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- PHILOGYNIESLove or fondness for women.
- PHILOGYNISTsomeone who is fond of women collectively.
- PHOENIXISMThe fraudulent practice of terminating a business as bankrupt while secretly using its assets to set up another business.
- PHYCOBIONTAn algae that is a constituent of a lichen; an algal photobiont.
- PHYCOLOGISTOne who studies algae as a profession.
- PHYLLOIDResembling a leaf.
- PHYLLOMICRelating to a phyllome.
- PHYTONICRelating to a phyton
- PISCIVOREA fish eater.
- PNEUMOTHORAXPresence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.
- PROGNATHISMAn abnormal projection of the jaws.
- PROGNATHOUSHaving a jaw that projects forward more than is usual, or being such a jaw.
- PROTEINACEOUSOf, pertaining to, or consisting of protein
- PROTOXIDEAny of a series of oxides of a particular metal that has the fewest atoms of oxygen per molecule
- RHODAMINEAny of a class of pink to red polycyclic fluorone dyes.
- SAPROGENICITYThe quality of being saprogenic.
- SAPROLITEa chemically weathered rock
- SAPROPHYTICRelating to saprophytes.
- SCANDIUMA metallic chemical element (symbol Sc), atomic number 21, obtained from some uranium ores; it is a transition element.
- SCIOPHYTEAny plant that tolerates or thrives in a low light level (shade)
- SELENOGRAPHA picture or delineation of the Moon's surface.
- SIDEROPHILEIn the Goldschmidt classification, an element that forms alloys easily with iron and is concentrated in the Earth's core.
- SOCIETALOf or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- SPOROPHYTEA plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
- SPOROPHYTICOf or pertaining to a sporophyte plant.
- STEROIDOGENICOf or relating to the process of steroidogenesis.
- STYLOGRAPHA fountain pen that has a thin hollow tube or needle instead of a nib, and which releases ink when pressed against the paper.
- SUBCHIEFA lesser or secondary chief.
- SUBINFEUDATETo apportion land by subinfeudation.
- SUPERABOUNDTo abound very much; to be superabundant.
- SUPERAGENCYAn agency with unusually far-reaching powers
- SUPERBLOCKA very large block of buildings; in modern urban planning often designed for local needs, with access and speed restrictions.
- SUPERCABINETA political cabinet with special powers or abilities.
- SUPERCOILA coil of the DNA helix upon itself, such as a figure eight.
- SUPERDIPLOMATA very skilled or successful diplomat (government representative).
- SUPERHUMANITYThe state or condition of being superhuman.
- SUPERJUMBOThe largest passenger airliner, the Airbus A380.
- SUPEROVULATETo produce large quantities of mature ova.
- SUPEROVULATIONThe act or process of superovulating.
- SUPERTAXAn additional tax on something that has already been taxed.
- TERBIUMA metallic chemical element (symbol Tb) with an atomic number of 65: a soft, silvery-white, rare earth metal that is malleable and ductile. An atom of this element.
- TETRAPLOIDYThe state of being tetraploid, having four sets of chromosomes.
- THEORBISTSomeone who plays a theorbo.
- THROMBOXANEAny of a number of eicosanoids, related to prostaglandin, that have a role in the clotting of blood
- TOMOGRAPHYImaging by (virtual) sections or sectioning.
- TRIPHYLITEAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, lithium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- WINCERSomeone who winces.
- WRASTLINGpresent participle of wrastle
- XENOCRYSTAn isolated crystal having a different origin than the igneous rock in which it is found; the mineralogical equivalent of a xenolith.
- XENOLITHICBeing or pertaining to a xenolith.
- XENOMORPHICThat does not have its characteristic crystalline form but has a form impressed on it by surrounding grains; anhedral.
- XYLOCARPA hard woody fruit.
- XYLOCHROMEA kind of dye derived from the tannin in wood.
- XYLOGRAPHAn engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.).
- XYLOPHAGANAny wood-boring marine bivalve of the genus Xylophaga.
- XYLOPHAGEAny living organism that feeds on wood.
- YACHTSWOMANA woman who sails a yacht.
- YOHIMBINEA toxic crystalline compound obtained from the bark of the yohimbe tree, used as an adrenergic blocking agent and also as an aphrodisiac in the treatment of impotence.
- ZERKAny of a class of types of grease nipples, or an instance thereof; any grease nipple.
- ZOEALOf or pertaining to zoeae.