ACETONES | • acetones n. Plural of acetone. • ACETONE n. the simplest of the ketones; any ketone. |
CENTONES | • centones n. Plural of cento. • CENTO n. (Latin) a literary work made up of parts from other works. |
DUOTONES | • duotones n. Plural of duotone. • DUOTONE n. a drawing etc. done in two tones or colours. |
ECOTONES | • ecotones n. Plural of ecotone. • ECOTONE n. a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities. |
HISTONES | • histones n. Plural of histone. • HISTONE n. any of a group of simple proteins present in chromosomes and believed to act as gene inhibitors. |
ISOTONES | • isotones n. Plural of isotone. • ISOTONE n. one of a number of nuclides having the same number of neutrons in the nucleus with differing numbers of protons. |
LACTONES | • lactones n. Plural of lactone. • LACTONE n. a cyclic ester. |
OXYTONES | • oxytones n. Plural of oxytone. • OXYTONE n. (Greek) a word bearing an acute accent on the last syllable. |
PEPTONES | • peptones n. Plural of peptone. • PEPTONE n. a substance resulting from the digestion of protein by pepsin. |
SUBTONES | • subtones n. Plural of subtone. • SUBTONE n. a low or subdued tone. |
SYNTONES | • SYNTONE n. a person having a syntonic temperament. |
TOSTONES | • tostones n. Plural of tostone. • TOSTONE n. (Spanish) a Mexican dish of fried plantains. |
TRITONES | • tritones n. Plural of tritone. • TRITONE n. a musical interval of three whole tones. |