| CHEMICOPHYSICAL | • chemicophysical adj. Synonym of physicochemical. • CHEMICOPHYSICAL adj. involving the processes of both chemistry and physics. |
| CHEMOAUTOTROPHS | • chemoautotrophs n. Plural of chemoautotroph. • CHEMOAUTOTROPH n. any organism, e.g. bacteria, that produces energy by the oxidation of inorganic compounds, such as iron, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide, also CHEMOAUTROPH. |
| CHEMOPSYCHIATRY | • CHEMOPSYCHIATRY n. treatment of mental illness by drugs. |
| CHEMOTHERAPISTS | • chemotherapists n. Plural of chemotherapist. • CHEMOTHERAPIST n. one who practises chemotherapy. |
| CHRESTOMATHICAL | • chrestomathical adj. Synonym of chrestomathic. • CHRESTOMATHICAL adj. of or like a chrestomathy, a selection of passages compiled as an aid to learning a language, also CHRESTOMATHIC. |
| CHROMATOSPHERES | • chromatospheres n. Plural of chromatosphere. • CHROMATOSPHERE n. a layer of incandescent gas surrounding the sun through which the light of the photosphere passes. |
| CHROMOTHERAPIES | • chromotherapies n. Plural of chromotherapy. • CHROMOTHERAPY n. colour therapy using red, green and violet as three primary colours. |
| HEMOCHROMATOSES | • hemochromatoses n. Plural of hemochromatosis. • HEMOCHROMATOSIS n. a disease of the liver characterized by an excessive accumulation of iron. |
| HEMOCHROMATOSIS | • hemochromatosis n. (Pathology) A metabolic disorder causing iron deposits in the body, also called bronze diabetes. • HEMOCHROMATOSIS n. a disease of the liver characterized by an excessive accumulation of iron. |
| HISTOCHEMICALLY | • histochemically adv. By the use of histochemistry. • HISTOCHEMICAL adv. relating to histochemistry, the chemistry of living tissues. |
| HOMOCHLAMYDEOUS | • homochlamydeous adj. (Botany) Having the perianth not divided into calyx and corolla. • HOMOCHLAMYDEOUS adj. with calyx and corolla similar. |
| MECHANOMORPHISM | • MECHANOMORPHISM n. the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms. |
| OPHTHALMOSCOPES | • ophthalmoscopes n. Plural of ophthalmoscope. • OPHTHALMOSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the interior of the eye. |
| PHYSICOCHEMICAL | • physicochemical adj. Dependent on the joint action of both physical and chemical processes. • physicochemical adj. Of or pertaining to physical chemistry. • PHYSICOCHEMICAL adj. being physical and chemical. |
| POSTHEMORRHAGIC | • posthemorrhagic adj. Following hemorrhage. • POSTHEMORRHAGIC adj. taking place after a hemorrhage. |
| PSYCHOCHEMICALS | • psychochemicals n. Plural of psychochemical. • PSYCHOCHEMICAL n. a psychoactive chemical. |
| SCAPHOCEPHALISM | • SCAPHOCEPHALISM n. the state of being scaphocephalic, having an abnormally long and narrow boat-shaped skull. |
| SCHOOLMASTERISH | • schoolmasterish adj. Resembling or characteristic of a schoolmaster. • SCHOOLMASTERISH adj. like a schoolmaster. |