POGONOPHORAN | • pogonophoran n. (Biology) Any marine, wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pogonophora. • pogonophoran adj. Characteristic of these creatures. • POGONOPHORAN n. any of a phylum Pogonophora of marine wormlike animals. |
SPOROPHOROUS | • sporophorous adj. Relating to sporophores. • sporophorous adj. Having spores. • SPOROPHOROUS adj. bearing spores, also SPOROPHORIC. |
OPHIOMORPHOUS | • ophiomorphous adj. Having the form of a snake. • OPHIOMORPHOUS adj. snakelike, also OPHIOMORPHIC. |
PHOTOCOMPOSER | • photocomposer n. A machine that performs photocomposition. • PHOTOCOMPOSER n. one who photocomposes. |
POGONOPHORANS | • pogonophorans n. Plural of pogonophoran. • POGONOPHORAN n. any of a phylum Pogonophora of marine wormlike animals. |
PHOSPHOROSCOPE | • phosphoroscope n. (Physics, chemistry) Any of several devices used to measure phosphorescence, and to distinguish it from fluorescence. • PHOSPHOROSCOPE n. an instrument for measuring the duration of phosphorescence after the source of radiation causing it has been removed. |
PHOTOAUTOTROPH | • photoautotroph n. (Biology) an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material… • PHOTOAUTOTROPH n. an organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances using light as an energy source. |
PHOTOCOMPOSERS | • photocomposers n. Plural of photocomposer. • PHOTOCOMPOSER n. one who photocomposes. |
SIPHONOPHOROUS | • siphonophorous adj. Of or relating to the siphonophores. • SIPHONOPHOROUS adj. of or like a siphonophore, a type of colonial hydrozoan. |
HYPOPHOSPHOROUS | • hypophosphorous adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to hypophosphorous acid or its derivatives. • HYPOPHOSPHOROUS adj. as in hypophosphorous acid, a monobasic acid and a reducing agent. |
MORPHOPHONOLOGY | • morphophonology n. A branch of linguistics concerned with phonemes, and the phonological representation of morphemes. • MORPHOPHONOLOGY n. the study of the phonemic shape and the phonological representation of a language's morphemes. |
ORTHOPHOSPHORIC | • orthophosphoric adj. (Chemistry) Describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives. • ORTHOPHOSPHORIC adj. phosphoric. |
PHOSPHOROSCOPES | • phosphoroscopes n. Plural of phosphoroscope. • PHOSPHOROSCOPE n. an instrument for measuring the duration of phosphorescence after the source of radiation causing it has been removed. |
PHOTOAUTOTROPHS | • photoautotrophs n. Plural of photoautotroph. • PHOTOAUTOTROPH n. an organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances using light as an energy source. |
PHOTOPRODUCTION | • photoproduction n. (Chemistry) The production of a molecular species (e.g. a radical or ion) by means of light. • PHOTOPRODUCTION n. the production of one or more particles by the action of an incident photon. |
PHOTOTOPOGRAPHY | • phototopography n. The surveying and mapping of a terrain based solely on terrestrial photographs. • PHOTOTOPOGRAPHY n. the preparation of topographic maps from photographs. |