| ALCOHOLOMETER | • alcoholometer n. A specialized form of hydrometer used to measure the amount of alcohol in a liquid (such as beer). • ALCOHOLOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the proportion of alcohol in solutions. |
| GEOMORPHOGENY | • GEOMORPHOGENY n. the study of the origins of land forms. |
| GERONTOPHOBES | • gerontophobes n. Plural of gerontophobe. • GERONTOPHOBE n. one with a morbid fear of old age. |
| HETEROSPOROUS | • heterosporous adj. (Botany, of an organism) Producing both male and female gametophytes. • HETEROSPOROUS adj. producing two different sizes or kinds of spores. |
| HOMEOMORPHIES | • HOMEOMORPHY n. the state of being homeomorphic, also HOMOMORPHY. |
| HOMEOTHERMOUS | • HOMEOTHERMOUS adj. keeping the same temperature, warm-blooded. |
| HOMESCHOOLERS | • homeschoolers n. Plural of homeschooler. • home-schoolers n. Plural of home-schooler. • home␣schoolers n. Plural of home schooler. |
| HOMOEOTHERMAL | • homoeothermal adj. Alternative form of homoiothermal. • homœothermal adj. Obsolete form of homoiothermal. • HOMOEOTHERMAL adj. keeping the same temperature, warm-blooded, also HOMEOTHERMAL, HOMOEOTHERMIC, HOMOEOTHERMOUS, HOMOIOTHERMAL, HOMOTHERMAL, HOMOTHERMIC. |
| HOMOEOTHERMIC | • homoeothermic adj. Alternative form of homeothermic. • homœothermic adj. Obsolete form of homeothermic. • HOMOEOTHERMIC adj. keeping the same temperature, warm-blooded, also HOMEOTHERMAL, HOMOEOTHERMAL, HOMOEOTHERMOUS, HOMOIOTHERMAL, HOMOTHERMAL, HOMOTHERMIC. |
| IONTOPHORESES | • iontophoreses n. Plural of iontophoresis. • IONTOPHORESIS n. the introduction of an ionized substance, such as a drug, through intact skin by the application of a direct electric current. |
| MORPHOPHONEME | • morphophoneme n. (Linguistics) One of the units of which the underlying representations of morphemes are composed. • MORPHOPHONEME n. either or any of two or more phonemes which form variant morphs representing one morpheme (as in wife, wives). |
| NEUROETHOLOGY | • neuroethology n. The study of animal behavior and its underlying control by the nervous system. • NEUROETHOLOGY n. the description of features of animal behaviour in terms of the mechanisms of the nervous system. |
| NEUROHORMONES | • neurohormones n. Plural of neurohormone. • NEUROHORMONE n. a hormone (as acetylcholine or norepinephrine) produced by or acting on nervous tissue. |
| ORTHOPYROXENE | • orthopyroxene n. (Mineralogy) Any pyroxene that forms orthorhombic crystals. • ORTHOPYROXENE n. a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having an orthorhombic crystal structure, such as enstatite and hypersthene. |
| PHOTODETECTOR | • photodetector n. Any device used to detect electromagnetic radiation. • PHOTODETECTOR n. any of various devices for detecting and measuring the intensity of radiant energy through photoelectric action. |
| PHOTOELECTRON | • photoelectron n. (Physics) An electron ejected from the surface of a material by the photoelectric effect. • PHOTOELECTRON n. an electron released from a surface by a photon. |
| PHOTOPHORESES | • PHOTOPHORESIS n. migration of suspended particles under the influence of light. |
| PHOTORECEPTOR | • photoreceptor n. (Biology) A specialized neuron or other structure able to detect and react to light. • PHOTORECEPTOR n. a receptor for light stimuli. |
| SHOWERPROOFED | • showerproofed v. Simple past tense and past participle of showerproof. • SHOWERPROOF v. to make clothes resistant to light rain. |
| ZOOGEOGRAPHER | • zoogeographer n. A person involved in zoogeography. • ZOOGEOGRAPHER n. a student of zoogeography. |