English words: chrom-brugnatellite to chromoplast

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English words chrom-brugnatellite to chromoplast

chrom-brugnatellite noun: Synonym of stichtite.
chroma noun /ˈkɹoʊmə/: The colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated area
chroma dot noun: A type of visual artifact that appears when colour analogue video signals are displayed on black-and-white screens.
chroma key noun, verb: Alternative spelling of chromakey.
chroma keyer noun: Alternative spelling of chromakeyer.
chromable adjective: That may be chromed
chromadorean noun: Any roundworm of the class Chromadorea
chromadorid noun: Any nematode of the order Chromadorida
chromaesthesia noun: Alternative form of chromesthesia.
chromafenozide noun: A pesticide N'-tert-butyl-N'-(3,5-dimethylbenzoyl)-5-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-6-carbohydrazide
chromaffin adjective: Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts.
chromaffine adjective: Alternative form of chromaffin.
chromaffinic adjective: Synonym of chromaffin.
chromaffinoma noun: Any tumor that contains chromaffin cells.
chromagen noun: Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein
chromagram noun: A graphic representation of the notes of a scale
chromakey noun, verb: The use of a particular color, usually either green or blue) as a key in a studio in order to allow one image to be seamlessly partially superimposed upon...
chromakeyer noun: A device for producing chromakey effects.
chromalveolate noun: A grouping of eukaryotes, of the taxon Chromalveolata, comprising the Chromista and the alveolates.
chromameter noun: An instrument that is used to evaluate the colour of surfaces
chromametric adjective: Alternative form of chromometric.
chromammine noun: An ammine of chromium
chroman noun: Alternative form of chromane.
chromane noun: A bicyclic heterocycle in which a benzene ring is fused to one of dihydro-pyran; it is the base unit of tocopherols
chromanol noun: any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles formed by ring-closure from substituted quinones; examples with isoprene sidechains are the basis of numerous...
chromanone noun: Any of several isomeric bicyclic heterocyclic ketones derived from chromane; any of many derivatives of these compounds
chromascope noun: An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
chromat- prefix: Alternative form of chromato-.
chromate noun, verb /ˈkɹəʊmeɪt/: any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻) is in equilibrium with the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻), the relative amount...
chromate of potassium noun: potassium chromate
chromated adjective, verb: Treated with a chromate solution
chromatian adjective: Containing chromate anions.
chromatic adjective /kɹəˈmæt.ɪk/: Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue.
chromatic aberration noun /kɹoʊˈmæ.tɪk ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/: An optical aberration in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths.
chromatic number noun: The smallest number of colours needed to colour a given graph (i.e., to assign a colour to each vertex such that no two vertices connected by an edge have...
chromatic scale noun: A scale including all intervals of a particular tuning within an octave.
chromatic semitone noun: Synonym of augmented unison.
chromatical adjective: chromatic
chromatically adverb /kroʊˈmæt̬.ɪk.li/: In a chromatic manner.
chromaticism noun: the quality or state of being chromatic
chromaticity noun /kɹəʊ.məˈtɪ.sɪ.ti/: An objective specification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance.
chromaticization noun: The process, or the result of chromaticizing.
chromaticize verb: To make something chromatic or to use a chromatic scale
chromaticness noun: The quality of being chromatic.
chromatics noun /kɹəˈmætɪks/: Chromatic harmonies or notes.
chromatid noun /ˈkɹəʊmətɪd/: After DNA replication, either of the two connected double-helix strands of a metaphase chromosome that separate during mitosis.
chromatidic adjective: Relating to or composed of chromatids.
chromatin noun /ˈkɹəʊmətɪn/: A complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division.
chromatinic adjective: Of or pertaining to chromatin
chromatinisation noun: Alternative form of chromatinization.
chromatinised adjective: Alternative form of chromatinized.
chromatinizable adjective: That may be chromatinized
chromatinization noun: The formation of chromatin
chromatinize verb: To undergo chromatinization
chromatinized adjective: Modified by chromatinization
chromatinolysis noun: Synonym of chromatolysis.
chromatise verb: Alternative form of chromatize.
chromatism noun: The state of being coloured
chromatist noun: A person whose speciality is chromatics.
chromatite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal lemon mineral containing calcium, chromium, and oxygen.
