimes in the blood | Synonyms: plasma cell |
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| polyelectrolyte | (noun) an electrolyte of high molecular weight | - |
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| proselyte | (noun) a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism | - |
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| psilophyte | (noun) any plant of the order Psilophytales: a savannah plant | - |
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| pteridophyte | (noun) plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores | Synonyms: nonflowering plant |
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| reticulocyte | (noun) an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules | - |
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| saprophyte | (noun) an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium | Synonyms: saprophytic organism |
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| semiepiphyte | (noun) a plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life | Synonyms: hemiepiphyte |
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| siderocyte | (noun) an abnormal red blood cell containing granules of iron not bound in hemoglobin | - |
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| spermatocyte | (noun) a male gametocyte that develops into four spermatids | - |
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| spermatophyte | (noun) plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores | Synonyms: phanerogam, seed plant |
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| spherocyte | (noun) an abnormal spherical red blood cell | - |
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| sporophyte | (noun) the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations | - |
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| tebibyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes | Synonyms: TB, terabyte, TiB |
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| terabyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes | Synonyms: TB, tebibyte, TiB |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes | Synonyms: TB |
| thallophyte | (noun) any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf | - |
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| thrombocyte | (noun) tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting | Synonyms: blood platelet, platelet |
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| tracheophyte | (noun) green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms | Synonyms: vascular plant |
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| troglodyte | (noun) someone who lives in a cave | Synonyms: cave dweller, cave man, caveman |
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| (noun) one who lives in solitude | Synonyms: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian |
| xerophyte | (noun) plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte | Synonyms: desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophytic plant |
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| yobibyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes | Synonyms: YB, YiB, yottabyte |
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| yottabyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes | Synonyms: YB, YiB, yobibyte |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes | Synonyms: YB |
| zebibyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes | Synonyms: ZB, zettabyte, ZiB |
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| zettabyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes | Synonyms: ZB, zebibyte, ZiB |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 exabytes or 10^21 bytes | Synonyms: ZB |
| zoophyte | (noun) any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge | - |
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