| TROPOLOGY | • tropology n. (Rhetoric) The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech). • tropology n. (Theology, philosophy) The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative… • tropology n. A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes. |
| METROPOLIS | • metropolis n. (History, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony. • metropolis n. A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding… • metropolis n. (Orthodox Christianity) The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops. |
| TROPOLOGIC | • tropologic adj. Alternative form of tropological. • TROPOLOGIC adj. characterized by tropes or figures of speech, also TROPOLOGICAL. |
| TROPOLOGIES | • tropologies n. Plural of tropology. • TROPOLOGY n. the use of metaphors in writing or speaking. |
| ELECTROPOLAR | • electropolar adj. Possessing electrical polarity; having positive and negative charges at opposite ends; said of a conductor. • ELECTROPOLAR adj. having, as an electrical conductor, one end or surface positive and the other negative. |
| METROPOLISES | • metropolises n. Plural of metropolis. • metropolises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metropolise. • METROPOLIS n. the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region. |
| METROPOLITAN | • metropolitan n. (Orthodox Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. • metropolitan n. The inhabitant of a metropolis. • metropolitan adj. (Orthodox Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. |
| TROPOLOGICAL | • tropological adj. Relating to or involving the interpretation of literature focusing on the ethical lesson or moral of the story. • tropological adj. Characterized by tropes; varied by tropes; tropical. • TROPOLOGICAL adj. characterized by tropes or figures of speech, also TROPOLOGIC. |
| METROPOLITANS | • metropolitans n. Plural of metropolitan. • METROPOLITAN n. an archbishop holding authority over other bishops. |
| METROPOLITICAL | • metropolitical adj. (Archaic) metropolitan; pertaining to a metropolis. • METROPOLITICAL adj. of or like a metropolis. |
| TROPOLOGICALLY | • tropologically adv. In a tropological manner. • TROPOLOGICAL adv. characterized by tropes or figures of speech, also TROPOLOGIC. |
| METROPOLITANATE | • metropolitanate n. The see of a metropolitan bishop. • METROPOLITANATE n. a metropolitan area. |
| METROPOLITANISE | • metropolitanise v. Alternative form of metropolitanize. • METROPOLITANISE v. to make metropolitan, also METROPOLITANIZE. |
| METROPOLITANISM | • metropolitanism n. The quality or state of being metropolitan. • METROPOLITANISM n. the state of being metropolitan. |
| METROPOLITANIZE | • metropolitanize v. (Transitive) To make metropolitan; to adapt to the norms of a metropolis. • METROPOLITANIZE v. to make metropolitan, also METROPOLITANISE. |
| NONMETROPOLITAN | • nonmetropolitan adj. Not metropolitan. • nonmetropolitan n. One who is not a metropolitan. • non-metropolitan adj. Alternative form of nonmetropolitan. |