CARPOPHORES | • carpophores n. Plural of carpophore. • CARPOPHORE n. a slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants. |
FROGHOPPERS | • froghoppers n. Plural of froghopper. • FROGHOPPER n. a froth-fly, aka spittlebug. |
MORPHOTROPY | • MORPHOTROPY n. the effect on crystalline form of the addition or substitution of an element or radical. |
PLEROPHORIA | • plerophoria n. Alternative form of plerophory. • PLEROPHORIA n. full conviction, also PLEROPHORY. |
POLAROGRAPH | • polarograph n. (Chemistry) Any of several instruments used in polarography. • POLAROGRAPH n. an apparatus for automatic chemical analysis in which a sample solution is electrolysed at successively higher voltages and the resulting current plotted against voltage. |
PORNOGRAPHY | • pornography n. The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. • pornography n. (By extension) The depiction of (non-sexual) subject matter so that it elicits feelings analogous to… • pornography n. (Usually humorous) The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something. |
PORPHYROIDS | • porphyroids n. Plural of porphyroid. • PORPHYROID n. a metamorphic rock having a texture characterized by large crystals set in a finer groundmass. |
PROCTORSHIP | • proctorship n. The post or office of proctor. • PROCTORSHIP n. the office of proctor. |
PROTOTROPHS | • prototrophs n. Plural of prototroph. • PROTOTROPH n. a bacterium feeding only on inorganic matter. |
PROTOTROPHY | • prototrophy n. The condition of being a prototroph. • PROTOTROPHY n. the state of being prototrophic. |
PYROPHOROUS | • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) light-producing. • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) of or relating to pyrophorus. • PYROPHOROUS adj. spontaneously igniting in air, also PYROPHORIC. |
ROCKHOPPERS | • rockhoppers n. Plural of rockhopper. • ROCKHOPPER n. a crested penguin. |
SAPROTROPHS | • saprotrophs n. Plural of saprotroph. • SAPROTROPH n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROBIONT. |
SPIROPHORES | • spirophores n. Plural of spirophore. • SPIROPHORE n. an apparatus for inducing artificial respiration by means of an airtight case for the body and an air pump. |
SPOROPHORES | • sporophores n. Plural of sporophore. • SPOROPHORE n. a spore-bearing stalk or structure, as in fungi. |
SPOROPHORIC | • sporophoric adj. (Botany) Having the nature of a sporophore. • SPOROPHORIC adj. bearing spores, also SPOROPHOROUS. |
TOPOGRAPHER | • topographer n. A person who studies or records topography. • TOPOGRAPHER n. a specialist in topography. |
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. |