English words starting with tro

Meanings of Troad:

proper noun

An ancient region of north-western asia minor, of which ancient troy was the chief city.

Meanings of Trocar:

noun

A surgical instrument with a three-sided cutting point enclosed in a tube, used for withdrawing fluid from a body cavity.

Usage examples:

Morbid obesity also may be a contraindication due to the limited length of the trocars and laparosc…

Meanings of Trocars:

noun

A surgical instrument with a three-sided cutting point enclosed in a tube, used for withdrawing fluid from a body cavity.

Usage examples:

Morbid obesity also may be a contraindication due to the limited length of the trocars and laparosc…

Meanings of Trochaic:

adjective

Consisting of or featuring trochees.

Usage examples:

Calendars begins with the cadenced trochaic tetrameter rhythms of ‘landing under water, i see roots’.

noun

A type of verse that consists of or features trochees.

Usage examples:

His infantile trochaics addressed to children (‘dimply damsel, sweetly smiling’, etc.) earned him t…

adjective

In poetry, having a rhythm with one long or strong syllable and one short or weak syllable

Usage examples:

The poem is in a trochaic metre, imitated by longfellow in hiawatha.

Meanings of Trochaics:

noun

A type of verse that consists of or features trochees.

Usage examples:

His infantile trochaics addressed to children (‘dimply damsel, sweetly smiling’, etc.) earned him t…

adjective

Consisting of or featuring trochees.

Usage examples:

Calendars begins with the cadenced trochaic tetrameter rhythms of ‘landing under water, i see roots’.

Meanings of Trochanter:

noun

Any of a number of bony protuberances by which muscles are attached to the upper part of the thigh bone.

Usage examples:

Most weight-bearing locations were represented, including residual limbs, ischial tuberosities, tro…

Meanings of Trochanteral:

noun

Any of a number of bony protuberances by which muscles are attached to the upper part of the thigh bone.

Usage examples:

Most weight-bearing locations were represented, including residual limbs, ischial tuberosities, tro…

Meanings of Trochanteric:

noun

Any of a number of bony protuberances by which muscles are attached to the upper part of the thigh bone.

Usage examples:

Most weight-bearing locations were represented, including residual limbs, ischial tuberosities, tro…

adjective

Relating to the trochanter (= part of the thigh bone to which muscles are attached)

Meanings of Trochee:

noun

A foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable.

Usage examples:

Although not one line of iambic hexameter appears, lines sometimes begin with a trochee or spondee …

Meanings of Trochees:

noun

A foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable.

Usage examples:

Although not one line of iambic hexameter appears, lines sometimes begin with a trochee or spondee …

Meanings of Trochlea:

noun

A structure resembling or acting like a pulley, such as the groove at the lower end of the humerus forming part of the elbow joint.

Usage examples:

This notch articulates with the trochlea of the humerus to form the elbow joint.

Meanings of Trochleae:

noun

A structure resembling or acting like a pulley, such as the groove at the lower end of the humerus forming part of the elbow joint.

Usage examples:

This notch articulates with the trochlea of the humerus to form the elbow joint.

Plural of trochlea specialized

Meanings of Trochlear:

adjective

Relating to a part of the body resembling a pulley.

Usage examples:

No significant difference in total mean chondrocyte density between trochlear, patellar, tibial, an…

Meanings of Trochoid:

adjective

Denoting a joint in which one element rotates on its own axis (e.g. the atlas vertebra).

Usage examples:

The trochoid joint is composed of a ball shape that is surrounded by a circle composed of bone and …

noun

A trochoid curve.

Usage examples:

Not only does the new one squeeze out the juice, it does so smoothly and quietly due to the nature …

Meanings of Trochoids:

noun

A trochoid curve.

Usage examples:

Not only does the new one squeeze out the juice, it does so smoothly and quietly due to the nature …

adjective

Denoting a joint in which one element rotates on its own axis (e.g. the atlas vertebra).

Usage examples:

The trochoid joint is composed of a ball shape that is surrounded by a circle composed of bone and …

Meanings of Trochophore:

noun

The planktonic larva of certain invertebrates, including some molluscs and polychaete worms, having a roughly spherical body, a band of cilia, and a spinning motion.

Usage examples:

Polychaetes usually have separate sexes; many polychaetes hatch into a particular type of planktoni…

Meanings of Troctolite:

noun

Gabbro made up mainly of olivine and calcic plagioclase, often having a spotted appearance likened to a trout's back.

Usage examples:

There is some grain size reduction of the troctolite adjacent to the anorthosite, indicating a chil…

Meanings of Trod:

verb

Walk in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Rosa trod as lightly as she could

noun

A person's manner of walking or the sound made as they walk.

Usage examples:

I heard the heavy tread of dad's boots

Past simple and past participle of tread

Meanings of Trodden:

verb

Walk in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Rosa trod as lightly as she could

noun

A person's manner of walking or the sound made as they walk.

Usage examples:

I heard the heavy tread of dad's boots

Past participle of tread

Meanings of Trog:

noun

A person regarded as contemptible or socially inferior.

Usage examples:

Unlike him, i think top universities do have a duty to open more routes, but ministers should devis…

verb

Walk heavily or laboriously; trudge.

Usage examples:

I left him trogging off to the tube station

Meanings of Troglodyte:

noun

(especially in prehistoric times) a person who lived in a cave.

Usage examples:

Some may be prehistoric in origin, but most are more recent, some being occupied as houses until th…

Meanings of Trogon:

noun

A bird of tropical american forests, with a long tail and brilliantly coloured plumage.

Usage examples:

The small island was alive with wildlife: sloths, tapirs, peccaries, howler monkeys, tamarins, ocel…

Meanings of Trogons:

noun

A bird of tropical american forests, with a long tail and brilliantly coloured plumage.

Usage examples:

The small island was alive with wildlife: sloths, tapirs, peccaries, howler monkeys, tamarins, ocel…

Meanings of Trogs:

noun

A person regarded as contemptible or socially inferior.

Usage examples:

Unlike him, i think top universities do have a duty to open more routes, but ministers should devis…

verb

Walk heavily or laboriously; trudge.

Usage examples:

I left him trogging off to the tube station

Meanings of Troika:

noun

A russian vehicle pulled by a team of three horses abreast.

Usage examples:

A ride through the forests on a troika - a sleigh pulled by three horses - is a real treat.