| 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. |
| CHROMOPHOBES | • chromophobes n. Plural of chromophobe. • CHROMOPHOBE n. a cell that does not take a stain easily. |
| CHROMOPHORES | • chromophores n. Plural of chromophore. • CHROMOPHORE n. the group of atoms in a chemical compound responsible for its colour. |
| CHROMOPHORIC | • chromophoric adj. (Chemistry) Of or relating to a chromophore. • chromophoric adj. (Biology) Coloured. • CHROMOPHORIC adj. of or like a chromophore, the group of atoms in a chemical compound responsible for its colour, also CHROMOPHOROUS. |
| HOMEOMORPHIC | • homeomorphic adj. Having a homeomorphism. • HOMEOMORPHIC adj. relating to homeomorphism. |
| HYPOCHLOROUS | • hypochlorous adj. (Chemistry) Pertaining to or derived from chlorine having a valence lower than in chlorous compounds. • HYPOCHLOROUS adj. of or derived from hypochlorous acid. |
| HYPOTROCHOID | • hypotrochoid n. (Geometry) A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on the radius line outside one circle which rotates… • HYPOTROCHOID n. the curve traced by a point on the radius, or radius produced, of a circle rolling within another circle. |
| 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. |
| OPHIOMORPHIC | • ophiomorphic adj. Snake-shaped; serpentine. • OPHIOMORPHIC adj. snakelike, also OPHIOMORPHOUS. |
| ORTHOMORPHIC | • orthomorphic adj. (Cartography) conformal. • ORTHOMORPHIC adj. of a map projection, maintaining true shape over a small area and scale in every direction. |
| PHOTOCHROMIC | • photochromic adj. Of, related to, or produced by photochromism. • photochromic adj. (Chemistry) Relating to the part of a molecule responsible for its photochromism. • PHOTOCHROMIC adj. changing colour, and hence changing the amount of light transmitted when the incident light increases, or decreases. |
| PHOTOTROPHIC | • phototrophic adj. (Biology) That exhibits phototrophy. • PHOTOTROPHIC adj. relating to phototropism, movement directed by light. |
| TROCHOPHORES | • trochophores n. Plural of trochophore. • TROCHOPHORE n. a free-swimming pelagic form of many invertebrates, also TROCHOSPHERE. |