| CHEMOMETRICS | • chemometrics n. (Chemistry) The use of mathematical statistics in the design of experiments, and the evaluation of the resulting data. |
| CHEMOTROPISM | • chemotropism n. (Biology) The movement or growth of an organism in response to a chemical stimulus. • CHEMOTROPISM n. plant growth in the direction of a particular chemical. |
| CHROMONEMATA | • chromonemata n. Plural of chromonema. • CHROMONEMA n. the coiled filamentous core of a chromatid. |
| EMBRANCHMENT | • embranchment n. A branching forth or off, as of trees, an arm of a river, a spur of a mountain, etc. • EMBRANCHMENT n. branching out. |
| HAMMERCLOTHS | • hammercloths n. Plural of hammercloth. • hammer-cloths n. Plural of hammer-cloth. • HAMMERCLOTH n. a cloth covering a coach box. |
| HECTOGRAMMES | • hectogrammes n. Plural of hectogramme. • HECTOGRAMME n. a measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, also HECTOGRAM, HEKTOGRAM. |
| HERMETICISMS | • hermeticisms n. Plural of hermeticism. • HERMETICISM n. a system of ideas based on hermetic teachings, also HERMETISM. |
| HOMEOTHERMIC | • homeothermic adj. (Zoology) Capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment. • HOMEOTHERMIC adj. keeping the same temperature, warm-blooded, also HOMOIOTHERMIC. |
| METACHRONISM | • metachronism n. An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time. • METACHRONISM n. an error of dating an event too late. |
| MICROMETHODS | • micromethods n. Plural of micromethod. • MICROMETHOD n. a method (as of microanalysis) that requires only very small quantities of material or that involves the use of the microscope. |
| MONOCHROMATE | • monochromate n. (Inorganic chemistry) A compound that has a single chromate anion per molecule or unit cell. • monochromate v. To monochromatize. • MONOCHROMATE n. a person who sees all colours as different shades of a single colour, also MONOCHROMAT. |
| MORPHOMETRIC | • morphometric adj. Of or pertaining to morphometrics. • MORPHOMETRIC adj. relating to morphometry, measurement of form or shape. |
| MULTICHAMBER | • multichamber adj. Composed of multiple chambers. |
| NORMOTHERMIC | • normothermic adj. (Medicine) Having a normal body temperature. • NORMOTHERMIC adj. relating to normothermia, normal body temperature. |
| SPRECHSTIMME | • Sprechstimme n. A dramatic vocal style midway between speaking and singing. • SPRECHSTIMME n. (German) music using the sprechgesang form of vocalization. |
| THERMOCHROMY | • thermochromy n. The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility… • THERMOCHROMY n. a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is change, also THERMOCHROMISM. |
| THERMOMETRIC | • thermometric adj. Of or pertaining to the measurement of temperature. • thermometric adj. Of, pertaining to, or employing a thermometer. • THERMOMETRIC adj. relating to the measurement of temperature, also THERMOMETRICAL. |