| CHIRIMOYA | • chirimoya n. Alternative form of cherimoya. • CHIRIMOYA n. (Quechua) a Peruvian fruit resembling the custard apple, also CHERIMOYA, CHERIMOYER. |
| CHORIAMBI | • choriambi n. Plural of choriambus. • CHORIAMBUS n. a metrical foot comprising a trochee and an iambus, also CHORIAMB, CHORIAMBIC. |
| CHROMIDIA | • chromidia n. Plural of chromidium. • CHROMIDIUM n. an algal cell in a lichen. |
| DICHROISM | • dichroism n. The property of some crystals of transmitting different colours of light in different directions. • dichroism n. (Physics) The property of some anisotropic materials of having different absorption coefficients for… • DICHROISM n. the property of showing different colours exhibited by doubly refracting crystals when viewed in different directions by transmitted light. |
| DICHROMIC | • dichromic adj. Furnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable… • dichromic adj. Containing two atoms of chromium. • DICHROMIC adj. able to see two colours and two only, as in red-green colour-blind persons who see only blue and yellow. |
| DIMORPHIC | • dimorphic adj. Occurring or existing in two different forms. • dimorphic adj. Exhibiting dimorphism. • DIMORPHIC adj. of a species, where two (e.g. color) forms may be produced in a single brood. |
| HEROINISM | • heroinism n. The qualities of a heroine or the display of those qualities; heroism performed by a female. • heroinism n. Heroin addiction. • HEROINISM n. addiction to heroin. |
| HISTORISM | • historism n. (Historiography) An influential 19th-century school of thought in historiography that rejected universalist… • HISTORISM n. the belief that all phenomena are historically determined, also HISTORICISM. |
| IRONSMITH | • ironsmith n. A blacksmith (who makes articles from iron). • ironsmith n. An East Indian barbet (Psilopogon faber) whose note resembles the sounds made by a smith. • IRONSMITH n. a worker in iron. |
| MICROCHIP | • microchip n. Integrated circuit; microprocessor. • microchip v. To fit (an animal) with a microchip. • MICROCHIP n. a chip of silicon. |
| MICROINCH | • microinch n. A unit of measurement, the length of one one-millionth of an inch, equivalent to 25.4 nanometers. Symbol: µin. • MICROINCH n. one millionth of an inch. |
| MICROLITH | • microlith n. (Archaeology) A small stone tool. • microlith n. The microscopic acicular components of rocks. • MICROLITH n. a very small stone tool. |
| MINORSHIP | • minorship n. The state or quality of being a minor. • MINORSHIP n. the state of being a minor. |
| MORPHINIC | • morphinic adj. Of or relating to morphine. • MORPHINIC adj. relating to morphine. |
| RHIZOBIUM | • rhizobium n. (Biology) Any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen. • rhizobium n. (Biology, by extension) Any diazotrophic bacterium that can fix nitrogen and form root nodules in legumes. • Rhizobium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae – soil bacteria that fix nitrogen in association with… |
| TRICHOMIC | • trichomic adj. (Botany) Relating to trichomes. • TRICHOMIC adj. relating to a trichome, a plant hair or outgrowth from the epidermis. |