chromatization noun: Staining; the acquisition of color.
chromatize verb: To treat a metal surface with chromate
chromatizing noun, verb: The treatment of a metal surface with chromate
chromato- prefix: color
chromatoblast noun: A chromatophore precursor cell
chromatocyte noun: Any cell that contains a pigment
chromatodermatosis noun: Any disease of the skin that is accompanied by pigmentation
chromatofocusing noun: An analytical technique for the separation of proteins according to differences in their isoelectric points
chromatogenic adjective: Relating to reactions on a solid substrate that have a resemblance to chromatography
chromatogenous adjective /kɹoʊ.məˈtɒd͡ʒ.ə.nəs/: Producing colour, or colour change.
chromatogram noun: The visual output from a chromatograph, usually a graphical display or histogram.
chromatograph noun, verb /kɹə(ʊ)ˈmæ.tə(ʊ)ˌɡɹɑːf/: A machine that performs chromatography by gas or liquid separation.
chromatographable adjective: That can be separated or analysed by chromatography
chromatographer noun: A person skilled in chromatography or who operates a chromatograph
chromatographic adjective: Of or pertaining to chromatography.
chromatographical adjective: Synonym of chromatographic.
chromatographically adverb: With regard to, or by using, chromatography
chromatography noun /ˌkɹəʊ.məˈtɒɡɹə.fi/: Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized by the use of a...
chromatography paper noun: Absorbent paper used to soak up colours so that they separate out into their various components.
chromatoid adjective, noun: Resembling chromatin.
chromatological adjective: Relating to chromatology
chromatology noun: The scientific study of colour
chromatolyse verb: To undergo chromatolysis
chromatolysis noun: The dissolution of the Nissl bodies in the cell body of a neuron.
chromatolytic adjective: Relating to chromatolysis.
chromatolyze verb: Alternative spelling of chromatolyse.
chromatomap noun: A two-dimensional chromatogram (using different solvents in each direction)
chromatome noun: The proteome of chromatins in an organism
chromatomere noun: Synonym of chromosome.
chromatometer noun: Synonym of colorimeter.
chromatometric adjective: Relating to chromatometry
chromatometry noun: The measurement of colour
chromatophil noun: A chromatophilic cell or structure
chromatophilia noun: The property of a cell that readily stains with an appropriate dye
chromatophilic adjective: Being readily stained
chromatophobia noun: resistance to staining
chromatophoral adjective: Relating to a chromatophore
chromatophore noun /krəˈmætəˌfɔr/: A pigment-bearing cell or structure found in certain fish, reptiles, cephalopods, and other animals
chromatophoric adjective: Relating to a chromatophore.
chromatophoroma noun: A tumour composed of chromatophores
chromatophorotropic adjective: Relating to the attraction of a chromatophore to a tissue
chromatoplasm noun: The part of cytoplasm that contains pigment.
chromatoplate noun: A coated plate used in thin-layer chromatography
chromatopsia noun: A visual aberration in which objects appear abnormally coloured, such as xanthopsia or cyanopia.
chromatoptometer noun: An instrument for measuring the subject's perception of colour.
chromatoscanner noun: An optical device that is used to scan an object at multiple wavelengths
chromatoscope noun: A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; used in studying the...
chromatosis noun: Pigmentation, especially unusual pigmentation of human or animal tissue.
chromatosome noun: A structural unit of a nucleoprotein consisting of a nucleosome bound to chromatin
chromatospectrophotometric adjective: Relating to chromatospectrophotometry.
chromatosphere noun: A chromosphere.
chromatotic adjective: Pertaining to chromatosis.
chromatotron noun: A device used in radial chromatography in which solvent is added to the center of a covered silica layered plate which spins to drive a sample outward...
chromatotrophin noun: Any of a group of hormones responsible for colour change in some crabs
chromatrope noun: An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light by means of rapidly rotating disks of various colours.
chromaturia noun: Any abnormal colouration of the urine
chromatype noun: Alternative form of chromotype.
chrombismite noun: A tetragonal mineral containing bismuth, chromium, and oxygen.
chromceladonite noun: A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing chromium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.
chromdravite noun: A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing boron, chromium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
chrome noun, suffix, verb /kɹəʊm/: Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
chrome diopside noun: A bright green variety of diopside, used as a gemstone.
