| ANOPHELINE | • anopheline n. Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles. • anopheline adj. Of or pertaining to the anopheles mosquitoes. • ANOPHELINE n. a mosquito of the anopheles genus. |
| ANOPHELINES | • anophelines n. Plural of anopheline. • ANOPHELINE n. a mosquito of the anopheles genus. |
| APHELIA | • aphelia n. (Astronomy) plural of aphelion. • APHELION n. (Greek) the farthest point of a planet's orbit from the sun. |
| APHELIAN | • aphelian adj. (Astronomy) Relating to aphelion. • APHELIAN adj. relating to an aphelion, the point when the earth is farthest from the sun during its annual orbit. |
| APHELION | • aphelion n. (Astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, etc., where it is farthest from the Sun. • APHELION n. (Greek) the farthest point of a planet's orbit from the sun. |
| APHELIONS | • aphelions n. Plural of aphelion. • APHELION n. (Greek) the farthest point of a planet's orbit from the sun. |
| APHELIOTROPIC | • apheliotropic adj. Turning away from the sun; said of leaves, etc. • APHELIOTROPIC adj. growing away from the sun. |
| APHELIOTROPISM | • apheliotropism n. The habit of bending away from sunlight, as some plants do. • APHELIOTROPISM n. growth away from the sun. |
| APHELIOTROPISMS | • APHELIOTROPISM n. growth away from the sun. |
| EPHELIDES | • ephelides n. Plural of ephelis. • EPHELIS n. (Latin) a freckle or mole. |
| EPHELIS | • ephelis n. (Dermatology, pathology) Synonym of freckle. • EPHELIS n. (Latin) a freckle or mole. |
| NEPHELINE | • nepheline n. (Mineralogy) A feldspathoid mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically… • NEPHELINE n. a rock-forming mineral, silicate of sodium, potassium and aluminium, colourless, usually crystallizing in hexagonal prisms, also NEPHELITE. |
| NEPHELINES | • nephelines n. Plural of nepheline. • NEPHELINE n. a rock-forming mineral, silicate of sodium, potassium and aluminium, colourless, usually crystallizing in hexagonal prisms, also NEPHELITE. |
| NEPHELINIC | • nephelinic adj. (Geology) relating to, or composed of nepheline. • NEPHELINIC adj. of or like nepheline, a mineral found in igneous rocks and used for ceramics and enamels. |
| NEPHELINITE | • nephelinite n. (Geology) A darkish, finely crystalline rock of volcanic origin, being a mixture of nepheline and pyroxene. • NEPHELINITE n. a basalt-like rock compound of pyroxene and nepheline. |
| NEPHELINITES | • nephelinites n. Plural of nephelinite. • NEPHELINITE n. a basalt-like rock compound of pyroxene and nepheline. |
| NEPHELINITIC | • nephelinitic adj. Of or relating to the mineral nephelinite. • NEPHELINITIC adj. relating to nephelinite. |
| NEPHELITE | • nephelite n. (Mineralogy) Synonym of nepheline. • NEPHELITE n. a rock-forming mineral, silicate of sodium, potassium and aluminium, colourless, usually crystallizing in hexagonal prisms, also NEPHELINE. |
| NEPHELITES | • nephelites n. Plural of nephelite. • NEPHELITE n. a rock-forming mineral, silicate of sodium, potassium and aluminium, colourless, usually crystallizing in hexagonal prisms, also NEPHELINE. |