| BASTNASITE | • bastnasite n. Alternative form of bastnaesite. • bastnäsite n. Alternative form of bastnaesite. • BASTNASITE n. (Swedish) a reddish-brown fluorite of cerium, also BASTNAESITE. |
| DYSCRASITE | • dyscrasite n. (Mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing antimony and silver. • DYSCRASITE n. a mineral consisting of antimony and silver. |
| ECTOPARASITE | • ectoparasite n. A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human… • ECTOPARASITE n. a parasite that lives on the surface of animals. |
| ENDOPARASITE | • endoparasite n. A parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm. • ENDOPARASITE n. a parasite that lives inside an animal. |
| EXOPARASITE | • exoparasite n. (Biology) Alternative form of ectoparasite. • EXOPARASITE n. a parasite, such as the flea, that lives on the outer surface of its host. |
| HEMIPARASITE | • hemiparasite n. (Botany) Any parasitic plant that obtains energy by photosynthesis as well as from its host. • HEMIPARASITE n. a parasitic plant capable of limited photosynthetic production of sugars etc. |
| HOLOPARASITE | • holoparasite n. A holoparasitic organism. |
| HYPERPARASITE | • hyperparasite n. (Biology) Any parasite whose host is a parasite. • hyperparasite n. (Entomology, specifically) An insect that parasitizes another parasitic insect. • HYPERPARASITE n. a parasite that is parasitic upon another parasite. |
| MARCASITE | • marcasite n. (Mineralogy) The orthorhombic form of iron disulfide, FeS2, occurring as yellow crystals. • marcasite n. (Jewelry) Pyrite. • marcasite n. (Historical) Any of various metal sulfides, usually iron sulfide minerals. |
| MICROPARASITE | • microparasite n. An extremely small parasite. • MICROPARASITE n. a very small parasite. |
| OUTASITE | • outasite adj. Alternative spelling of outasight. • OUTASITE adj. amazing, excellent, also OUTASIGHT. |
| PALLASITE | • pallasite n. (Geology) A stony-iron meteorite embedded with glassy crystals of olivine. • PALLASITE n. any of a class of stony-iron meteorites composed largely of olivine crystals enclosed in a network of nickel-iron. |
| PARASITE | • parasite n. (Derogatory) A person who lives on other people’s efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. • parasite n. (Derogatory) A sycophant or hanger-on. • parasite n. (Biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit… |
| PARGASITE | • pargasite n. (Mineralogy) A complex inosilicate mineral of the amphibole group. • PARGASITE n. a dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende. |
| POLYBASITE | • polybasite n. (Mineralogy) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulfur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic. • POLYBASITE n. a grey to black mineral consisting of a sulphide of silver, antimony, and copper in the form of platelike monoclinic crystals. |
| SEMIPARASITE | • semiparasite n. A semiparasitic organism. • SEMIPARASITE n. a partial parasite, feeding partly independently. |
| THAUMASITE | • thaumasite n. (Mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur. • THAUMASITE n. a mineral, hydrated silicate, carbonate and sulphate of calcium. |