chrome dome noun: A bald head.
chrome horn noun: The front bumper of a car when used to bump another vehicle, usually to inform the driver of the other vehicle that the first car would like to pass.
chrome orange noun: A mixed oxide with the chemical formula Pb₂CrO₅, formerly used as an orange pigment.
chrome-plated adjective: Synonym of chromium-plated.
chrome red adjective, noun: A bright reddish orange pigment.
chrome-sulfuric acid noun: A solution of potassium dichromate in sulfuric acid, used as a source of chromic acid
chrome yellow noun: A natural yellow pigment derived from lead(II) chromate.
chromeazurol noun: Any of a range of indicators used in complexometric titrations
Chromebase noun: a generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style all-in-one personal computer
Chromebit noun: a generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style picocomputer (a stick that plugs into a screen, the size of a highlighter pen)
chromebook noun /ˈkɹəʊmˌbʊk/: Alternative letter-case form of Chromebook.
Chromebox noun: a generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style personal computer (this style of PC is the size of a home modem or home network router)
chromedome noun: Alternative form of chrome dome.
chromeidoscope noun: Synonym of debuscope
Chromel noun: An alloy of approximately 90% nickel and 10% chromium by weight, used to make the positive conductors of certain thermocouples.
chromeless adjective: Without chrome (basic visual elements).
chromelodeon noun: A Partchian pump organ designed to conform to Partch's tonality system.
chromene noun: Synonym of 1-benzopyran.
chromeno noun: A radical derived from chromene
chromenol noun: The compound 6-hydroxychromene that is the basis of the tocopherolquinones
chromenone noun: Any bicyclic aromatic compound composed of a benzene ring fused to one of a pyrone
chromenylium noun: The aromatic cation composed of a benzene ring fused to one of pyrylium
chromerid noun: Any unicellular photosynthetic organism of the phylum Chromerida
chromesthesia noun: Sound-to-color synaesthesia.
chromesthetic adjective: Relating to chromesthesia.
chrometophobia noun: Fear of money.
chromework noun: The chrome ornamentation on a vehicle or other object.
chromey adjective: Resembling or characteristic of chrome.
chromferide noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral gray white mineral containing chromium and iron.
chromhidrosis noun: A rare condition characterized by the secretion of coloured sweat, caused by the deposition of lipofuscin in the sweat glands.
chromia noun: Chromium(III) oxide.
chromian adjective: Containing chromium.
chromic adjective: of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 3
chromic acid noun: A corrosive acid, H₂CrO₄, known only in solution or as its salts, the chromates (from which it may be prepared); it is a very powerful oxidizing agent.
chromic oxide noun: The oxide of chromium Cr₂O₃
chromicize verb: (of catgut) to treat with a compound of chromium
chromid noun: A large bacterial replicon that contains core genes outside of the main chromosome.
chromide noun: Any of various cichlid fishes found in Asia.
chromidial adjective: Relating to chromidia
chromidium noun: A granule of extranuclear chromatin in the cytoplasm of a cell
chromidotilapiine noun: Any cichlid of the tribe Chromidotilapiini
chromidrosis noun: Alternative form of chromhidrosis.
chromie noun: A chromosome.
chromiferous adjective /krəʊˈmɪfəɹəs/: Containing, or yielding chromium.
chrominance noun /ˈkɹəʊ.mɪn.əns/: The signal used in video systems to convey the picture's colour information, separately from the accompanying luma signal.
chromine noun: The organometallic aromatic anion [(2Z)-penta-2,4-dienylidene]chromium or any of its derivatives.
chroming noun, verb: The act of inhaling the fumes of substances such as glue or paint, usually by sniffing them from a paper bag or bottle, with the aim of getting intoxicated.
chromis noun: Any of the genus Chromis of damselfish.
chromise verb: Alternative form of chromize.
chromism noun: chromatism (the state of being colored)
chromist noun /ˈkɹəʊmɪst/: Any alga of the taxon Chromista.
chromista noun: Synonym of chromist.
chromistan noun: Synonym of chromist.
chromite noun /ˈkɹəʊ.maɪt/: A dark brown mineral species with the formula FeCr₂O₄.
