ABIOTROPHIES | • abiotrophies n. Plural of abiotrophy. • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
AILUROPHOBIA | • ailurophobia n. An irrational fear or hatred of cats or other felines. • AILUROPHOBIA n. fear of cats. |
AILUROPHOBIC | • ailurophobic adj. Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats. • AILUROPHOBIC adj. having a morbid fear of cats. |
BASIDIOSPORE | • basidiospore n. (Biology) A sexually reproductive spore produced by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota. • BASIDIOSPORE n. a spore produced by a basidium. |
CRYPTOBIOSIS | • cryptobiosis n. (Biology) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted. • CRYPTOBIOSIS n. a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable. |
HIEROPHOBIAS | • HIEROPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of sacred things. |
HIEROPHOBICS | • HIEROPHOBIC n. someone having a fear of sacred things. |
IMPROBATIONS | • improbations n. Plural of improbation. • IMPROBATION n. in Scots law, an action for the purpose of declaring some instrument false or forged. |
OBREPTITIOUS | • obreptitious adj. Done or obtained by surprise, with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth. • OBREPTITIOUS adj. done or obtained by trickery, or by concealing the truth. |
PROBOSCIDIAN | • proboscidian adj. Alternative spelling of proboscidean. • proboscidian n. Alternative spelling of proboscidean. • PROBOSCIDIAN n. any of an order of large mammals comprising the elephants and extinct related forms, also PROBOSCIDEAN. |
PROHIBITIONS | • prohibitions n. Plural of prohibition. • PROHIBITION n. the act of prohibiting. |
TROPHOBIOSIS | • trophobiosis n. (Zoology) A symbiotic association in which one organism obtains or provides food for another. • TROPHOBIOSIS n. exchange of nutriment in symbiotic relationship. |
TROPHOBIOTIC | • trophobiotic adj. Of or pertaining to trophobiosis. • TROPHOBIOTIC adj. relating to trophobiosis, mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis. |