(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
antichrome
archistome
bichromate
bichromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Synonym of dichromate
chromatize
chromatize
verb
To treat a metal surface with chromate
dichromate
dichromate
noun
(chemistry) any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
hamrongite
hematocrit
hematocrit
noun
(medicine) The percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood.
(medicine, countable) A centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood.
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
heteromita
isothermal
isothermal
adj
Of or pertaining to a process that takes place at constant temperature
Of or pertaining to an isotherm
noun
(geography) An isotherm
lithomarge
lithomarge
noun
kaolinite
medithorax
metaphoric
metaphoric
adj
Synonym of metaphorical
morphinate
morphinate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt of morphine
parethmoid
parethmoid
adj
(anatomy) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
noun
(anatomy) A parethmoid bone.
proatheism
rachiotome
ramdohrite
ramdohrite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic bluish black gray mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, and sulfur.
