Catastrophic :: Catastrophic (a.) Of a pertaining to a catastrophe.
Catastrophism :: Catastrophism (n.) The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opposed to the doctrine of uniformism.
Catastrophist :: Catastrophist (n.) One who holds the theory or catastrophism.
Deipnosophist :: Deipnosophist (n.) One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals..
Desophisticate :: Desophisticate (v. t.) To clear from sophism or error.
Entomophilous :: Entomophilous (a.) Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.
Geophila :: Geophila (n. pl.) The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs.
Gymnophiona :: Gymnophiona (n. pl.) An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha..
Gymnosophist :: Gymnosophist (n.) One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature..
Hematophilia :: Hematophilia (n.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds.
Hydrophid :: Hydrophid (n.) Any sea snake of the genus Hydrophys and allied genera. These snakes are venomous, live upon fishes, and have a flattened tail for swimming..