English words starting with cryo

Meanings of Cryobiology:

noun

The branch of biology which deals with the properties of organisms and tissues at low temperatures.

Usage examples:

This site lists cryobiology topics that make excellent science fair ideas and do not require much e…

Meanings of Cryocautery:

noun

A surgical instrument that freezes tissue; the use of such an instrument, especially for the destruction of abnormal tissue.

Meanings of Cryoconite:

noun

A grey sediment found at the bottom of holes in the surface of an ice field or glacier, consisting chiefly of wind-blown dust and often also microorganisms.

Meanings of Cryogen:

noun

A substance used to produce very low temperatures.

Usage examples:

The first cryogens were liquid air and compressed carbon dioxide snow.

Meanings of Cryogenic:

adjective

Relating to or involving the branch of physics that deals with the production and effects of very low temperatures.

Usage examples:

A powerful cryogenic engine

Meanings of Cryogenically:

adverb

In a way that relates to the freezing of dead human bodies, cells, or body parts at very low temperatures

Usage examples:

The blood in the umbilical cord was cryogenically frozen in hopes of using stem cells from it in a …

Meanings of Cryogenics:

noun

Another term for cryonics.

plural noun

The branch of physics dealing with the production and effects of very low temperatures.

Usage examples:

The munich researchers, wanting to stay in the business but having neither sufficient expertise nor…

Meanings of Cryogens:

noun

A substance used to produce very low temperatures.

Usage examples:

The first cryogens were liquid air and compressed carbon dioxide snow.

Meanings of Cryohydrate:

noun

A solid substance having a distinct composition and melting point formed by the combination of a salt or other crystalline compound with water (ice) at a temperature below freezing.

Meanings of Cryohydric:

adjective

Of or relating to distinctive mixtures of crystalline substances with water (ice), or their formation. chiefly in "cryohydric point" noun the eutectic point or temperature of a solution of a salt in water. "cryohydric temperature" noun = "cryohydric point".

Meanings of Cryolite:

noun

A white or colourless mineral consisting of a fluoride of sodium and aluminium. it is added to bauxite as a flux in aluminium smelting.

Usage examples:

The deposit at the eureka tunnel was mined for cryolite and thomsenolite, which were used as a flux…

Meanings of Cryolites:

noun

A white or colourless mineral consisting of a fluoride of sodium and aluminium. it is added to bauxite as a flux in aluminium smelting.

Usage examples:

The deposit at the eureka tunnel was mined for cryolite and thomsenolite, which were used as a flux…

Meanings of Cryology:

noun

The science and technology of refrigeration; cryogenics.

Meanings of Cryonics:

plural noun

The practice or technique of deep-freezing the bodies of people who have just died, in the hope that scientific advances may allow them to be revived in the future.

Usage examples:

I still believe that's true, but it seems the day might come when cryonics is medically prudent.

noun

The process of storing a dead body by freezing it until science has advanced to such a degree that it is able to bring that person back to life

Meanings of Cryophile:

adjective

= cryophilic .

noun

A cryophilic organism. also in extended or humorous use: a person or organism that prefers a colder climate or environment.

Meanings of Cryophilic:

adjective

Of an organism, especially a bacterium: that flourishes at low temperatures.

Meanings of Cryophoric:

adjective

Having the nature or function of a cryophorus; of or relating to the cryophorus.

Meanings of Cryophorus:

noun

An instrument for demonstrating the freezing of water by evaporation, invented by w. h. wollaston.

Meanings of Cryophyllite:

noun

A lithium- and iron-containing mica, now regarded as a variety of lepidolite.

Meanings of Cryophyte:

noun

A plant or alga which can withstand very cold or freezing conditions, especially one growing in snow or ice.

Meanings of Cryoplankton:

noun

Small and microscopic organisms (especially algae) that inhabit snow and ice.

Meanings of Cryoprobe:

noun

An instrument used in cryosurgery to freeze selected areas of tissue.

Meanings of Cryoprotective:

adjective

Chiefly of chemicals: giving protection to living tissues, organs, etc., against damage caused by freezing temperatures.

Meanings of Cryoscopic:

adjective

Of or relating to cryoscopy; involving use of a cryoscope.

Meanings of Cryoscopies:

noun

The measurement of the freezing point of liquids; especially the procedure of measuring by how much the freezing point of a liquid is lowered when a substance is dissolved in it.