adj
Alternative form of acidophilic [Thriving under acidic conditions; relating to or being an acidophile.]
n
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
n
affinity for acidic conditions
adj
Thriving under acidic conditions; relating to or being an acidophile.
adj
That thrives in an acidic environment
n
(botany) Any plant that thrives in an acidic environment
n
Synonym of thermoacidophile
adj
Able to tolerate an acidic environment
n
(biology) Any air-breathing organism.
adj
Relating to aerophytes
n
The growing of plants without either soil or hydroponics but in a mist-laden atmosphere.
adj
(botany) That lives above ground level (typically on high walls)
adj
Of or pertaining to algophilia
n
Alternative form of alkaliphile [Any organism that lives and thrives in an alkaline environment, such as a soda lake; a form of extremophile.]
n
Any organism that lives and thrives in an alkaline environment, such as a soda lake; a form of extremophile.
adj
living and thriving in alkaline conditions
n
The condition of being alkaliphilic
adj
Able to tolerate an alkaline environment.
n
Alternative form of alkaliphile [Any organism that lives and thrives in an alkaline environment, such as a soda lake; a form of extremophile.]
adj
Able to survive and grow in an alkaline environment.
n
The condition of being, or the extent to which an organism is alkalophilic
adj
Thriving in a sandy environment.
n
Any plant that does not require a direct supply of air
n
(geology) The process in which initial diagenesis is overtaken by metamorphosis
n
Any anhydrobiotic organism
adj
Having an affinity for water
n
(botany) A plant that thrives in or requires a sandy environment to grow.
adj
(botany) That grows in sand (or very sandy soil)
n
A Drosophila phenotype that shows a preference for unusually low temperatures.
n
An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
adj
Thriving under high barometric pressure.
n
The fact or quality of being barophilic.
n
(biology) The condition of being barophilic
adj
(ecology) Not adapted to survive at high pressures.
adj
(biology) That can tolerate great pressures
adj
(botany, of a plant) That thrives in basic (alkaline) soil
n
The condition of being basophilic.
adj
(biology) That inhabits very deep water.
n
The accumulation of living organisms (bacteria, fungi, protozoa, algae and invertebrates) on a wetted surface.
n
(botany) Any plant that is indifferent to the pH of the soil.
n
A strain of an organism or cell tissue that exhibits slow metabolism.
adj
(biology) Adapted to live on cacti
n
(ecology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
adj
Thriving in the presence of carbon dioxide.
adj
That thrives in a chaotropic environment
adj
That tolerates a chaotropic environment
n
Any animal or plant that thrives in winter conditions, especially one that thrives in snow.
n
(biology) Any plant that does nor thrive in snowy conditions
adj
(horticulture) Thriving in colder environments.
n
(ecology) an organism that thrives at low temperatures
n
(ecology) A tendency to thrive at low temperatures.
adj
(zoology) Thriving at a low temperature.
n
(botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground
adj
(botany) Relating to cryophytes
n
(biology) Any organism that colonizes structural cavities within porous rocks
n
(botany) Any plant that tolerates or thrives in soil with a high level of copper
n
(biology) An organism (typically unicellular) that lives in an evaporite
n
(biology) Any plant that grows in a desert or steppe environment
adj
Having a normal salinity
n
Any halophyte that can tolerate the greatest salinity
n
The condition of being eurybathic
adj
Able to tolerate various saltwater concentrations.
n
The condition (or extent) of being euryhaline
adj
Alternative form of euryhaline [Able to tolerate various saltwater concentrations.]
adj
(biology, of an organism) Able to tolerate a wide range of temperature
n
(biology) The ability to live in a wide range of temperatures.
v
(transitive, intransitive, of a body of water) To make or become rich in minerals and nutrients, which often manifests itself in a green color.
n
Any plant that has adapted to live in very dry conditions
adj
Having restricted hydrologic circulation, leading to stagnant or anaerobic conditions.
n
(ecology) An organism that lives under extreme conditions of temperature, salinity etc; commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.
n
The property of being an extremophile, an organism that thrives in extreme environmental conditions.
