| 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. |
| CHROMOSCOPES | • CHROMOSCOPE n. an apparatus for combining coloured images. |
| HOMOEOMORPHS | • homœomorphs n. Plural of homœomorph. • HOMOEOMORPH n. a thing similar in form from another but essentially different, also HOMEOMORPH. |
| HOMOMORPHIES | • homomorphies n. Plural of homomorphy. • HOMOMORPHY n. similarity in form, as of the flowers of a plant, also HOMEOMORPHY. |
| HOMOPOLYMERS | • homopolymers n. Plural of homopolymer. • HOMOPOLYMER n. a DNA or RNA strand whose nucleotides are all of the same kind. |
| MESOMORPHOUS | • mesomorphous adj. Mesomorphic. • MESOMORPHOUS adj. relating to a mesomorph. |
| MONODELPHOUS | • monodelphous adj. (Botany) Describing stamens that have filaments united into a single tubelike group. • monodelphous adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Monodelphia. • MONODELPHOUS adj. relating to the Monodelphia, placental mammals. |
| MONOSTROPHES | • monostrophes n. Plural of monostrophe. • MONOSTROPHE n. a poem in which all the stanzas or strophes are written in the same metre. |
| MORPHOLOGIES | • morphologies n. Plural of morphology. • MORPHOLOGY n. the study of forms e.g. of words. |
| MOTHPROOFERS | • mothproofers n. Plural of mothproofer. • MOTHPROOFER n. a substance that keeps away moths. |
| OMMATOPHORES | • ommatophores n. Plural of ommatophore. • OMMATOPHORE n. an eyestalk, as in snails. |
| PHOTOBOMBERS | • photobombers n. Plural of photobomber. |
| PHOTOCOMPOSE | • photocompose v. To use photocomposition to prepare text for printing. • PHOTOCOMPOSE v. to set (as reading matter) by photocomposition. |
| PLEOMORPHOUS | • pleomorphous adj. Having or passing through many different forms. • PLEOMORPHOUS adj. occurring in several different forms, also PLEOMORPHIC. |
| PROTOPHLOEMS | • protophloems n. Plural of protophloem. • PROTOPHLOEM n. the first-formed phloem that develops from procambium, usually associated with a region of rapid growth. |
| XEROMORPHOUS | • xeromorphous adj. Xeromorphic. • XEROMORPHOUS adj. of parts of a plant, protected against excessive loss of water by thick cuticles, coatings of hairs and similar structural features, also XEROMORPHIC. |