English words: stereophotogram to Stesichoran
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English words stereophotogram to Stesichoran
- stereophotogram noun: A stereoscopic photogram.
- stereophotogrammetric adjective: Of or pertaining to stereophotogrammetry
- stereophotogrammetrical adjective: Of or pertaining to stereophotogrammetry
- stereophotogrammetrically adverb: By means of, or in terms of, stereophotogrammetry.
- stereophotogrammetry noun: The construction of a three-dimensional model based on the positions of recognizable points or landmarks in several different photographs.
- stereophotograph noun: A stereophotographic image.
- stereophotographer noun: A creator of stereophotographic images.
- stereophotographic adjective: Relating to stereophotography.
- stereophotography noun: The creation of stereophotographic images.
- stereophotomicroscope noun: A stereoscopic photomicroscope
- stereophotomicroscopy noun: microscopy by means of a stereophotomicroscope
- stereophysical adjective: Describing physical aspects that vary with orientation
- stereopicture noun: Synonym of stereoimage.
- stereoplanigraph noun: An instrument for producing maps in conjunction with data gathered from a stereocomparator.
- stereoplasm noun: The solid or insoluble portion of the cell protoplasm.
- stereoplate noun: A stereotype.
- stereoplotter noun: A device that generates contour lines on maps directly from pairs of stereophotographs
- stereoplotting noun: The use of a stereoplotter.
- stereopreference noun: A preference for a particular stereochemical orientation
- stereopsis noun: Stereoscopic vision.
- stereoptic adjective: Involving the simultaneous use of both eyes, to obtain a three-dimensional image.
- stereoptical adjective: Alternative form of stereoptic.
- stereoptically adverb: In a stereoptic manner; using both eyes to obtain a three-dimensional image.
- stereoptican noun: Alternative form of stereopticon.
- stereoptician noun: The person who operates a stereopticon.
- stereopticon noun: A magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views or combinations of images.
- stereopure adjective: Containing only one stereoisomer
- stereopurity noun: The condition of being stereopure
- stereoradiogram noun: A diagnostic image produced by stereoradiography.
- stereoradiograph noun: A stereoscopic radiograph
- stereoradiographic adjective: Relating to stereoradiography.
- stereoradiographically adverb: In terms of or by means of stereoradiography.
- stereoradiography noun: stereoscopic radiography (using either two X-ray sources or two detectors)
- stereoregular adjective: Having small regularly oriented units in a single sequential arrangement
- stereoregularity noun: The condition of being stereoregular
- stereorepeating adjective: whose stereochemical configuration repeats along the chain
- stereoresolution noun: stereoscopic resolution (typically, the resolution of a stereomicroscope)
- stereoretentive adjective: That retains the stereochemistry of reactants in the final product of a reaction.
- stereoroentgenogram noun: An image produced by stereoroentgenography.
- stereoroentgenography noun: The use of an X-ray to obtain a three-dimensional picture by combining two two-dimensional images.
- stereoscope noun /ˈstɛɹioʊ̯skoʊ̯p/: An instrument used for viewing pairs of stereoscopic photographs (stereographs).
- stereoscopic adjective /ˌstɛr.i.əˈskɑː.pɪk/: Of or relating to stereoscopy; three-dimensional.
- stereoscopical adjective: Alternative form of stereoscopic.
- stereoscopically adverb: In a stereoscopic manner.
- stereoscopics noun: The use of stereoscopy.
- stereoscopism noun: stereoscopic vision; stereoscopy
- stereoscopist noun: Someone skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes.
- stereoscopy noun: The manufacture and viewing of stereoscopic images; the use of a stereoscope to view stereographs.
- stereoselective adjective: Of a chemical reaction in which the production of one stereoisomer is favoured over all others.
- stereoselectively adverb: In a stereoselective manner; through the use of stereoselectivity.
- stereoselectivity noun: The condition of being stereoselective or a measure of the extent to which a reaction is stereoselective
- stereosequence noun: A sequence of the main chain of a polymer in which all sites of stereoisomerism have a defined configuration
- stereosonic adjective /ˌstɛɹi.əˈsɒnɪk/: Producing, or relating to, stereo sound.
- stereospecific adjective: Showing stereospecificity.
- stereospecific catalyst noun: a catalyst that preferentially catalyzes the formation of one of a pair of stereoisomers, or one of a set of stereoisomeric polymers
- stereospecific polymer noun: A polymer that has a specific spatial arrangements of its constituent atoms, leading to an almost crystalline structure
- stereospecific synthesis noun: The synthesis of a specific, chosen stereoisomer
- stereospecifically adverb: In a stereospecific manner.
