Having no light, especially no sunlight; specifically (biology, oceanography) describing that part of deep lakes and oceans where less than one per cent of sunlight penetrates and where photosynthesis is not possible.
ethiope
ethiope
Noun
referring to a person from Ethiopia
ethiops
ethiops
noun
Alternative form of aethiops
fishpot
fishpot
noun
A basket or similar container that is sunk, with a float attached, and used for catching fish or other sea creatures
hapiton
heptoic
heptoic
adj
(chemistry) Formally derived from heptane or from heptoic acid.
hightop
hightop
noun
Alternative form of high-top
hilltop
hilltop
noun
The peak or crest of a hill.
hipshot
hipshot
adj
(US, colloquial) Standing with one hip lower than the other.
(dated) Clumsy, awkward.
Having a dislocated hip.
adv
With one hip lower than the other.
hipwort
hipwort
noun
A fleshy, edible plant in the stonecrop family (Umbilicus rupestris).
hooktip
hooktip
noun
Any of various drepanid moths.
hopeite
hopeite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.
hoplite
hoplite
noun
(historical) A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.
hoppity
hoppity
intj
Nonce variation of the word hop, usually used to indicate a series of small hopping actions.
noun
The board game halma.
horntip
hospita
hyporit
ophites
ophites
noun
plural of ophite
ophitic
ophitic
adj
(geology) Describing any rock having crystals of feldspar interspersed with plates of augite.
orphist
peshito
philpot
phithom
phobist
phobist
noun
(dated) A person who has a phobia.
photics
photics
noun
The science of light.
photima
photina
photism
photism
noun
(psychology) A luminous appearance, image or subjective perception of a hallucinatory nature.
The color that a synesthete may report seeing in association with a particular letter or number.
photius
phytoid
phytoid
adj
Resembling a plant, plantlike.
picotah
picotah
noun
Alternative form of picota
pinchot
pithole
potiche
potiche
noun
(ceramics) A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size, and a rounded shoulder.
powitch
purohit
purohit
noun
(India) A family priest.
pythios
sophist
sophist
noun
(dated) Alternative form of sophister (“university student who has completed at least one year”)
(figuratively) A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning.
(figuratively, by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
tophphi
trophic
trophic
adj
(ecology) Describing the relationships between the feeding habits of organisms in a food chain.