acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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aerophilic | (adjective) depending on free oxygen or air | Synonyms: aerobic, aerophilous |
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basilica | (noun) a Roman building used for public administration | Synonyms: Roman basilica |
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(noun) an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges | - |
basilican | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a basilica | - |
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basophilic | (adjective) staining readily with basic dyes | - |
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bibliophilic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliophiles | - |
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borosilicate | (noun) a salt of boric and silicic acids | - |
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eosinophilic | (adjective) of or relating to eosinophil | - |
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exilic | (adjective) of or relating to a period of exile (especially the exile of the Jews known as the Babylonian Captivity) | - |
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filicide | (noun) the murder of your own son or daughter | - |
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(noun) a parent who murders his own son or daughter | - |
fluosilicate | (noun) salt of fluosilicic acid | - |
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haemophilic | (adjective) relating to or having hemophilia | Synonyms: hemophilic |
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hemophilic | (adjective) relating to or having hemophilia | Synonyms: haemophilic |
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hydrophilic | (adjective) having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water | - |
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imbecilic | (adjective) having a mental age of three to seven years | Synonyms: idiotic, imbecile |
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lipophilic | (adjective) having an affinity for lipids | Synonyms: lipotropic |
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oleophilic | (adjective) having a strong affinity for oils rather than water | - |
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postexilic | (adjective) of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity) | - |
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silica | (noun) a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite | Synonyms: silicon dioxide, silicon oxide |
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silicate | (noun) a salt or ester derived from silicic acid | - |
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siliceous | (adjective) relating to or containing or resembling silica | Synonyms: silicious |
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silicide | (noun) any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical | - |
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silicious | (adjective) relating to or containing or resembling silica | Synonyms: siliceous |
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silicle | (noun) short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants | - |
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silicon | (noun) a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors | Synonyms: atomic number 14, Si |
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silicone | (noun) any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation | Synonyms: silicone polymer |
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silicosis | (noun) a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate | - |
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technophilic | (adjective) of or relating to or showing technophilia | - |
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umbilical | (adjective) relating to or resembling the umbilicus | - |
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(noun) membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta | Synonyms: umbilical cord |
umbilicate | (adjective) depressed like a navel | - |
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umbilicus | (noun) a scar where the umbilical cord was attached | Synonyms: belly button, bellybutton, navel, omphalos, omphalus |
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