| ASTHENOSPHERE | • asthenosphere n. (Geology) The zone of the Earth’s upper mantle, below the lithosphere. • ASTHENOSPHERE n. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, characterized by a relatively low resistance to plastic flow. |
| ATMOSPHERICAL | • atmospherical adj. Atmospheric. • ATMOSPHERICAL adj. related to the atmosphere, also ATMOSPHERIC. |
| BLASTOSPHERES | • blastospheres n. Plural of blastosphere. • BLASTOSPHERE n. a blastula. |
| CENTROSPHERES | • centrospheres n. Plural of centrosphere. • CENTROSPHERE n. the central part of the earth below the crust, aka barysphere. |
| CHROMOSPHERES | • chromospheres n. Plural of chromosphere. • CHROMOSPHERE n. the region of the atmosphere of a star between the star's photosphere and its corona. |
| CHROMOSPHERIC | • chromospheric adj. Of or pertaining to the chromosphere. • CHROMOSPHERIC adj. relating to the chromosphere. |
| MAGNETOSPHERE | • magnetosphere n. (Physics) The comet-shaped region around Earth or another planet in which charged particles are trapped… • MAGNETOSPHERE n. a region of space surrounding a celestial object that is dominated by the object's magnetic field such that charged particles are trapped in it. |
| PHYLLOSPHERES | • phyllospheres n. Plural of phyllosphere. • PHYLLOSPHERE n. the surface of a leaf considered as a habitat, esp. for microorganisms. |
| RHABDOSPHERES | • rhabdospheres n. Plural of rhabdosphere. • RHABDOSPHERE n. an aggregation of rhabdoliths in oceanic ooze. |
| STRATOSPHERES | • stratospheres n. Plural of stratosphere. • STRATOSPHERE n. a region of the atmosphere beginning about 4.5 to 10 miles up, in which temperature does not fall as altitude increases. |
| STRATOSPHERIC | • stratospheric adj. (Meteorology) Of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere (“the region of the uppermost atmosphere”). • stratospheric adj. (Figurative, colloquial) Unusually or unreasonably high; astronomical. • STRATOSPHERIC adj. relating to stratosphere, also STRATOSPHERICAL. |
| THERMOSPHERES | • thermospheres n. Plural of thermosphere. • THERMOSPHERE n. the outermost layer of the atmosphere. |
| THERMOSPHERIC | • thermospheric adj. Of or pertaining to the thermosphere. • THERMOSPHERIC adj. relating to thermosphere. |
| TROCHOSPHERES | • trochospheres n. Plural of trochosphere. • TROCHOSPHERE n. a free-swimming pelagic form of many invertebrates, also TROCHOPHORE. |