| ANTHROPOMORPH | • anthropomorph n. A figure in ancient art resembling a human being. • anthropomorph n. An anthropomorphic character. • ANTHROPOMORPH n. a stylized human figure. |
| CHLOROCRUORIN | • chlorocruorin n. (Biochemistry, organic chemistry) A green respiratory pigment found in many annelids. • CHLOROCRUORIN n. a green respiratory pigment found in some Polychaeta. |
| 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. |
| CHONDROPHORES | • chondrophores n. Plural of chondrophore. • CHONDROPHORE n. a medusoid hydrozoan that resembles a jellyfish. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| ORTHOHYDROGEN | • orthohydrogen n. (Physics) form of the hydrogen molecule (H2) in which the two nuclei have parallel spin; about 75% of… • ORTHOHYDROGEN n. the form of molecular hydrogen, constituting about 75 per cent of the total at normal temperatures, in which the nuclei of the atoms spin in the same direction. |
| 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. |
| OVERHONOURING | • OVERHONOUR v. to honour excessively, also OVERHONOR. |
| RHODODENDRONS | • rhododendrons n. Plural of rhododendron. • RHODODENDRON n. any of a genus of widely cultivated shrubs and trees of the heath family. |
| RHOMBOHEDRONS | • rhombohedrons n. Plural of rhombohedron. • RHOMBOHEDRON n. a parallelepiped whose faces are rhombuses. |