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Meanings of Trophonian:

adjective

Of or relating to trophonius, the deified legendary builder of the original temple of apollo at delphi, whose oracle in a boeotian cave was said to affect those who entered with such awe that they never smiled again. hence (figurative): gloomy, saturnine.

Meanings of Trophonucleus:

noun

= macronucleus .

Meanings of Trophosomal:

adjective

Of or relating to a trophosome.

Meanings of Trophosome:

noun

(in a hydrozoan) the aggregate of non-reproductive zooids serving a primarily nutritive role.

Meanings of Trophosperm:

noun

The internal part of the pericarp of a fruit, to which the seeds are attached.

Meanings of Trophospongial:

adjective

Of or relating to the trophospongia.

Meanings of Trophotropic:

adjective

Designating the physiological actions or effects of the parasympathetic nervous system (which include the promotion of digestion and of tissue repair and growth); of, relating to, or characterized by these effects.

Meanings of Trophozoite:

noun

A growing stage in the life cycle of some sporozoan parasites, when they are absorbing nutrients from the host.

Usage examples:

Ingested cysts hatch into trophozoites in the small intestine and continue moving down the digestiv…

Meanings of Trophozooid:

noun

(in a hydrozoan or other colonial organism) a non-reproductive zooid serving a primarily nutritive role.

Meanings of Trophy:

noun

A cup or other decorative object awarded as a prize for a victory or success.

Usage examples:

The age groups ranged from four to 20, with a trophy awarded for first prize and certificates for s…

combining form

In nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -trophic (such as phototrophy corresponding to phototrophic ).

Meanings of Tropic:

noun

The parallel of latitude 23°26ʹ north (tropic of cancer) or south (tropic of capricorn) of the equator.

Usage examples:

The vineyard area extends from the tropic of capricorn in the north to the 40th parallel in the sou…

adjective

Another term for tropical (sense 1).

combining form

Turning towards.

Usage examples:

Heliotropic

Meanings of Tropical:

adjective

Of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics.

Usage examples:

Tropical countries

Meanings of Tropical-rainforest:

noun

Thick forest that grows in hot parts of the world

Meanings of Tropical-storm:

adjective

From or relating to the area between the ...

Meanings of Tropicalise:

verb

To adapt or accustom (a person or thing) to tropical conditions.

Meanings of Tropicality:

noun

The state or condition of being tropical; the extent to which something is characteristic or reminiscent of the tropics.

Meanings of Tropicalized:

verb

To adapt or accustom (a person or thing) to tropical conditions.

Meanings of Tropicbird:

noun

A tropical seabird with mainly white plumage and very long central tail feathers.

Usage examples:

I am still amazed by the lifeless waters along the coast - no gulls, no terns, no frigatebirds or t…

Meanings of Tropicopolitan:

adjective

Belonging to or inhabiting the whole of the tropics, or tropical regions generally.

Meanings of Tropidine:

noun

A colourless liquid heterocyclic compound obtained from tropine by the action of acids.

Meanings of Tropines:

noun

A crystalline heterocyclic alcohol originally obtained by hydrolysis of atropine.

Meanings of Tropist:

noun

A person who (especially in relation to 16th century controversy about the nature of the eucharist) challenges the literal meaning of scripture or some passage of scripture by explaining it as tropes or figurative language; an adherent of reformed (non-lutheran) protestantism. hence (more generally): a protestant. see "tropic".

Meanings of Tropologic:

adjective

Tropological.

Meanings of Tropologically:

adverb

In a tropological manner; by means of tropology.

Meanings of Tropologize:

verb

To change (a person or thing) by a trope or metaphor; to use (something) in a tropological sense. also without object: to use troplogical interpretation.