CHROMATYPE | • chromatype n. Alternative form of chromotype. • CHROMATYPE n. a colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium. |
CHROMOTYPE | • chromotype n. (Historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph. • chromotype n. (Historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours. • CHROMOTYPE n. a sheet printed in colors by any process, as a chromolithograph. |
CORMOPHYTE | • cormophyte n. (Now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its… • CORMOPHYTE n. a plant differentiated into leaf, stem and root. |
ECTOMORPHY | • ectomorphy n. The condition of being ectomorphic. • ECTOMORPHY n. the state of being an ectomorph. |
HERMATYPIC | • hermatypic adj. (Marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs. • HERMATYPIC adj. building reefs (as of corals). |
HYPERMARTS | • hypermarts n. Plural of hypermart. • HYPERMART n. a very large self-service store, also HYPERMARKET. |
HYPERMETER | • hypermeter n. A hypercatalectic line, i.e. with two syllables beyond the metrum. • hypermeter n. A period with a redundant syllable. • HYPERMETER n. a verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse. |
HYPSOMETER | • hypsometer n. An instrument that measures altitude indirectly by measuring the boiling point of water (which varies… • HYPSOMETER n. an instrument for measuring height of trees through triangulation. |
HYPSOMETRY | • hypsometry n. The measurement of elevation relative to sea level. • HYPSOMETRY n. the art of measuring the heights of places on the earth's surface. |
MACROPHYTE | • macrophyte n. (Biology) Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one. • MACROPHYTE n. a macroscopic plant in an aquatic environment. |
MICROPHYTE | • microphyte n. (Biology) Any microscopic plant or alga. • MICROPHYTE n. a very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algae, such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be. |
NEPHROTOMY | • nephrotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney. • NEPHROTOMY n. the extraction of a stone from the kidney by cutting. |
PACHYMETER | • pachymeter n. Any of several instruments that are used to measure the thickness of something. • PACHYMETER n. an instrument for measuring small thicknesses. |
PARCHMENTY | • parchmenty adj. Resembling or characteristic of parchment. • PARCHMENTY adj. like parchment. |
PHOTOMETRY | • photometry n. (Physics) The measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity. • photometry n. (Astronomy) The measurement of the intensity and spectrum of light from stars. • PHOTOMETRY n. that branch of science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light. |
PYRETHRUMS | • pyrethrums n. Plural of pyrethrum. • PYRETHRUM n. a name still applied to various garden flowers, esp. varieties of Chrysanthemum. |
TRIUMPHERY | • TRIUMPHERY n. (Shakespeare) a triumvir. |