n.
adj.
a. [ Gr.
n.
n.
adj.
a. [ Gr.
a. (Med.) Efficacious against syphilis. --
n. [ Gr. &unr_; not loving man;
n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; to love: cf. F. bibliophile. ] A lover of books. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Love of books. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A lover of books. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. a natural family of insects including some of those called fruit flies.
a. [ Gr. &unr_; insect + &unr_; a lover. ] (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The type genus of the
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr.
n. A natural family of small extremely elongate earth-living centipedes.
n. an order of myriopod arthropods containing elongated centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs.
n. The type type genus of the
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
n. A person afflicted with hemophilia; called also
a. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or afflicted with hemophilia; hemophilic. [ PJC ]
adj.
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr.
adj. (Chem.) having an affinity for lipids; -- of chemical substances or parts of molecules. Contrasted to
n. [ Lithium + Gr.
adj.
adj.
v. t. to freeze-dry; -- a technique used to dry serum, tissue, unstable chemicals and other sensitive materials. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
adj. dried by freezing and subsequent evaporation of the water in a high vacuum; -- used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological or sensitive substances.
n. (Biol.) An organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adj. (Biol.) Associated with, or benefitted by ants through sharing their nest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ See Nemophily. ] One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
‖n. pl. [ Heb. n&ebreve_;phīlīm. ] Giants. Gen. vi. 4. Num. xiii. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr.
pos>n. A person who has pedophilia.
n. A sexual perversion in which children rather than adults most strongly excite sexual desire, and are used as sexual partners. [ PJC ]
n. Same as pedophile.