(biology) Any plant that obtains nourishment from the bodies of insects (or other once-living organisms)
cytophil
cytophil
adj
Alternative form of cytophile
diptychs
diptychs
noun
plural of diptych
dispathy
dispathy
noun
Alternative form of dyspathy
eophytic
eophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to eophytes.
epiphyte
epiphyte
noun
(biology) A fungus that grows on a plant but does not feed upon it saprotrophically (an epiphytic fungus); the science of detecting and studying any such symbiosis as may be involved in this relationship is still developing.
(botany) A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit; an air plant.
epithyme
gryphite
gryphite
noun
(paleontology) A shell of the genus Gryphea.
hemitype
heptylic
heptylic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane.
hyperite
hyperite
noun
(geology) Synonym of hypersthenite
hypnotic
hypnotic
adj
(pharmacology) Inducing sleep; soporific.
Of, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
noun
(pharmacology) A soporific substance.
A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
hypocist
hypocist
noun
An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.
hypolite
inapathy
isopathy
isopathy
noun
(medicine) The old theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal.
(medicine) The system that treats a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.
The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.
kyphotic
kyphotic
adj
(anatomy, pathology) Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
oophytic
oophytic
adj
of, pertaining to or characteristic of an oophyte
patchily
patchily
adv
In a patchy manner.
philauty
philauty
noun
(obsolete) Selfishness, self-esteem, vanity
phycitol
phyletic
phyletic
adj
Of or pertaining to gradual evolutionary change along a single line of descent
Of or pertaining to phylogeny; phylogenetic
phyllite
phyllite
noun
(geology) A type of metamorphic rock formed from clay-rich sediments called pelites.
phymatic
phymatid
phymatid
noun
(zoology) Any ambush bug in the subfamily Phymatinae of the family Reduviidae, formerly considered to be an independent family, Phymatidae.
phytonic
phytonic
adj
(biology) Relating to a phyton
phytosis
phytosis
noun
(pathology, dated) dermatophytosis
pitahaya
pitahaya
noun
Alternative form of pitaya
pitchery
pitchily
pitchily
adv
In a pitchy way.
polylith
polylith
noun
A prehistoric monument consisting of many stones
psychist
psychist
noun
One who believes in the theory of psychism.
pythonic
pythonic
adj
(programming) Alternative letter-case form of Pythonic
Of or pertaining to the pythons.
Prophetic; oracular; pretending to foretell events.
pythonid
pythonid
noun
(zoology) Any of the family Pythonidae of non-venomous snakes, distinguished from the boids by teeth on the premaxilla.
sprighty
stayship
styphnic
styphnic
adj
Of or pertaining to styphnic acid or its derivatives
toryship
triglyph
triglyph
noun
(architecture) A vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.
triphony
triptych
triptych
noun
(art) A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.
(philately) A set of three se-tenant postage stamps that form a composite picture.