| ANTHROPOMORPH | • anthropomorph n. A figure in ancient art resembling a human being. • anthropomorph n. An anthropomorphic character. • ANTHROPOMORPH n. a stylized human figure. |
| CHLOROBROMIDE | • chlorobromide n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any mixed chloride and bromide. • chlorobromide n. (Photography) A photographic paper containing such silver salts; a print made on such paper. • CHLOROBROMIDE n. a compound of chlorine and bromine with a metal or organic radical. |
| CHLOROFORMERS | • chloroformers n. Plural of chloroformer. • CHLOROFORMER n. one who administers chloroform. |
| CHLOROFORMING | • chloroforming v. Present participle of chloroform. • CHLOROFORM v. to treat with or as if with the colourless volatile liquid chloroform esp. so as to produce anesthesia. |
| CHLOROFORMIST | • chloroformist n. (Medicine, archaic) One who uses chloroform as an anaesthetic. • CHLOROFORMIST n. one who administers chloroform. |
| CHROMATOPHORE | • chromatophore n. A pigment-bearing cell or structure found in certain fish, reptiles, cephalopods, and other animals. • CHROMATOPHORE n. a pigment-bearing cell. |
| CHROMOPHOROUS | • CHROMOPHOROUS adj. of or like a chromophore, the group of atoms in a chemical compound responsible for its colour, also CHROMOPHORIC. |
| CHROMOPROTEIN | • chromoprotein n. (Biochemistry) Any protein, such as haemoglobin, that has a metal-containing pigmented group such as haem. • CHROMOPROTEIN n. any of various proteins (as hemoglobins, carotenoids, or flavoproteins) having a pigment as a prosthetic group. |
| FLUOROCHROMES | • fluorochromes n. Plural of fluorochrome. • FLUOROCHROME n. any of various fluorescent substances used in biological staining to produce fluorescence in a specimen. |
| MONOCHROMATOR | • monochromator n. (Physics) An optical device, consisting of one or more slits, that selects a narrow band of wavelengths… • MONOCHROMATOR n. a device for isolating a narrow portion of a spectrum. |
| MORPHOTROPIES | • MORPHOTROPY n. the effect on crystalline form of the addition or substitution of an element or radical. |
| MOUTHBROODERS | • mouthbrooders n. Plural of mouthbrooder. • MOUTHBROODER n. a cichlid fish that carries its young in its mouth for protection, also MOUTHBREEDER. |
| NEUROHORMONAL | • neurohormonal adj. Of or pertaining to a neurohormone. • NEUROHORMONAL adj. involving both neural and hormonal mechanisms. |
| NEUROHORMONES | • neurohormones n. Plural of neurohormone. • NEUROHORMONE n. a hormone (as acetylcholine or norepinephrine) produced by or acting on nervous tissue. |
| ORNITHOMORPHS | • ornithomorphs n. Plural of ornithomorph. • ORNITHOMORPH n. a figure or design in the form of a bird. |
| ORTHOTROPISMS | • ORTHOTROPISM n. vertical growth. |
| RHIZOMORPHOUS | • rhizomorphous adj. Of or relating to rhizomorphs. • RHIZOMORPHOUS adj. having the form of a root. |
| RHOMBOHEDRONS | • rhombohedrons n. Plural of rhombohedron. • RHOMBOHEDRON n. a parallelepiped whose faces are rhombuses. |
| TAUROMORPHOUS | • tauromorphous adj. Bull-shaped. • TAUROMORPHOUS adj. bull-shaped. |
| TROPHOTROPISM | • trophotropism n. The movements of the organs in a growing plant, as towards nutrient substances, induced by the chemical… • TROPHOTROPISM n. direction of growth by nutritional factors. |