- stereospecificity noun: The property of a chemical reaction that yields specific stereoisomers as products.
- stereospondyl noun: Any amphibian of the suborder Stereospondyli.
- stereospondylomorph noun: Any extinct temnospondyl of the clade †Stereospondylomorpha
- stereospondylous adjective: Relating to the stereospondylomorphs
- stereostatic adjective: geostatic
- stereostatic arch noun: Synonym of geostatic arch
- stereostatics noun: Synonym of geostatics.
- stereostructural adjective: Of or pertaining to stereostructure.
- stereostructure noun: stereochemical structure
- stereotactic adjective: stereotaxic
- stereotactical adjective: stereotactic
- stereotactically adverb: In a stereotactic manner; with regard to, or by means of stereotaxis
- stereotape noun: A stereophonic audiotape.
- stereotaxial adjective: Alternative form of stereotactical.
- stereotaxially adverb: Alternative form of stereotaxically.
- stereotaxic adjective: Of or pertaining to stereotaxis
- stereotaxical adjective: Alternative form of stereotaxic.
- stereotaxically adverb: In a stereotaxic manner
- stereotaxis noun: Any of several techniques that use computer data from medical imaging to direct the motion of equipment so as to deliver some therapy (such as radiotherapy,...
- stereotaxy noun: Stereotaxic surgery: surgery that uses a three-dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets inside the body.
- stereotest noun: A test for stereopsis
- stereothreshold noun: A threshold of stereoscopic acuity (below which no depth information is visible)
- stereotomic adjective: Of or relating to stereotomy.
- stereotomical adjective: Alternative form of stereotomic.
- stereotomist noun: One who studies or carries out stereotomy.
- stereotomy noun /stɛɹiːˈɒtəmi/: The cutting or dissection of solids.
- stereotrode noun: A pair of closely-spaced microelectrodes used for probing brain activity
- stereotrope noun: An optical instrument by which an object is brought into relief and made to appear as if in motion.
- stereotropism noun: Synonym of thigmatropism.
- stereotypable adjective: Able to be stereotyped.
- stereotype adjective, noun, verb /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/: A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).
- stereotype tax noun: A disadvantage that affects a person due to a stereotype about them held and acted upon by others.
- stereotype threat noun: A situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group.
- stereotyped adjective, verb: Having a certain stereotype.
- stereotyper noun: One who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry.
- stereotypic adjective: Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a stereotype; stereotypical.
- stereotypic movement disorder noun: A motor disorder with onset in childhood involving restrictive or repetitive, nonfunctional motor behavior (e.g., hand waving or head banging), that...
- stereotypical adjective /ˌstɛɹ.iː.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/: Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional.
- stereotypicality noun: The condition of being stereotypical
- stereotypically adverb: In a stereotypical manner or way.
- stereotyping noun, verb: The process of making something into a stereotype.
- stereotypist noun: One who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry.
- stereotypographer noun: A stereotype printer
- stereotypography noun: The act or technique of printing from stereotype plates.
- stereotypy noun /ˈstɛri.əˌtaɪpi/: Excessive repetition, especially of meaningless gestures.
- stereoview noun: A stereograph: a pair of pictures to be viewed through a stereoscope.
- stereoviewer noun: Synonym of stereoscope.
- stereovillar adjective: Synonym of stereocilial.
- stereovillum noun: Synonym of stereocilium.
- stereovision noun: Three-dimensional visual perception.
- stereozoom adjective: Having both stereo and zoom capabilities
- sterhydraulic adjective: Producing pressure or motion by the introduction of a solid substance (such as a long rod, or a cord wound on a roller) into a cylinder previously filled...
- steric adjective, suffix /ˈstɛɹɪk/: Relating to or involving the arrangement of atoms in space.
- steric hindrance noun: Any of several effects, most common in organic chemistry, in which the structure or reactivity of a molecule is affected by the physical size and proximity...
- sterical adjective: steric
- sterically adverb: In a steric manner
- sterication noun: An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its cells, its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each cell,...
- sterics noun: steric effects in chemistry (or the study of such effects)
- -steride suffix /stə.ɹaɪd/: Used to form names of testosterone reductase inhibitors.
- sterigma noun: A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.
- sterigmate adjective: Having a sterigma.
- sterigmatic adjective: Relating to a sterigma.
