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thermophilic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
ther-mophilic
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a thermophile; living and thriving at relatively high temperatures.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English -philic English thermophilic From thermo- + -philic.

Inflected Forms

more thermophilic (comparative) most thermophilic (superlative)

Derived Forms

acidothermophilic hyperthermophilic nonthermophilic thermophilically thermophilicity

Antonyms

psychrophilic cryophilic

Questions

What does thermophilic mean?
Of or relating to a thermophile; living and thriving at relatively high temperatures.
Where does thermophilic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English -philic English thermophilic From thermo- + -philic.

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