| chromemoly |
shortened form of "chromium molybdenum steel," a steel alloy used for making such things as bicycle frames. |
| chromic |
of or containing trivalent chromium. |
| chromic acid |
an acid containing chromium that exists only in solution or in the form of its salts. |
| chromium |
a chemical element that has twenty-four protons in each nucleus and that occurs as a silver-gray, lustrous, corrosion-resistant solid metal, chiefly used in electroplating, alloys such as stainless steel, or compounds with other elements. (symbol: Cr) |
| chromium steel |
a very strong steel that contains chromium. |
| chromo |
a chromolithograph. |
| chromo- |
color. [2 definitions] |
| chromodynamics |
in particle physics, the theory of the strong interaction between quarks and gluons, fundamental particles that form hadrons such as the proton and neutron. |
| chromolithograph |
a picture lithographed in color. |
| chromolithography |
the art or process of making color lithographs. |
| chromosome |
one of the tiny, threadlike, DNA-containing bodies found in the cell nuclei of all plants and animals, responsible for transmitting hereditary characteristics. |
| chromosphere |
a layer of gas, mostly hydrogen, that surrounds a star, esp. the sun, above the photosphere and below the corona. |
| chromous |
of or containing chromium, esp. in the divalent state. |
| chronic |
tending to a certain behavior or illness for a long time or continually. [3 definitions] |
| chronicle |
an account of events, told in the order in which those events took place. [2 definitions] |
| chrono- |
time. |
| chronograph |
any of various instruments, such as a stopwatch, that precisely record the durations of short periods of time. |
| chronological |
according to the sequence in which things happen. [2 definitions] |
| chronology |
the order of events in time. [3 definitions] |
| chronometer |
a clock or other timepiece designed to keep time with exceptional precision. |
| chronometry |
the scientific measuring of time. |