CRYPTOGRAPH | • cryptograph n. A cipher or cryptogram. • cryptograph n. A device used for encrypting or decrypting text. • cryptograph v. (Rare) To write text using a code or cipher. |
CRYPTOPHYTE | • cryptophyte n. (Biology) Any plant whose buds overwinter either below ground, or under water. • cryptophyte n. (Biology) A cryptomonad. • CRYPTOPHYTE n. any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface. |
EPIPHYTOTIC | • epiphytotic adj. Relating to epiphytosis. • EPIPHYTOTIC n. a sudden outbreak of plant disease over extended geographical area. |
HEPATOSCOPY | • hepatoscopy n. (Rare) Divination by the liver of an animal or bird. The liver was divided into sections, each section… • HEPATOSCOPY n. divination by examining animal livers. |
HYPOPLASTIC | • hypoplastic adj. Of, or pertaining to hypoplasia or hypoplasty. • HYPOPLASTIC adj. relating to hypoplasia. |
PHYTOPHAGIC | • phytophagic adj. Alternative form of phytophagous. • PHYTOPHAGIC adj. feeding on plants, also PHYTOPHAGOUS. |
PICTOGRAPHY | • pictography n. Writing in pictographs; hieroglyphics. • PICTOGRAPHY n. the use of pictographs. |
POLYTROPHIC | • polytrophic adj. (Biology) Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way. • polytrophic adj. (Biology, of an insect) Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary. • polytrophic adj. (Of a lake) Rich in nutrients. |
PORPHYRITIC | • porphyritic adj. Of or pertaining to porphyry. • porphyritic adj. (Geology) Containing large crystals in a fine mass of material. • PORPHYRITIC adj. designating an igneous rock in which large crystals (phenocrysts) are set in a matrix of relatively finer-grained crystals or of glass. |
PROTOPHYTIC | • protophytic adj. Of or relating to the protophytes. • PROTOPHYTIC adj. relating to a protophyte. |
PSILOPHYTIC | • psilophytic adj. Relating to psilophytes. • PSILOPHYTIC adj. of or like a psilophyte, a kind of extinct plant. |
PSYCHOPATHS | • psychopaths n. Plural of psychopath. • PSYCHOPATH n. a mentally ill or unstable person. |
PSYCHOPATHY | • psychopathy n. A personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, exploitation, heedlessness, arrogance, sexual… • psychopathy n. (Obsolete) A mental illness; insanity. • PSYCHOPATHY n. the state of being a psychopath. |
SAPROPHYTIC | • saprophytic adj. Relating to saprophytes. • SAPROPHYTIC adj. relating to a saprophyte. |
SPOROPHYTIC | • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to a sporophyte plant. • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte. • SPOROPHYTIC adj. of or like a sporophyte. |
TROPOPHYTIC | • TROPOPHYTIC adj. of or like a tropophyte, a plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought. |
TYPOGRAPHIC | • typographic adj. Relating to typography. • TYPOGRAPHIC adj. relating to typography, the art of printing or using type, also TYPOGRAPHICAL. |