APHELIOTROPISM | • apheliotropism n. The habit of bending away from sunlight, as some plants do. • APHELIOTROPISM n. growth away from the sun. |
APOSTROPHISING | • apostrophising v. Present participle of apostrophise. • APOSTROPHISE v. to address an inanimate object, also APOSTROPHIZE. |
APOSTROPHIZING | • apostrophizing v. Present participle of apostrophize. • APOSTROPHIZE v. to address by or in apostrophe, also APOSTROPHISE. |
DIAPHOTOTROPIC | • DIAPHOTOTROPIC adj. diaheliotropic, turning transversely to the light. |
IMPERATORSHIPS | • IMPERATORSHIP n. the office of imperator. |
OPISTHOGRAPHIC | • opisthographic adj. Written on both sides. • opisthographic adj. Relating to an opisthograph. • OPISTHOGRAPHIC adj. like an opisthograph, a manuscript or slab inscribed on the back as well as the front. |
PHILANTHROPIES | • philanthropies n. Plural of philanthropy. • PHILANTHROPY n. love of mankind. |
PHILANTHROPIST | • philanthropist n. A person who loves humankind in general. • philanthropist n. A person or institution who seeks to improve the world, especially by monetary gifts. • PHILANTHROPIST n. one who practices philanthropy. |
PHILANTHROPOID | • philanthropoid n. (Informal) An administrative employee at a philanthropic organisation. • PHILANTHROPOID n. a person who works for a philanthropic organization. |
PITHECANTHROPI | • PITHECANTHROPUS n. any of several primitive extinct men from Java. |
PSILANTHROPIES | • PSILANTHROPY n. the belief that Christ was not divine but divinely inspired. |
PSILANTHROPISM | • psilanthropism n. Psilanthropy. • PSILANTHROPISM n. the denial of Christ's divinity. |
PSILANTHROPIST | • psilanthropist n. One who believes that Jesus Christ was a mere man. • PSILANTHROPIST n. one who denies Christ's divinity. |
SPINTHARISCOPE | • spinthariscope n. (Historical) An early device for observing individual nuclear disintegrations. • SPINTHARISCOPE n. an instrument for visually detecting alpha particles. |