| APOCHROMAT | • apochromat n. (Optics) A kind of lens corrected for chromatic and spherical aberration. • APOCHROMAT n. an apochromatic lens or instrument. |
| BIOMORPHIC | • biomorphic adj. Having the appearance of a biomorph; representing a living organism rather than an artistic or pragmatic ideal. • BIOMORPHIC adj. of or like a biomorph, a representation of a living thing as decoration. |
| CHROMOPHIL | • chromophil n. Alternative form of chromophile. • CHROMOPHIL n. a cell that takes a stain easily, also CHROMOPHILIC. |
| CHROMOTYPE | • chromotype n. (Historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph. • chromotype n. (Historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours. • CHROMOTYPE n. a sheet printed in colors by any process, as a chromolithograph. |
| CORMOPHYTE | • cormophyte n. (Now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its… • CORMOPHYTE n. a plant differentiated into leaf, stem and root. |
| ECTOMORPHS | • ectomorphs n. Plural of ectomorph. • ECTOMORPH n. a psychophysical type with long thin bones and large surface relative. |
| ECTOMORPHY | • ectomorphy n. The condition of being ectomorphic. • ECTOMORPHY n. the state of being an ectomorph. |
| GEOMORPHIC | • geomorphic adj. Of or pertaining to the shape or structure of the surface of the Earth. • geomorphic adj. Of or pertaining to geomorphology. • GEOMORPHIC adj. earth-shaped. |
| HYPOCORISM | • hypocorism n. (Countable) A term of endearment; a hypocoristic, a pet name. • hypocorism n. (Uncountable) The formation of terms of endearment or pet names. • hypocorism n. (Uncountable, rare) Baby talk, such as bow-wow for dog and choo-choo for train. |
| ISOMORPHIC | • isomorphic adj. (Mathematics) Related by an isomorphism; having a structure-preserving one-to-one correspondence. • isomorphic adj. (Biology) Having a similar structure or function to something that is not related genetically or through evolution. • isomorphic adj. Having identical relevant structure; being structure-preserving while undergoing certain invertible transformations. |
| LIPOCHROME | • lipochrome n. Any naturally-occurring, fat-soluble pigment such as carotenes or chlorophyll. • LIPOCHROME n. a pigment of butter fat etc. |
| MICROPHONE | • microphone n. A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into… • microphone v. (Transitive) To put one or more microphones on or in. • MICROPHONE n. an instrument whereby sound waves are caused to generate or modulate an electric current usually for the purpose of transmitting or recording sound (as speech or music). |
| POLYCHROME | • polychrome adj. Using multiple colours. • polychrome adj. Executed in the manner of polychromy. • polychrome n. (Countable) A piece of multicolored pottery. |
| POLYCHROMY | • polychromy n. Polychrome painting. • polychromy n. The painting of statues etc. • POLYCHROMY n. the art or practice of combining different colors, esp. brilliant ones, in an artistic way. |
| SOPHOMORIC | • sophomoric adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore. • sophomoric adj. Conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature. • sophomoric adj. Pretentious; inflated in style or manner. |
| ZOOMORPHIC | • zoomorphic adj. Having the shape, form, or likeness of an animal. • zoömorphic adj. Alternative spelling of zoomorphic. • ZOOMORPHIC adj. having the form of an animal; of, relating to, or being a deity conceived of in animal form or with animal attributes. |