chromitite noun: An igneous rock composed mostly of chromite
chromium noun /ˈkɹoʊ.mi.əm/: A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.
chromium-52 noun: The major stable isotope of chromium, 5224Cr, having 24 protons and 28 neutrons; it amounts to about 84% of the element in nature
chromium-53 noun: A minor stable isotope of chromium, 5324Cr, having 24 protons and 29 neutrons; it amounts to about 9% of the element in nature
chromium-54 noun: A minor stable isotope of chromium, 5424Cr, having 24 protons and 30 neutrons; it amounts to about 2% of the element in nature
chromium dioxide noun: A black, semiconducting material, CrO₂, having strong magnetic properties; used in recording tapes.
chromium group noun: Group 6 of the periodic table, comprising chromium, molybdenum, tungsten and seaborgium
chromium plate verb: To plate something with chromium.
chromium-plated adjective: plated with a layer of chromium
chromium plating noun, verb: The application of a layer of chromium onto the surface of a metal
chromium sesquioxide noun: The chromium oxide, Cr₂O₃, manufactured from chromite and sometimes used as a pigment.
chromium trioxide noun: An oxide compound of chromium with the chemical formula CrO₃.
chromize verb: To chrome; to treat with chromium.
chromo adjective, noun, prefix /kɹoʊmoʊ-/: color
chromo-carbon adjective: Alternative form of chromocarbon.
chromoanagenesis noun: anagenesis as a result of chromoanasynthesis
chromoanagenetic adjective: Relating to chromoanagenesis
chromoanasynthesis noun: A large, chaotic rearrangement of the genes of a chromosome.
chromoblast noun: A precursor cell for chromaffin cells.
chromoblastomycosis noun: Long-term fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
chromoblot noun: A form of Southern blot of chromosomes
chromobody noun: A particular class of antibody
chromobox noun: Any of a class of proteins associated with heterochromatin
chromocarb noun: An antispasmodic drug.
chromocarbon adjective: Involving chromium and carbon.
chromocene noun: An organometallic sandwich compound bis(cyclopentadienyl)- chromium(II) that is the chromium analog of ferrocene
chromocenter noun: An irregular mass of heterochromatin in some chromosomes
chromocentre noun: Synonym of karyosome.
chromocentric adjective: Relating to a chromocentre
chromochalcographic adjective: Relating to chromochalcography.
chromoclasm noun: The elimination or reduction of colorfulness for religious reasons.
chromocollographic adjective: Relating to chromocollography.
chromocollotype noun: A collotype image produced in two or more colours.
chromocollotypy noun: The production of chromocollotypes.
chromocratic adjective: Melanocratic.
chromocystoscopic adjective: Relating to chromocystoscopy
chromocystoscopy noun: cystoscopy aided by the use of dyes
chromocyte noun: Any cell, such as a red blood cell, that contains a pigment
chromodacryorrhea noun: red lacrimal secretion, typically in rats (the production of so-called "bloody tears")
chromodielectric adjective: chromodynamically dielectric
chromodomain noun: A sequence of amino acids, common to the protein of many species, that is responsible for the manipulation of chromatin.
chromodorid noun: Alternative form of chromodoridid.
chromodoridid noun: Any sea slug of the family Chromodorididae
chromoductant noun: An organelle that transports chromosomes
chromoduction noun: The transport of chromosomes, typically between cells
chromodynamic adjective: Pertaining to chromodynamics.
chromodynamical adjective: chromodynamic
chromodynamics noun: The study of the relationship between those quarks that possess the quantum property of color, and exchange gluons; more fully quantum chromodynamics.
chromoelectric adjective: Describing the field generated by gluons
chromoendoscopic adjective: Relating to chromoendoscopy.
chromoendoscopy noun: A medical procedure in which dyes are instilled into the gastrointestinal tract at the time of visualization with fibre-optic endoscopy.
chromoesophagoscopy noun: Dye-assisted endoscopy to detect esophageal cancer.
chromofungin noun: A peptide related to chromogranin
chromogen noun: Any substance that lacks colour, but can be converted into a pigment or dye.
chromogenesis noun: The biosynthesis of pigments
chromogenetic adjective: Of or relating to chromogenesis.
chromogenic adjective: Describing a process in which a black-and-white image is replaced by a coloured one.
