| TROPE | • trope n. (Art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad… • trope n. (Medieval Christianity) An addition (Of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy… • trope n. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning… |
| OUTROPE | • outrope v. (Transitive) To exceed in roping; to rope better than. • outrope n. Alternative form of outroop. • OUTROPE n. an auction sale, also OUTROOP. |
| BOLTROPE | • boltrope n. Alternative spelling of bolt rope. • bolt-rope n. Alternative spelling of bolt rope. • bolt␣rope n. (Nautical) Rope sewn around the edges of a sail to prevent tearing or fraying. |
| FOOTROPE | • footrope n. (Nautical) a rope attached to the lower part of a sail. • footrope n. (Nautical) a rope attached to a yard that sailors stood on to stabilize it when furling or reefing. • FOOTROPE n. a rope used in sailing. |
| INOTROPE | • inotrope n. (Medicine) Any inotropic drug. • INOTROPE n. a drug for controlling the force of muscular contractions. |
| OXYTROPE | • oxytrope n. (Botany) Synonym of locoweed. • OXYTROPE n. a genus of plants in the legume family, including locoweed. |
| ZOETROPE | • zoetrope n. An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits… • ZOETROPE n. (Greek) a slotted rotating cylinder producing primitive animation, also ZOOTROPE. |
| ZOOTROPE | • zootrope n. Alternative form of zoetrope. • ZOOTROPE n. (Greek) a slotted rotating cylinder producing primitive animation, also ZOETROPE. |
| ALLOTROPE | • allotrope n. (Chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form… • allotrope n. (Linguistics) An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit. • allotrope n. (Philosophy) An alternative shape of a cognitive structure. |
| AZEOTROPE | • azeotrope n. (Physics) A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition… • azeotrope v. To create a mixture of this kind. • AZEOTROPE n. a chemical term for a certain type of liquid mixture. |
| EMMETROPE | • emmetrope n. A person with emmetropia, perfect vision. • EMMETROPE n. a person showing emmetropia, correct refraction of light by the eyes. |
| HEMITROPE | • hemitrope adj. Half turned round; half inverted; (crystallography) having a twinned structure. • hemitrope n. (Crystallography) A twin crystal having a hemitropal structure. • HEMITROPE adj. of a crystal, twinned, also HEMITROPAL, HEMITROPIC, HEMITROPOUS. |
| RHEOTROPE | • rheotrope n. An instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current. • RHEOTROPE n. an instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current. |
| TIGHTROPE | • tightrope n. A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground. • tightrope n. (Figuratively) a difficult or desperate situation. • tightrope v. To walk on a tightrope. |
| HELIOTROPE | • heliotrope n. (Botany) A plant that turns so that it faces the sun. • heliotrope n. A light purple or violet colour. • heliotrope n. The fragrance of heliotrope flowers. |
| PHOTOTROPE | • PHOTOTROPE n. a substance exhibiting phototropism, movement directed by light. |
| THIXOTROPE | • THIXOTROPE n. a thixotropic substance. |
| THAUMATROPE | • thaumatrope n. A toy made of a card with an image on each side; when twirled, the images combine. • thaumatrope n. A zoetrope. • THAUMATROPE n. an optical toy in which pictures on both sides of a card are seen to combine when the card is rotated rapidly. |