ANTHROPOPHYTE | • anthropophyte n. (Ecology) A plant introduced into a new habitat by humans. • ANTHROPOPHYTE n. a plant introduced incidentally in the course of cultivation. |
CHLOROETHENES | • chloroethenes n. Plural of chloroethene. • CHLOROETHENE n. ethyl chloride. |
CHLOROMETHANE | • chloromethane n. (Organic chemistry) Any chlorinated derivative of methane, but especially CH3Cl (methyl chloride) once… • CHLOROMETHANE n. an organic compound, methyl chloride. |
CHRONOTHERAPY | • chronotherapy n. Any therapy based on the circadian rhythm or other cyclical schedule. • CHRONOTHERAPY n. a treatment that work in harmony with the body's natural time rhythms. |
ETHNOHISTORIC | • ethnohistoric adj. Relating to ethnohistory. • ETHNOHISTORIC adj. relating to ethnohistory, also ETHNOHISTORICAL. |
HETEROCHRONIC | • heterochronic adj. (Biology) Occurring at different times or intermittently. • HETEROCHRONIC adj. showing divergence from the normal time sequence in development. |
HETEROPHONIES | • heterophonies n. Plural of heterophony. • HETEROPHONY n. an independent variation on a single melody by two or more voices. |
ORTHOGNATHIES | • ORTHOGNATHY n. the state of having normally aligned jaws. |
ORTHOHYDROGEN | • orthohydrogen n. (Physics) form of the hydrogen molecule (H2) in which the two nuclei have parallel spin; about 75% of… • ORTHOHYDROGEN n. the form of molecular hydrogen, constituting about 75 per cent of the total at normal temperatures, in which the nuclei of the atoms spin in the same direction. |
PHOTOFINISHER | • photofinisher n. One who develops customers’ films into photographic prints. • PHOTOFINISHER n. one that develops and prints photographic film commercially. |
PHYTOHORMONES | • phytohormones n. Plural of phytohormone. • PHYTOHORMONE n. a plant hormone, regulating growth. |
THEATROPHONES | • THEATROPHONE n. (historical) a telephone connecting callers to a theatre so they can listen to a live performance there. |
THERMOSIPHONS | • thermosiphons n. Plural of thermosiphon. • THERMOSIPHON n. a method of circulating a cooling liquid through a system by using the slight difference in density between the hot and cool parts. |