| ADRENOCHROME | • adrenochrome n. (Biochemistry) An oxidation product of adrenaline or epinephrine; its semicarbazone is used as a drug… • adrenochrome n. (Fiction) A fictional drug obtained from human adrenal glands. • ADRENOCHROME n. a mixture of quinones. |
| ARCHIPHONEME | • archiphoneme n. (Phonology) A unit representing two or more underlying phonemes, where the distinction between them… • ARCHIPHONEME n. an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized, conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes. |
| CHONDRIOSOME | • chondriosome n. Synonym of mitochondrion. • CHONDRIOSOME n. an old name for a mitochondrion, a minute body generating ATP in the cytoplasm of a cell. |
| DEUTEROSTOME | • deuterostome n. (Zoology) Any animal, of the subphylum Deuterostomia, in which the initial pore formed during gastrulation… • DEUTEROSTOME n. any of a major division of the animal kingdom that includes the bilaterally symmetrical animals. |
| FLUOROCHROME | • fluorochrome n. Any of various fluorescent dyes used to stain biological material before microscopic examination. • FLUOROCHROME n. any of various fluorescent substances used in biological staining to produce fluorescence in a specimen. |
| POINTILLISME | • POINTILLISME n. a painting technique using separate dots of pure colour rather than blends, also POINTILLISM. |
| POLYRIBOSOME | • polyribosome n. (Biochemistry) A cluster of ribosomes, connected by mRNA, that collectively synthesizes protein. • POLYRIBOSOME n. a cluster of ribosomes linked together by a molecule of messenger RNA and forming the site of protein synthesis. |
| SPRECHSTIMME | • Sprechstimme n. A dramatic vocal style midway between speaking and singing. • SPRECHSTIMME n. (German) music using the sprechgesang form of vocalization. |
| STEREOCHROME | • stereochrome n. A stereochromic picture. • STEREOCHROME n. a mural painting fixed with waterglass. • STEREOCHROME v. to paint a mural fixed with waterglass. |
| WHATSHERNAME | • whatshername pron. (Informal) A female person whose name cannot be recalled. • WHATSHERNAME n. a designation for a female whose name one cannot remember, also WHATSERNAME. |
| WHATSHISNAME | • whatshisname n. (Informal) A person whose name is either unknown or forgotten. • what's-his-name pron. A male person or entity whose name one does not remember or want to mention but that is known to the… • WHATSHISNAME n. a designation for a male whose name one cannot remember, also WHATSISNAME. |
| WHATSITSNAME | • whatsitsname n. Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind. • what's-its-name n. Alternative form of whatsitsname. • WHATSITSNAME n. a designation for a thing whose name one cannot remember. |