adj
Of, or pertaining to the extremophiles
n
(biology) Any extremophilic plant or alga
adj
(ecology) Capable of tolerating extreme environmental conditions.
adj
(biology) That thrives in a cold environment
n
Alternate form of gelotophiles
n
An organism that lives or thrives in soil.
n
Any animal that exhibits gigantothermy
n
(biology) Any plant that cannot tolerate relatively high concentrations of salt
n
(biology) Any plant that tolerates or thrives in soil rich in chalk or limestone
adj
of or relating to the degree of saltiness
n
adaptation to varying halide concentrations
adj
(of an environment) alkaline and rich in salts
n
Any haloalkaliphilic organism.
adj
Adapted to saline and alkaline conditions
n
(biology) an organism that lives in a salty environment
n
(biology) life in the oceans; marine life collectively
adj
(ecology) That lives in the sea or salt water.
adj
Adapted to saline and neutral conditions
n
(biology) The property of an organism thriving in a saline environment.
adj
Of, or relating to a halophile; living and thriving in an environment of high salinity.
n
The condition of being halophilic
n
(biology) The requirement of some microorganisms (halophiles) for a high salt content
adj
(biology) Thriving in a highly saline environment.
n
(biology) The ability to live and thrive in an environment of high salinity.
n
(biology) Any halophobic organism.
adj
(biology) Incapable of thriving in a highly saline environment.
adj
Growing well under salty conditions
n
The treatment of seed with salt in order to improve germination and decrease saline intolerance
adj
(biology) stable in a saline environment
adj
Pertaining to changes in salinity of seawater.
adj
(biology) Able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment
n
(geology) A haplic xeralf.
n
(geology) A haplic ustox
n
(botany) Any plant that thrives in bright sunlight
adj
(botany) That thrives in sunny, dry conditions
adj
(botany) Able to obtain water from the environment through a system of roots (or similar organs) rather than through the surface of leaves etc.
n
(biology) A salinity zone (between 5% and 8% salt) that is supposed to mark the boundary between freshwater and marine organisms
n
(biology) A halophyte that lives in salty water
n
(zoology) Any organism that thrives in the presence of water.
adj
(biology) That grows or thrives in or near water
adj
(botany, of a plant) adapted for growth in a damp or wet environment.
adj
Of or relating to hygrophytes.
adj
(geography, of a body of water) extremely rich in nutrients and minerals
n
(biology) An organism that thrives at higher temperatures than typical extremophiles, which in turn thrive at higher temperatures than ordinary life.
adj
Synonym of hypersaline
n
(biology) A halophile that can survive in extremely salty environments
n
(biology) An extremophile that lives at a very high pressure
adj
Having an abnormally high salinity
n
Abnormally high salinity.
n
(biology) Any organism that is both a hyperthermophile and an acidophile
adj
Very thermoacidophilic
n
(biology) An organism that lives and thrives in an extremely hot environment, such as a deep sea smoker vent; often a member of the Archaea.
adj
of or relating to a hyperthermophile; living and thriving in an extremely hot environment
n
The condition of being hyperthermophilic
n
A plant that lives underneath rocks, usually in climatically extreme deserts.
adj
Having an abnormally low salinity.
adj
Less than normally / typically xerophilic
adj
Alternative form of limnophilous [Loving or having an affinity towards lakes.]
n
bioerosion by macroborers
adj
(soil science) Having a medium acidity
n
(biology) A plant (or other organism) that needs a constant warm environment
adj
(geography, of a body of water) Having a medium amount of nutrients and minerals
adj
Moderately salty; brackish
n
Alternative form of mesophile [An organism, especially a microorganism, that lives and thrives at moderate temperatures.]
n
An organism, especially a microorganism, that lives and thrives at moderate temperatures.
n
(biology) A preference for moderate temperatures.
adj
of, or relating to a mesophile
adj
(biology) That lives in a medium temperature range
adj
Of a body of water, of intermediate salinity.
