CHLOROMETER | • chlorometer n. An instrument to test the bleaching power of chloride of lime. • CHLOROMETER n. instrument for measuring amount of chlorine in a solution. |
CHRONOMETER | • chronometer n. A device for measuring time, such as a watch or clock. • CHRONOMETER n. an instrument for measuring time. |
FOREMOTHERS | • foremothers n. Plural of foremother. • FOREMOTHER n. a female ancestor. |
FORESHORTEN | • foreshorten v. To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually. • foreshorten v. To abridge, reduce, contract. • foreshorten v. To make shorter. |
HERETOFORES | • HERETOFORE n. the past. |
HETEROPOLAR | • heteropolar adj. Of an electric generator that produces alternating current. • heteropolar adj. (Chemistry) Formed by ions of opposite charge. • HETEROPOLAR adj. polar, in the chemical sense. |
HETEROSPORY | • heterospory n. (Botany) The production of spores of two different sizes and sexes by the sporophytes of land plants. • HETEROSPORY n. the production of microspores and megaspores, as in seed plants. |
HETEROTROPH | • heterotroph n. (Ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own. • HETEROTROPH n. a secondary feeder eating plants or other animals. |
HOROMETRIES | • horometries n. Plural of horometry. • HOROMETRY n. the science of time measurement. |
HYDROMETEOR | • hydrometeor n. Rain, snow and other precipitation products of the condensation of atmospheric water vapour. • HYDROMETEOR n. a general term for the aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, sleet, hail. |
ORTHOCENTER | • orthocenter n. (Geometry) The intersection of the three lines that can be drawn flowing from the three corners of a… • ORTHOCENTER n. the point of intersection of the altitudes of a triangle, also ORTHOCENTRE. |
ORTHOCENTRE | • orthocentre n. Alternative form of orthocenter. • ORTHOCENTRE n. the point of intersection of the altitudes of a triangle, also ORTHOCENTER. |
OVERTHROWER | • overthrower n. One who overthrows. • OVERTHROWER n. one who overthrows. |
PORTERHOUSE | • porterhouse n. (Chiefly North America) A cut of beef taken from the thick end of the short loin; it has a T-shaped… • porterhouse n. (Chiefly North America, now historical) A public house where porter was sold; often also served steaks, chops etc. • PORTERHOUSE n. a house where malt liquor (as porter) is sold. |
RHINOCEROTE | • rhinocerote n. (Obsolete) Synonym of rhinoceros. • RHINOCEROTE n. (obsolete) a rhinoceros, also RHINOCEROS, RHINOCEROT. |
THERETOFORE | • theretofore adv. Until that time. • theretofore adv. Before that. • THERETOFORE adv. up to that time. |
TROCHOMETER | • trochometer n. A device for counting the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer. • TROCHOMETER n. a hodometer, also TROCHEAMETER. |
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. |