| chromatic scale |
a musical scale consisting of all half steps. |
| chromatin |
a protoplasmic substance in cell nuclei that contains the genes and forms the chromosomes. |
| chromato- |
color. |
| chromatography |
a method of separating a mixture by passing it through a medium in which the component parts move at different rates. |
| -chrome |
colored (as specified). [3 definitions] |
| Chrome |
a web browser developed by Google. |
| chrome |
chromium or an alloy of chromium. [5 definitions] |
| 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] |