| ALLOTROPOUS | • allotropous adj. (Botany) Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar. • allotropous adj. (Biology) Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species… • ALLOTROPOUS adj. having nectar accessible to all kinds of insects. |
| ELECTROPOPS | • ELECTROPOP n. a genre of pop music characterized by the use of synthesizers to replace guitars and drums. |
| GASTROPODAN | • GASTROPODAN n. a gastropod. |
| GASTROPORNS | • GASTROPORN n. the representation of food in a highly sensual manner. |
| HEMITROPOUS | • hemitropous adj. Turned half round; half inverted. • hemitropous adj. (Botany, of an ovule) Having the raphe terminating about halfway between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous. • HEMITROPOUS adj. of a crystal, having a twinned structure, also HEMITROPAL, HEMITROPE, HEMITROPIC. |
| PETROPOUNDS | • petropounds n. Plural of petropound. • PETROPOUNDS n. money from oil revenues. |
| TROPOLOGIES | • tropologies n. Plural of tropology. • TROPOLOGY n. the use of metaphors in writing or speaking. |
| TROPOMYOSIN | • tropomyosin n. (Biochemistry) A protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together… • TROPOMYOSIN n. a filamentous protein which controls the interaction of actin and myosin in muscle fibres. |
| TROPOPAUSES | • tropopauses n. Plural of tropopause. • TROPOPAUSE n. the level of the atmosphere where the troposphere ends and stratosphere begins. |
| TROPOPHYTES | • tropophytes n. Plural of tropophyte. • TROPOPHYTE n. a plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought. |
| TROPOPHYTIC | • TROPOPHYTIC adj. of or like a tropophyte, a plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought. |
| TROPOSPHERE | • troposphere n. The lower levels of the atmosphere extending from the surface of the Earth or another celestial body… • TROPOSPHERE n. a region of the atmosphere from 25,000 feet to 55,000 feet, the boundary between the upper troposphere and the lower stratosphere. |