| ANEMOCHORE | • anemochore n. An organism that spreads by wind, as a plant with wind-borne seeds. • ANEMOCHORE n. a plant in which the fruits or seeds are dispersed by wind. |
| APOCHROMAT | • apochromat n. (Optics) A kind of lens corrected for chromatic and spherical aberration. • APOCHROMAT n. an apochromatic lens or instrument. |
| AUXOCHROME | • auxochrome n. (Obsolete, chemistry) any atom or group which, when added to a chromophore, causes a bathochromic shift… • AUXOCHROME n. a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye. |
| CHONDROMAS | • chondromas n. Plural of chondroma. • CHONDROMA n. a benign cartilaginous growth. |
| CHROMATOID | • chromatoid adj. Resembling chromatin. • chromatoid n. (Cytology) The part of a nucleus comprising DNA and proteins where chromosomes are formed. • CHROMATOID adj. relating to chromatin, a protein/DNA complex making the chromosome. |
| CHROMOGRAM | • CHROMOGRAM n. a combination of photographs in different colours. |
| CHROMONEMA | • chromonema n. (Genetics) The central coiled filament of a chromatid upon which the chromomeres lie. • CHROMONEMA n. the coiled filamentous core of a chromatid. |
| CHRONOGRAM | • chronogram n. A sentence or inscription whose letters, when interpreted according to a system (such as Roman numerals)… • chronogram n. (Genetics) A phylogenetic tree that has branch spans proportional to evolutionary time. • CHRONOGRAM n. an inscription whose letters form a Roman numeral date. |
| COMANCHERO | • Comanchero n. (Historical) A Hispanic trader of New Mexico who made a living by trading with the nomadic plains tribes… • COMANCHERO n. (Spanish) in the 19th century, a person who traded with the Plains Indians. |
| HARMOLODIC | • harmolodic adj. Of or pertaining to harmolodics. • HARMOLODIC adj. relating to a jazz technique where each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune. |
| HARMONICON | • harmonicon n. (Dated, music) The harmonica. • harmonicon n. (Historical) An acoustic apparatus that produces a musical note when a long dry tube, open at both ends… • HARMONICON n. a harmonica, also ARMONICA, HARMONICA. |
| HOMOCERCAL | • homocercal adj. (Ichthyology) Describing the symmetric tail of a fish that has two lobes extending from the end of the… • HOMOCERCAL adj. of fishes, having the upper and lower lobes of the tailfin alike. |
| HOMORGANIC | • homorganic adj. (Phonetics) Of consonants: having the same place of articulation. For example, labial m, b, p, alveolar… • homorganic adj. (Medicine) produced by the same or homologous organs. • homorganic n. (Phonetics) A consonant having the same place of articulation as another. |
| MOTORCOACH | • motorcoach n. A motorised bus, or coach. • motorcoach n. Alternative form of motor coach (a rail vehicle). • motor-coach n. (Rail transport) Alternative form of motor coach. |
| RACHIOTOMY | • rachiotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra. • RACHIOTOMY n. another name for laminectomy. |
| SCHOOLMARM | • schoolmarm n. (US, slang) A female teacher, especially one seen to be old-fashioned and extremely severe and strict. • schoolmarm n. (By extension) Someone who acts like a schoolmarm; a person acting harsh and stern. • schoolmarm n. (Forestry) A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree. |