- sterigmatocystin noun: A dermatoxin found in the fungus genus Aspergillus.
- sterigmatum noun: Alternative form of sterigma.
- sterilant noun /ˈstɛɹɪlənt/: Any substance used to sterilize something
- sterile adjective /ˈstɛɹaɪl/: Unable to reproduce (or procreate).
- sterile antineutrino noun: A hypothetical type of antineutrino that does not interact by means of electromagnetic, strong, or weak nuclear forces, but only through gravity.
- sterile neutrino noun: A type of neutrino (and potentially dark matter), that may be supermassive, which has right-handed chirality, and only interacts with other particles by...
- sterile oat noun: Animated oat, wild red oat, or winter wild oat (Avena sterilis).
- sterilely adverb /ˈstɛɹ.aɪl.(l)i/: In a sterile manner.
- sterileness noun: The state or condition of being sterile.
- sterilisable adjective: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sterilizable.
- sterilisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sterilization.
- sterilise verb: Alternative spelling of sterilize.
- sterilised adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of sterilized
- steriliser noun: Alternative spelling of sterilizer.
- sterility noun: The state or quality of being sterile.
- sterilizability noun: The condition of being sterilizable
- sterilizable adjective: Able to be sterilized; able to go through sterilization.
- sterilizated adjective: sterilized
- sterilization noun: The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
- sterilize verb /ˈstɛɹɪlaɪz/: To deprive of the ability to procreate.
- sterilized adjective, verb: Rendered free from microorganisms and spores.
- sterilizee noun: One who has undergone sterilization.
- sterilizer noun: A device used to sterilize, killing pathogens by means such as heat, UV light, chemicals, etc.
- sterino noun: sterile Dirac fermion
- steripipette noun: A sterile, disposable pipette
- steristrip noun: A thin adhesive bandage used to close a wound.
- Sterk proper noun: A surname.
- Sterkfontein proper noun: A set of limestone caves of special interest in paleoanthropology, located in Gauteng province, northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Sterkfontein ape-man noun: Australopithecus africanus, an extinct australopithecine of the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of South Africa.
- sterlet noun: A smaller, common Eurasian sturgeon, of the species Acipenser ruthenus.
- sterling adjective, noun /ˈstɜːlɪŋ/: An English silver penny first introduced by the Normans.
- Sterling professor noun: A professor with the highest academic title at Yale University.
- sterling silver noun: An alloy containing not less than 92.5 percent silver, the remainder usually being copper.
- sterlinghillite noun: A monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
- sterlingly adverb: Finely; excellently; with high quality.
- sterlingness noun: The quality of being sterling.
- stern adjective, noun, prefix, verb /stɜːn/: Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
- Stern-Brocot tree noun: An infinite complete binary tree whose vertices correspond one-for-one to the positive rational numbers, whose values are ordered from the left to the right...
- stern chase noun: A chase in which one ship follows directly in the wake of another.
- stern chaser noun: A gun or cannon mounted on the stern of a ship for firing at a pursuing vessel.
- stern frame noun: The sternpost, transoms, and fashion pieces of a ship's stern.
- stern plane noun: A diving plane mounted on or near the stern of a submarine.
- stern sex noun: Men generally.
- stern sheets noun: Alternative form of sternsheets.
- stern-wheeler noun: Alternative form of sternwheeler.
- sternacostal adjective: Alternative form of sternocostal.
- sternage noun: The stern of a vessel.
- sternal adjective /ˈstɜː.nəl/: Of, relating to, or near the sternum.
- sternal angle noun: The synarthrotic joint formed by the articulation of the manubrium and the body of the sternum.
- sternalgia noun: Pain around the sternum, especially angina pectoris.
- sternalgic adjective: Relating to sternalgia.
- sternalis noun: A muscle that runs along the anterior aspect of the body of the sternum.
- sternally adverb: In terms of, or upon, the sternum.
- Sternbach proper noun: A surname from German.
- Sternberg proper noun: A surname.
- Sternberg task noun: A task in psychology experiments where the subject is asked to memorize a list of items and then identify whether a particular item was present in the list,...
- sternbergia noun: Any of the genus Sternbergia of Eurasian and North African plants in the Amaryllis family.
- Sternbergian adjective: Relating to Josef von Sternberg (born Jonas Sternberg; 1894–1969), Austrian-American film director.
- sternbergite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal light brown mineral containing iron, silver, and sulfur.
- sternboard noun: Backward motion of a ship; loss of way in tacking.
- sterncastle noun: An aftcastle.
