CHEMOLITHOTROPH | • chemolithotroph n. Chemoautotroph. • CHEMOLITHOTROPH n. a bacterium that obtains its energy from inorganic compounds containing iron, nitrogen, or sulfur, and not from living on decaying organisms. |
FLUOROPHOSPHATE | • fluorophosphate n. (Inorganic chemistry) The anion PO3F2- formed by replacing one hydroxyl of a phosphate anion with a… • fluorophosphate n. (Organic chemistry) The functional group >PO3F formed by replacing one hydroxyl of a phosphate group… • FLUOROPHOSPHATE n. a mineral compound of fluorine and phosphorus. |
HOLOPHOTE | • holophote n. A lighthouse lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction. • HOLOPHOTE n. an apparatus by which all the light from a lighthouse is thrown in the required direction. |
HOLOPHOTES | • holophotes n. Plural of holophote. • HOLOPHOTE n. an apparatus by which all the light from a lighthouse is thrown in the required direction. |
LOPHOPHORATE | • lophophorate adj. (Zoology) Having a lophophore. • lophophorate n. (Zoology) A member of the Lophophorata, a clade of invertebrate animals. • LOPHOPHORATE adj. of or like a lophophore, a ring of ciliated tentacles round the mouth of some sedentary marine animals. |
LOPHOPHORE | • lophophore n. (Zoology) A feeding organ of brachiopods, bryozoans and phoronids. • LOPHOPHORE n. a ring of ciliated tentacles round the mouth of some sedentary marine animals. |
LOPHOPHORES | • lophophores n. Plural of lophophore. • LOPHOPHORE n. a ring of ciliated tentacles round the mouth of some sedentary marine animals. |
NONPHILOSOPHER | • nonphilosopher n. One who is not a philosopher. • nonphilosopher n. One devoted to François Laruelle’s concept of nonphilosophy. • nonphilosopher n. One who doesn’t believe in philosophy or the concept of it. |
NONPHILOSOPHERS | • nonphilosophers n. Plural of nonphilosopher. • NONPHILOSOPHER n. someone who is not a philosopher. |
OPHTHALMOLOGIES | • ophthalmologies n. Plural of ophthalmology. • OPHTHALMOLOGY n. the study of eye and its diseases. |
OPHTHALMOSCOPE | • ophthalmoscope n. (Ophthalmology) An instrument for examining the interior of the eye (that is, for ophthalmoscopy). • OPHTHALMOSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the interior of the eye. |
OPHTHALMOSCOPES | • ophthalmoscopes n. Plural of ophthalmoscope. • OPHTHALMOSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the interior of the eye. |
ORNITHODELPHOUS | • ORNITHODELPHOUS adj. of or like the Ornithodelphia, monotremes, also ORNITHODELPHIAN, ORNITHODELPHIC. |
ORTHOCEPHALOUS | • orthocephalous adj. Alternative form of orthocephalic. • ORTHOCEPHALOUS adj. having a skull whose breadth is between 70 and 75 per cent of its length, also ORTHOCEPHALIC. |
PHOSPHOROLYSES | • phosphorolyses n. Plural of phosphorolysis. • PHOSPHOROLYSIS n. a reaction analogous to hydrolysis involving phosphoric acid. |