8-letter words containing tro
- ectropic — pertaining to ectropion
- electro- — Electro- is used to form words that refer to electricity or processes involving electricity.
- electron — A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.
- electros — Plural form of electro.
- elytroid — like an elytron
- empatron — to treat in the manner of a patron
- entropic — Of, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
- estrogen — Any of a group of steroid hormones that promote the development and maintenance of female characteristics of the body. Such hormones are also produced artificially for use in oral contraceptives or to treat menopausal and menstrual disorders.
- eutrophy — (medicine) healthy nutrition.
- eutropic — of, relating to or characterized by eutropy
- extrorse — Turned outward.
- footrope — the portion of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewn.
- fox trot — a slow gait in which a horse moves its forelegs in a trot and its hind legs in a long-striding pace
- fox-trot — to dance a fox trot.
- goitrous — pertaining to or affected with goiter.
- gritrock — Gritstone.
- ignitron — a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- in vitro — a specialized technique by which an ovum, especially a human one, is fertilized by sperm outside the body, with the resulting embryo later implanted in the uterus for gestation.
- instroke — a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- introits — Plural form of introit.
- intromit — to send, put, or let in; introduce; admit.
- introrse — turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- isotropy — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- j-stroke — (in canoeing) a stroke, made in the shape of the letter J, used to alter the course of the canoe, usually to compensate for drifting sideways.
- jatropha — Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal attributes and others are grown as a source of biodiesel.
- jog trot — a slow, regular, jolting pace, as of a horse.
- kenotron — a type of vacuum tube formerly used as a high-voltage rectifier, for example in circuits of X-ray tubes
- klystron — An electron tube that generates or amplifies microwaves by velocity modulation.
- knotroot — Chinese artichoke.
- kostroma — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow, on the Volga.
- letronne — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (100 km) in diameter.
- lustrous — having luster; shining; luminous: lustrous eyes.
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- maestros — Plural form of maestro.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- mesotron — (no longer in technical use) meson.
- montrose — James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
- negatron — Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- netroots — Grassroots political activism on the internet, especially on blogs.
- neutrois — noting or relating to a person of neutral gender who also lacks a specific gender identity.
- neutrons — Plural form of neutron.
- nitrogen — a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- nitrolic — of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.
- nitroso- — of or containing nitrosyl
- nitrosyl — nitroso.
- nitroxyl — the chemical compound HNO
- nonmetro — Nonmetropolitan.
- nostromo — a novel (1904) by Joseph Conrad.
- oestrone — a weak oestrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary and having the same medical uses as oestradiol. Formula: C18H22O2
- oestrous — estrous.