n
(biology) Any organism that prefers to live in the moderate temperatures of temperate zones
n
Any plant whose tolerance to moisture is intermediate between that of a mesophyte and a xerophyte
n
(biology) Any plant that can tolerate a high metal content in its environment
n
(biology) Any extremophile that is able to tolerate a high concentration of metal ions in its environment.
adj
Of or relating to the Metamorphic Technique, a form of massage influenced by reflexology.
adj
Of or relating to miascite.
n
An organism, especially an aerobic bacterium, that lives and thrives in environments low in oxygen.
adj
Able to thrive in an environment low in oxygen.
n
(biography) A plant that thrives at a low temperature
adj
(biology) Describing a habitat (typically a wetland) that receives water and nutrients from atmospheric and telluric sources
adj
Having a mixture of salinities, all within a normal range
n
(biology) The preference for any new foods not forming part of the diet associated with an earlier nutritional deficiency or other illness.
n
(biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH range
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to a neutralophile
n
(biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH.
n
Any nitrophilous organism.
adj
(ecology, of a habitat) Rich in nitrogen
adj
(biology) Not thriving in soil that is rich in nitrogen or nitrates
n
(biology) Any organism that is not acidophilic
n
An organism that is not a thermophile
adj
Having an affinity for oil (rather than for water)
adj
Containing little salt.
adj
Of a lake that mixes only occasionally.
adj
(geography, of a wetland) deficient in plant nutrients, such as nitrogen or phosphorus.
n
Alternative form of ombrophile [(botany) Any plant that flourishes in a rainy environment]
adj
(biology) Capable of thriving in areas of heavy rainfall
adj
(biology) Not capable of thriving in areas of heavy rainfall.
n
(biology) Any plant that is adapted to rainy conditions or habitats
n
(biology) Any plant that grows in a subalpine habitat
adj
(chemistry) Exhibiting oxophilicity
n
(biology) Any plant that tolerates, or thrives in, an acidic soil.
adj
Having an affinity for oxygen.
adj
(ecology, of a water environment) warm and rich in oxygen
n
(biology) A preference for ice (as a habitat)
n
(uncountable) The study of these salinities
adj
(of a microorganism etc) Able to thrive in many different environments.
n
(biology) Any organism that survives a period of extreme conditions, such as winter or is tolerant of normal antibiotics
n
(biology) Any organism that thrives in rocky environments.
adj
(biology) Thriving in rocky environments.
adj
Thriving in a rocky environment.
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to phlogosis.
n
(biology, rare) Any epiphyte growing in a well-lit environment
n
(biology) A chamber in which plants may be grown in controlled conditions of temperature, humidity and lighting
n
(biology) Alternative form of phytophile [(biology) Any organism that thrives around plants]
adj
(biology) Capable of living at great pressures, and at relatively low temperature; used especially of certain benthic bacteria
adj
That can tolerate great pressure (as in the deep sea)
adj
(medicine) Attracting lead.
n
(biology) An organism that thrives in a rainy environment
adj
(biology) That thrives in a rainy environment
adj
(biology, of a plant) Having no mechanism to prevent desiccation
n
(biology) An organism which can tolerate two or more extreme environmental factors.
adj
That can tolerate two or more extreme environmental factors
adj
Capable of tolerating multiple extreme environmental conditions
n
That which prefers or occurs only in freshwaters.
n
A halophyte that thrives in sandy conditions
n
(botany) arenophile, a sand-loving organism
adj
Thriving in sandy environments but also found in other environments.
adj
Unable to survive in sandy environments.
n
(biology) Any plant that can tolerate a high metal content in its environment, but also thrives under normal conditions
n
An organism that can live and thrive at temperatures much lower than normal; a form of extremophile.
n
(ecology) A tendency to thrive at low temperatures.
adj
Capable of living at relatively low temperature; used especially of certain bacteria
n
The condition of being psychrophilic
adj
Synonym of psychrophilic
n
(biology) Any plant that tolerates, or thrives in a cold climate, especially in Arctic or alpine conditions
adj
(sciences) Sensitive to the cold.
n
Any organism that can tolerate the cold.
