CEPHALOMETER | • cephalometer n. An instrument for measuring the head. • cephalometer n. A device for positioning the head, and holding it steady, for an X-ray or surgery; a cephalostat. • CEPHALOMETER n. an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry. |
CEPHALOMETRY | • cephalometry n. The measurement of the head, especially in order to study growth, development, and disease. • CEPHALOMETRY n. the science of measuring the head in living individuals. |
DEPHLEGMATOR | • dephlegmator n. (Chemistry, archaic) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation;… • DEPHLEGMATOR n. an agent that dephlegmates. |
EXTREMOPHILE | • extremophile n. (Ecology) An organism that lives under extreme conditions of temperature, salinity etc; commercially… • EXTREMOPHILE n. an organism that lives under extreme environmental conditions. |
HELIOTROPISM | • heliotropism n. The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the… • HELIOTROPISM n. the movement of plants towards sunlight. |
LITHOSPERMUM | • lithospermum n. (Botany) Any plant of the genus Lithospermum. • Lithospermum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – the stoneseeds and gromwells. • LITHOSPERMUM n. a kind of flower. |
METAPHORICAL | • metaphorical adj. Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic. • METAPHORICAL adj. related to metaphor, also METAPHORIC. |
NEPHELOMETER | • nephelometer n. (Analytical chemistry) An instrument for measuring various aspects of the suspended particles in a fluid;… • NEPHELOMETER n. an instrument for measuring cloudiness. |
NEPHELOMETRY | • nephelometry n. (Analytical chemistry) The measurement of the concentration of a solution, suspension or dispersion… • nephelometry n. (Immunology) A technique used to determine the levels of antibodies or antigens in a suspension, based… • NEPHELOMETRY n. the measurement of the cloudiness of liquids. |
PHOTOPOLYMER | • photopolymer n. (Chemistry) Any polymer that reacts to light with a physical or chemical change, used especially for teeth fillings. • PHOTOPOLYMER n. a photosensitive plastic used esp. in the manufacture of printing plates. |
PHOTOREALISM | • photorealism n. Alternative spelling of photo-realism. • photo-realism n. A very realistic style in art in which a painting or drawing is virtually indistinguishable from a photograph. • PHOTOREALISM n. an esp. detailed, precise painting style, giving an effect of (often exaggerated) realism. |
PHOTOTHERMAL | • photothermal adj. (Physics) Involving the production of heat by photoexcitation. • PHOTOTHERMAL adj. of or concerned with light and heat, esp. the production of heat by light, also PHOTOTHERMIC. |
POIKILOTHERM | • poikilotherm adj. Cold-blooded. • poikilotherm n. A cold-blooded animal. • POIKILOTHERM n. an organism that takes on the temperature of its surroundings. |
PROTOPHLOEMS | • protophloems n. Plural of protophloem. • PROTOPHLOEM n. the first-formed phloem that develops from procambium, usually associated with a region of rapid growth. |
STEPMOTHERLY | • stepmotherly adj. Like or befitting a stepmother. • STEPMOTHERLY adj. like a stepmother. |
THERMOCOUPLE | • thermocouple n. (Physics) A transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is… • THERMOCOUPLE n. a pair of different metals in contact giving a thermoelectric current. |
THERMOPHILES | • thermophiles n. Plural of thermophile. • THERMOPHILE n. a bacteria, plant etc. requiring or thriving in high temperatures, also THERMOPHIL, THERMOPHILIC, THERMOPHILOUS. |
THERMOPHILIC | • thermophilic adj. (Biology) of, or relating to a thermophile; living and thriving at relatively high temperatures. • THERMOPHILIC adj. of plants etc. requiring or thriving in high temperatures, also THERMOPHIL, THERMOPHILE, THERMOPHILOUS. |