Phrase Hound found 2 phrases and 42 compound words that contain hygro. The most common are listed below. Open hygro in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 2
- hygro-receptorAlternative form of hygroreceptor: A structure, in many insects, that detects changes in the moisture content of the environment
- hygro-receptorsplural of hygro-receptor: A structure, in many insects, that detects changes in the moisture content of the environment
Compound words 42
- hygrometerAn instrument that measures the humidity of the air or other gases, especially the relative humidity.
- hygroscopeAn instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity
- hygromycinA broad-spectrum antibiotic obtained from a strain of Streptomyces hygroscopicus
- hygrometryThe measurement of the moisture content of gases, but especially of the humidity of the atmosphere
- hygrophilousadapted for growth in a damp or wet environment.
- hygrophyteAny plant that thrives on very wet but not submerged ground.
- hygrographAny of several forms of automated hygrometer that record humidity.
- hygrocolousThat has a moist habitat
- hygropetricRequiring a habitat of a thin layer of water covering a rock surface.
- hygrineA pyrrolidine alkaloid found mainly in coca leaves, extracted as a thick, pungent, pale-yellow oil of a burning taste.