| BRONCHOSCOPE | • bronchoscope n. A form of endoscope for inspecting the bronchial tubes. • BRONCHOSCOPE n. an instrument for examining the windpipe. |
| BRONCHOSCOPY | • bronchoscopy n. (Medicine) A technique for viewing the bronchi using a flexible instrument called a bronchoscope. • BRONCHOSCOPY n. examination of the bronchi. |
| CACOPHONIOUS | • cacophonious adj. Cacophonous; harsh-sounding; unmusical. • CACOPHONIOUS adj. relating to a cacophony, also CACOPHONIC, CACOPHONICAL, CACOPHONOUS. |
| CHONDROPHORE | • chondrophore n. Any hydrozoan of the former order Chondrophora (now included in order Anthoathecata). • CHONDROPHORE n. a medusoid hydrozoan that resembles a jellyfish. |
| CHORDOPHONES | • chordophones n. Plural of chordophone. • CHORDOPHONE n. any instrument in which a string vibrates to produce a sound, including the zither, piano, lute, lyre and harp. |
| CHORDOPHONIC | • chordophonic adj. Of or relating to the chordophones. • CHORDOPHONIC adj. of or like a chordophone. |
| CHRONOSCOPES | • chronoscopes n. Plural of chronoscope. • CHRONOSCOPE n. an instrument for measuring very short time intervals. |
| CHRONOSCOPIC | • chronoscopic adj. Relating to chronoscopy, or by means of a chronoscope. • CHRONOSCOPIC adj. of or like a chronoscope, an instrument for measuring very short time intervals. |
| COLONOGRAPHY | • colonography n. A virtual, non-invasive form of colonoscopy that uses computed tomography. |
| CONIDIOPHORE | • conidiophore n. A fungal hypha that produces conidia. • CONIDIOPHORE n. a hypha that produces conidia. |
| CORONOGRAPHS | • coronographs n. Plural of coronograph. • CORONOGRAPH n. a special telescope used to observe prominences and the corona around the edge of the sun. |
| MONOSTROPHIC | • monostrophic adj. Of or pertaining to monostrophe. • monostrophic n. A monostrophe. • MONOSTROPHIC adj. having the same strophic or stanzaic structure throughout. |
| NECROPHOROUS | • necrophorous adj. (Zoology) Carrying away and burying dead bodies, like the beetles of the genus Necrophorus. • NECROPHOROUS adj. carrying away and burying dead bodies, as do burying beetles. |
| ONYCHOPHORAN | • onychophoran n. (Zoology) Any of many wormlike carnivorous ecdysozoan animals of the phylum Onychophora. • ONYCHOPHORAN n. any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms. |
| OPISTHOTONIC | • opisthotonic adj. Relating to opisthotonus. • OPISTHOTONIC adj. of or like opisthotonos, extreme arching backwards of the spine and neck as a result of spasm of the muscles in that region. |
| ORNITHOSCOPY | • ornithoscopy n. Birdwatching. • ORNITHOSCOPY n. bird watching. |
| PHONOLOGICAL | • phonological adj. Of or relating to phonology. • phonological adj. Pertaining to the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, and accent. • PHONOLOGICAL adj. relating to phonology, also PHONOLOGIC. |
| PHOTOCOPYING | • photocopying v. Present participle of photocopy. • photocopying n. The process by which photocopies are made. • PHOTOCOPYING n. the act of making a photocopy. |