Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having an affinity for or thriving at low temperatures.
Wiktionary
- adj. microbiology growing best at low temperatures, typically below 10 degrees Celsius
Etymologies
- cryo- + -philic (Wiktionary)
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Phonestheme: CR- (or KR-)
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crook, crack, crane, cremains, cranberries, crimp, crow, crunch, crash, creak, croak, cronk and 94 more...
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hard words
crust, crustacean, crustaceous, crouton, crustose, encrust, crystal, crystalline, cryogenic, cryolysis, cryolite, cryophilic and 30 more...
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