DIPLOPHASE | • diplophase n. (Biology) The diploid phase in the life cycle of an organism. • DIPLOPHASE n. a diploid phase in a life cycle. |
HEPTAPODIC | • HEPTAPODIC adj. of a verse, having seven feet. |
HIPPIEDOMS | • HIPPIEDOM n. the world of the hippie, also HIPPYDOM. |
HIPPODAMES | • hippodames n. Plural of hippodame. • HIPPODAME n. (Spenser) a fabulous sea monster. |
HIPPODROME | • hippodrome n. A horse racing course. • hippodrome n. (US, slang, sports) A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner. • hippodrome n. (Archaic) A circus with equestrian performances. |
HYPERPLOID | • hyperploid adj. (Genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds an exact multiple of the haploid number. • hyperploid adj. (Medicine) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds the diploid number. • hyperploid n. A hyperploid organism. |
PAEDOPHILE | • paedophile n. Standard spelling of pedophile in the British Commonwealth. • pædophile n. Alternative form of pedophile. • PAEDOPHILE n. one with a perverted sexual desire for children, also PEDOPHILE. |
PEDOPHILES | • pedophiles n. Plural of pedophile. • PEDOPHILE n. one with a perverted sexual desire for children, also PAEDOPHILE. |
PEDOPHILIA | • pedophilia n. Sexual attraction to children by adults. • pedophilia n. (By extension) Sexual activity between adults and children; the act of child molestation. • PEDOPHILIA n. sexual desire for children. |
PEDOPHILIC | • pedophilic adj. Of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia. • PEDOPHILIC n. a pedophile, also PAEDOPHILIC. |
PEMPHIGOID | • pemphigoid n. (Pathology) Any of a group of rare autoimmune blistering skin diseases that superficially resemble pemphigus. • PEMPHIGOID adj. relating to pemphigus, a skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body, also PEMPHIGOUS. • PEMPHIGOID n. any of a group of skin diseases, also PEMPHIGOUS. |
PHOSPHIDES | • phosphides n. Plural of phosphide. • PHOSPHIDE n. a binary compound of phosphorus, also PHOSPHID. |
PITCHPOLED | • pitchpoled v. Simple past tense and past participle of pitchpole. • PITCHPOLE v. to turn end over end. |
PROPHESIED | • prophesied v. Simple past tense and past participle of prophesy. • PROPHESY v. to predict. |
SPHENOPSID | • sphenopsid n. Any horsetail of the former order Sphenopsida, now Equisetopsida. • SPHENOPSID n. any of a class of tracheophyte with jointed ribbed stems. |
WORSHIPPED | • worshipped v. (Britain) simple past tense and past participle of worship. • WORSHIP v. to honour as a divine being. |