- Sterndale proper noun: A surname.
- sterndrive noun: A form of marine propulsion similar to an outboard motor
- Sternean adjective: Of or pertaining to Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), Irish-born English novelist.
- sterneber noun: Synonym of sternebra.
- sternebra noun: One of the segments of the sternum.
- sternebral adjective: Relating to the sternebrae.
- sternectomy noun: excision of the sternum
- sterned adjective: Having a stern of a particular shape or kind.
- sterner sex noun: Alternative form of stern sex (“men”).
- sternfast noun: A rope or chain for making fast a ship's stern to a wharf, etc.
- sternforemost adverb: astern, to the rear.
- Sternian adjective: Of or relating to Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist.
- sternid noun: Any bird in the family Sternidae, the terns (now considered part of the family Laridae).
- sternite noun: The ventral plate of each segment of an arthropod.
- sternitic adjective: Relating to a sternite.
- sternity noun: The quality of being stern.
- sternless adjective: Without a stern.
- sternly adverb /ˈstɝnli/: In a stern manner.
- sternman noun: A person who sits at the stern or rear of a boat.
- sternmost adjective: Closest to the stern, furthest sternward.
- sternness noun: The state or quality of being stern.
- Sterno noun, prefix /stɜː.nə(ʊ)/: Of or pertaining to the sternum.
- sternochondroscapularis noun: An inconstant muscle arising from the sternum and the first costal cartilage and extending laterally and backward to the upper border of the scapula.
- sternoclavicular adjective: Relating to the sternum and clavicle.
- sternocleid adjective: Of or pertaining to the sternum and the clavicle
- sternocleidomastoid adjective, noun /ˌstɜː.nə(ʊ)ˌklʌɪ.də(ʊ)ˈma.stɔɪd/: Relating to or involving the sternum, the clavicle and the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
- sternocleidomastoid muscle noun: A long thick superficial muscles on each side of the anterior neck which arises by one head from the first segment of the sternum and by a second from the...
- sternocleidomastoideus noun /ˌstɝ.nəˌklaɪ.dəˌmæˈstɔɪ.di.əs/: Alternative form of sternocleidomastoid muscle.
- sternocoracoid adjective: Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid.
- sternocostal adjective: Of or pertaining to both the sternum and the ribs
- sternocostal triangle noun: Small zones lying between the costal and sternal attachments of the thoracic diaphragm.
- sternocostapophysis noun: sternocostal apophysis
- sternocostoclavicular adjective: sternocostal and costoclavicular
- sternohyoid adjective, noun /ˌstɝ.noʊˈhaɪˌɔɪd/: Of or relating to the sternum and the hyoid bone.
- sternohyoid muscle noun: An infrahyoid muscle on each side of the midline that arises from the medial end of the clavicle and the first segment of the sternum, inserts into the body...
- sternohyoideus noun /ˌstɝ.noʊ.haɪˈɔɪ.di.əs/: Synonym of sternohyoid muscle.
- sternomastoid adjective: Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process.
- sternomastoideus noun: The sternomastoid muscle.
- sternomental adjective: Relating to the sternum and chin.
- sternomesal adjective: sternal and mesal
- sternopericardial adjective: Relating to, or connecting the sternum and the pericardium
- sternophorid noun: Any pseudoscorpion in the family Sternophoridae.
- sternophrenic adjective: Relating to the sternum and the diaphragm.
- sternopleural adjective, noun: Relating to the sternopleuron or to the sternum and the pleura
- sternopleuron noun: Synonym of katepisternum.
- sternoptychid noun: Any fish in the family Sternoptychidae (marine hatchetfishes).
- sternopygid noun: Any knifefish in the family Sternopygidae.
- sternorrhynchan noun: Any insect of the suborder Sternorrhyncha
- sternorrhynchous adjective: Pertaining to the suborder Sternorrhyncha of insects.
- sternoscapular adjective: Of or pertaining to both the sternum and the scapula.
- sternothoracic adjective: sternal and thoracic
- sternothyroid adjective, noun /ˌstɝ.noʊˈθaɪˌɹɔɪd/: Relating to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.
- sternothyroid muscle noun: An infrahyoid muscle on each side of the body below the sternohyoid muscle that arises from the sternum and from the cartilage of the first and sometimes of...
- sternothyroideus noun /ˌstɝ.noʊ.θaɪˈɹɔɪ.di.əs/: Alternative form of sternothyroid muscle.
- sternotomize verb: To perform a sternotomy
- sternotomized adjective, verb: Modified by sternotomy
- sternotomy noun: An incision into the sternum.
