12-letter words containing rop
- chemotrophic — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
- chiropractic — Chiropractic is the treatment of injuries by pressing and moving people's joints, especially the spine.
- chiropractor — A chiropractor is a person who treats injuries by chiropractic.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chlorophenol — any of three isomers having the formula C 6 H 5 ClO, derived from chlorine and phenol, used chiefly as intermediates in the manufacture of dyes.
- chlorophylls — Plural form of chlorophyll.
- chlorophytes — Plural form of chlorophyte.
- chlorophytum — any plant of the genus Chlorophytum, esp C. elatum variegatum, grown as a pot plant for its long narrow leaves with a light central stripe, and characterized by the production of offsets at the end of long scapes: family Liliaceae
- chloropicrin — a colourless insoluble toxic lachrymatory liquid used as a pesticide and a tear gas; nitrotrichloromethane. Formula: CCl3NO2
- chloroplasts — Plural form of chloroplast.
- chondrophore — a medusoid hydrozoan that resembles a jellyfish
- chronotropic — affecting the rate or timing of a physiologic process, as the heart rate.
- clothes prop — a long wooden pole with a forked end, used to raise a line of washing to enable it to catch the breeze
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coprophiliac — of or relating to coprophilia
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- coproprietor — a joint proprietor
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
- crop sprayer — a device for spraying crops
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- cyclopropane — a colourless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon, used in medicine as an anaesthetic; trimethylene. It is a cycloalkane with molecules containing rings of three carbon atoms. Formula: C3H6; boiling pt: –34°C
- delayed drop — a parachute descent with the opening of the parachute delayed, usually for a predetermined period
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- diastrophism — the process of movement and deformation of the earth's crust that gives rise to large-scale features such as continents, ocean basins, and mountains
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- drop forging — a product made by drop-forging
- drop initial — inset initial.
- drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- dropout rate — the percentage of students failing to complete a particular school or college course
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- dropped sole — a condition in which the foot of a horse is convex instead of concave
- eavesdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of eavesdrop.
- eavesdropper — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- eggdrop soup — a soup made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth.
- electrophile — (chemistry) a compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.
- electrophone — (music) any instrument designed to create sounds using electrical currents.
- electrophori — Plural form of electrophorus.
- electroplate — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electropolar — having, or relating to, electrical polarity
- enantiotropy — the possibility for stable polymorphs to exist in different states on either side of a transition-point temperature
- enteropneust — a worm-like marine invertebrate