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thermophile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables
ther-mophile
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organism that lives and thrives at relatively high temperatures; a form of extremophile; many are members of the Archaea.

Etymology

From thermo- + -phile.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

thermophiles (plural)

Derived Forms

acidothermophile hyperthermophile mesothermophile nonthermophile thermophilic thermophilize

Frequently Paired Words

thermophilic

Questions

What does thermophile mean?
An organism that lives and thrives at relatively high temperatures; a form of extremophile; many are members of the Archaea.
Where does thermophile come from?
From thermo- + -phile.

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