chromogenically adverb: In a chromogenic manner
chromogenicity noun: The quality of being chromogenic.
chromogenized adjective: Treated with a chromogen
chromogenous adjective: Alternative form of chromogenic.
chromogranin noun: Any of a family of secretory proteins found in many types of cell.
chromograph noun: chromolithograph
chromography noun: Alternative form of chromatography.
chromoisomer noun: An isomer that is a different colour to another
chromoisomeric adjective: Relating to chromoisomers; that displays chromoisomerism
chromokinesin noun: A nuclear protein, related to kinesin, that binds DNA
chromoleucite noun: A chromoplastid.
chromolipid noun: Synonym of lipochrome.
chromolith noun: Alternative form of chromolithograph.
chromolithic adjective: Alternative form of chromolithographic.
chromolitho noun: chromolithography
chromolithograph noun, verb: A print made by chromolithography.
chromolithographer noun: Someone engaged in chromolithography
chromolithographic adjective: Pertaining to, or made by, chromolithography.
chromolithography noun /ˌkroʊ.moʊˈlɪˈθɑː.ɡrə.fi/: A form of lithography for printing pictures in colour.
chromoluminarism noun: Synonym of divisionism.
chromoluminarist adjective, noun: of, pertaining to, or in the style of chromoluminarism
chromoly noun: A kind of steel alloy containing some chromium and molybdenum.
chromolysis noun: Alternative form of chromatolysis.
chromomagnetic adjective: Describing the field generated by gluons of the dual gauge group
chromomagnetism noun: An interaction between quarks of different colour that has some similarities to magnetism
chromomere noun: Any of a group of beadlike granules of chromatin that constitutes a chromosome during cell division.
chromomeric adjective: Relating to chromomeres.
chromometer noun: An instrument that compares the colour of something with a reference standard
chromomethylase noun: Any enzyme that catalyses the methylation of chromatin
chromometric adjective: Of or pertaining to chromometry.
chromometry noun: The measurement of colour.
chromomycin noun: Any of a family of glycoside antibiotics produced by the bacterium Streptomyces griseus
chromomycosis noun: chromoblastomycosis
chromonar noun: Synonym of carbocromen.
chromone noun: 1,4-benzopyrone, a derivative of benzopyran with a substituted keto group on the pyran ring
chromonema noun: The central coiled filament of a chromatid upon which the chromomeres lie
chromonematic adjective: Relating to the chromonema.
chromonic adjective: Describing a liquid crystal that has a structure of linear aggregates of relatively flat molecules
chromonychia noun: An abnormality in colour of the nail plate and/or subungual tissues, sometimes induced by antineoplastic drugs.
chromonym noun: A term used for a color.
chromoparous adjective: That excretes a pigment
chromopeptide noun: Any peptide that has an added chromophore (typically an azo compound)
chromopermittivity noun: chromodynamic permittivity
chromopexy noun: The ability to ingest and store (in a chromogen) pigments
chromophane noun: Any of several colouring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly...
chromophil noun: Alternative form of chromophile.
chromophile noun: Any cell that can be easily stained.
chromophilia noun: Alternative form of chromatophilia.
chromophilic adjective: Readily stained with dyes.
chromophilous adjective: Synonym of chromophilic (“readily stained with dyes”).
chromophobe noun: Any cell that is resistant to staining
chromophobia noun: The quality of being resistant to staining.
chromophobic adjective: resistant to staining
chromophonic adjective: Of or relating to an art style combining music with coloured light.
chromophore noun: that part of the molecule of a dye responsible for its colour
chromophoric adjective: Of or relating to a chromophore
chromophorically adverb: In a chromophoric manner.
chromophorylated adjective: Modified by the addition of a chromophore
chromophorylation noun: Conversion into a chromophore
chromophotograph noun: A color photograph.
chromophotographic adjective: Relating to color photography.
chromophotography noun: colour photography
chromophyll noun: Any plant pigment (such as chlorophyll)
chromophyte noun: Any alga of the taxon Chromista.
chromopicotite noun: Alternative form of chrompicotite.
chromoplasm noun: Alternative form of chromatoplasm.
chromoplast noun: Any plastid in which a pigment is synthesized or stored

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.