- sternotracheal adjective: Of a muscle, connecting the trachea to the sternum.
- sternotribal adjective: Of a flower: having the anthers arranged so as to dust their pollen on the underpart of the thorax of insects that visit it.
- sternotribe adjective: Synonym of sternotribal.
- sternovertebral adjective: Relating to the sternum and the vertebra
- sternpicker noun: A gillnet boat that deploys the net from the stern of the boat.
- sternport noun: An opening in the rear part of a vessel.
- sternpost noun: A timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.
- sternsheets noun: The stern area of an open boat; the planking that forms the floor or seating in that area
- sternsman noun: A steersman.
- sternson noun: The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted.
- sternum noun /ˈstɜː.nəm/: The breastbone, consisting of the manubrium, gladiolus, and xiphoid process.
- sternutate verb: To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
- sternutation noun: A sneeze; sneezing, especially as a symptom.
- sternutative adjective, noun: That provokes sneezing.
- sternutator noun: Any chemical agent that causes sneezing.
- sternutatoric noun: A sternutatory; a substance that induces sneezing.
- sternutatory adjective, noun /stɜːˈnjuː.təˌtɔːɹ.i/: That causes or induces sneezing; sternutative.
- sternutory adjective, noun: Synonym of sternutatory.
- sternwalk noun: A gallery on the stem of a British warship for the use of officers
- sternward adjective, adverb: Towards the stern, aft.
- sternwards adverb: Towards the stern
- sternway noun: Movement towards the stern; backwards motion of a vessel.
- sternwheel noun: A paddle wheel positioned at the stern of a vessel.
- sternwheeler noun: A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern
- steroid noun /ˈstɛɹɔɪd/: A class of organic compounds having a structure of seventeen carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile...
- steroid dementia noun: Signs and symptoms of hippocampal and prefrontal cortical dysfunction, such as memory and attention deficits, induced by glucocorticoids.
- steroidal adjective /ˈstɛɹɔɪdəl/: Of, being, or derived from a steroid.
- steroidally adverb: In a steroidal way; (as though) by means of steroids.
- steroidlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of steroids.
- steroidogenesis noun: The process of steroid (hormone) production in living organisms.
- steroidogenetic adjective: Of or pertaining to steroidogenesis.
- steroidogenic adjective: Of or relating to the process of steroidogenesis.
- steroidogenically adverb: In a steroidogenic manner
- steroidome noun: The set of all steroids in a cell or organism.
- steroidomics noun: The study of the steroidome of an organism or cell
- steroidophobia noun: Steroidphobia.
- steroidphobia noun: The fear of using therapeutic steroids, often caused by concerns of their side effects.
- sterol noun /ˈstɛɹɒl/: Any steroid that contains a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring.
- sterol esterase noun: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a sterol ester (typically of a fatty acid)
- steroleosin noun: A dehydrogenase, present in oil-bearing seeds, that binds sterols
- sterolic adjective: Relating to or composed of sterols.
- sterolin noun: Either of two proteins (and associated genes) that regulate sterol absorption and excretion.
- sterolome noun: The set of all sterols in a cell or organism.
- sterome noun: Support tissue surrounding the stem beneath the epidermis in ferns
- -sterone suffix /stə.ɹəʊn/: Steroid hormone.
- sterquilinous adjective /stɜː(ɹ)ˈkwɪlɪnəs/: Pertaining to a dunghill
- sterraster noun: A ball-shaped spicule in certain sponges.
- Sterrett proper noun: A surname.
- sterrettite noun: Synonym of kolbeckite.
- sterrinck noun: Alternative form of sterrink.
- sterrink noun: The crab-eater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) of the Antarctic Ocean.
- sterrometal noun: An alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, used in making cannon.
- Sterry proper noun: A surname.
- sterryite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, lead, silver, and sulfur.
- stertor noun /ˈstɝtɚ/: The act of snoring, especially heavy snoring.
- stertorious adjective: Stertorous.
- stertoriously adverb: In a stertorious manner.
- stertorous adjective /ˈstɜː.təɹ.əs/: Sounding like snoring or snorting.
- stertorously adverb /ˈstəː.təɹ.əs.li/: With heavy breathing, as if snoring; in a stertorous manner.
- stertorousness noun: The state or quality of being stertorous.
- steryl noun: A univalent radical derived from a sterol
- Stesichoran adjective: Of or relating to the Ancient Greek poet Stesichorus.
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