n
(biology) An organism adapted to cold.
adj
(biology) Describing microorganisms that thrive in a cold environment.
adj
Both cold and very dry
adj
(biology) That thrive in land that has been burnt by fire
n
(biology) Any plant that is resistant to fire, or that needs fire to propagate
n
Any radiophilic organism
n
The condition of being raftophilic
n
Alternative form of rheophile [Any organism that thrives in the presence of running water]
n
Any organism that thrives in the presence of running water
adj
Alternative form of rheophilic [(zoology) That lives in swiftly-flowing water]
n
The condition of being rheophilic
adj
Supplied with nutrients by flowing water
n
(botany) Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a low light level (shade)
adj
(biology) That thrives in darkness or low light levels
adj
(botany, chemistry) Tending to absorb selenium.
adj
(biology) Tolerant of only a narrow range of saltwater concentrations. Used of aquatic organisms
adj
(biology) Able to tolerate only a narrow range of temperatures
n
(microbiology) Geogemma barossii, an archaea, the hottest hyperthermophile known.
n
(biology) A stygofauna that inhabits both surface and subterranean aquatic environments
adj
That thrive in environments rich in sulfur, sulfides or sulfates
adj
Exceptionally oleophilic
adj
salty due to the presence of seawater
adj
Tending to accumulate in the sea.
n
Any heat- and acid-tolerant bacterium or archaeon, typically of the phylum Crenarchaeota
adj
Characteristic of the thermoacidophiles
n
(biology) Any organism that lives in a hot, alkaline environment
adj
Relating to an thermoalkaliphile
n
A bacterium capable of surviving high temperatures.
adj
of, or relating to a combination of temperature and salinity
n
Any thermophilic halophile
adj
thermophilic and halophilic
n
(biology) The ability to thrives at relatively high temperatures.
adj
living and thriving at relatively high temperatures
v
(biology) To adapt to a warmer climate
n
The condition of being a thermophile
n
(biology) Any plant that tolerates high temperatures
n
(biology) An organism's preference for a particular temperature range
n
Any organism which sporadically lives in underground habitats such as caves, and cannot live there exclusively.
n
(biology) The mass of chemolithoautotrophic bacteria in a pogonophoran that metabolizes sulfide.
adj
(biology) Adapted to seasonal changes.
adj
Of or relating to vitrophyre.
adj
Of marine life, preferring or inhabiting water that is warm.
adj
Growing in dry places.
adj
(of an organism) Adapted to live in a very dry habitat
adj
Adapted to or preferring arid environments.
n
(horticulture) Alternative form of xerophyte [(botany) Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines.]
n
A kind of landscape design for arid regions, minimising the need for irrigation.
n
(biology) serotiny as a result of desiccation
n
(biology) dehiscence that occurs upon drying
n
(biology) An animal that is adapted to a very dry ecosystem (typically a desert)
n
A halophyte that thrives in very dry conditions
adj
Between xeric and mesic; moderately dry.
n
(biology) A mesophyte adapted to thrive in a very dry environment
n
any plant, with xeromorphic leaves, that is adapted to a dry atmosphere; a xerophyte
adj
(biology) Of, relating to, or characteristic of the xerophytes, especially having the ability to store water in leaves and stems.
n
Any xerophilic organism.
adj
Capable of growing and reproducing in conditions with a low availability of water.
n
Quality of being xerophilic.
n
Any xerophobic organism.
adj
Unable to thrive in dry conditions.
adj
(ecology) Having a very dry environment
n
A material that protects an organism from damage in very dry conditions
n
protection of an organism from damage in very dry conditions
adj
Relating to a xeric riparian zone.
n
An orthent soil with a xeric moisture regime.
n
A region with extremely arid conditions; a desert environment.
n
Any xerothermic organism.
adj
(of an organism) That flourishes in hot, dry conditions.
adj
Alternative form of xerothermophilous [Both thermophilous and xerophilous.]
adj
Both thermophilous and xerophilous.
n
(biology) Ability to thrive in a dry environment
adj
(biology) Capable of thriving in a dry environment.
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