| BENZOPHENONE | • benzophenone n. (Organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic ketones based on the parent compound diphenylketone… • benzophenone n. (Organic chemistry, uncountable) The compound diphenylmethanone. • BENZOPHENONE n. a colorless crystalline ketone used esp. as a perfume fixative and in sunscreens. |
| CHLOROETHENE | • chloroethene n. (Organic chemistry) vinyl chloride, or any other chlorinated derivative of ethene. • CHLOROETHENE n. ethyl chloride. |
| DETECTOPHONE | • DETECTOPHONE n. a secret telephone for eavesdropping. |
| ELECTROPHONE | • electrophone n. (Music) any instrument designed to create sounds using electric currents. • ELECTROPHONE n. any instrument whose sound is produced by the oscillation of an electric current, such as an electronic organ, synthesizer, etc. |
| ETHEOSTOMINE | • etheostomine adj. (Zoology) Belonging to the fish genus Etheostoma. • ETHEOSTOMINE adj. of or like the Etheostoma, a genus of small American freshwater fishes related to perch. |
| HETEROGENOUS | • heterogenous adj. (Genetics) derived from a different individual or species. • heterogenous adj. Alternative spelling of heterogeneous. • HETEROGENOUS adj. originating outside the body. |
| HETEROGONIES | • heterogonies n. Plural of heterogony. • HETEROGONY n. the condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils. |
| HETERONOMIES | • heteronomies n. Plural of heteronomy. • HETERONOMY n. subordination or subjection to the law of another, as opposed to autonomy. |
| HOODEDNESSES | • HOODEDNESS n. the state of being hooded. |
| HOOKEDNESSES | • HOOKEDNESS n. the state of being bent like a hook. |
| MONOTHELETES | • Monotheletes n. Plural of Monothelete. • MONOTHELETE n. a believer in Monotheletism. |
| ORTHOGENESES | • orthogeneses n. Plural of orthogenesis. • ORTHOGENESIS n. the belief that biological variation results in new species, always along the same path. |
| WOODENHEADED | • woodenheaded adj. Stupid, as though having wood for brains; blockheaded. • wooden-headed adj. Stupid; mentally dull. • WOODENHEADED adj. having a wooden head; dense, stupid. |