Phrase Hound found 51 phrases and 35 compound words that contain tropical. The most common are listed below. Open tropical in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 51
- tropical stormA cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.
- tropical fishFish from tropical waters, typically kept in an aquarium.
- tropical yearThe time that it takes for the Sun to return to the same position along the ecliptic, as viewed from the Earth, especially, completing a full cycle of seasons.
- tropical fruitAny fruit that grows in tropical climates (between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn), including bananas, coconuts, tamarind, and mangoes.
- tropical cycloneA rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular or spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical depressions and tropical …
- Tropical forests
- tropical rainforestA forest with high rate of precipitation and high humidity, usually located near the equator.
- tropical depressionAn organized low-pressure system of thunderclouds with closed surface circulation and maximum sustained winds of less than 34 knots (63 km) per hour.
- tropical geometryA recent branch of geometry that can be described as a piecewise linear version of real algebraic geometry.
- post-tropicalHaving previously been a tropical storm.
- sub-tropicalAlternative form of subtropical: Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.
- tropical diseaseany infectious disease which occurs only, or more often, in tropical or subtropical regions
- tropical diseasesplural of tropical disease: any infectious disease which occurs only, or more often, in tropical or subtropical regions
- tropical houseA subgenre of deep house music with elements of dancehall and Balearic house.
- tropical monthThe average time for the Moon to pass twice through the same equinox point of the sky (27.32158 days).
- tropical rockA genre of popular music with elements of rock, reggae, country, folk, calypso, zydeco, and pop music, with themes and musical compositions inspired by a tropical island style.
- tropical zoneSynonym of tropics (“the region of the Earth centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate”)
- tropical fruitsplural of tropical fruit: Any fruit that grows in tropical climates (between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn), including bananas, coconuts, tamarind, and mangoes.
- tropical ulcerA chronic ulcerative skin lesion, common in tropical climates, thought to be caused by polymicrobial infection by various microorganisms, including mycobacteria.
- tropical astrologyA form of astrology that measures the position of the celestial bodies relative to the vernal equinox. This does not compensate for the precession of Earth's axis, so that the zodiac signs move around the sky relative to the stars by about …
- tropical stormsplural of tropical storm: A cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per …
- tropical almondThe Indian almond, Terminalia catappa.
- tropical ulcersplural of tropical ulcer: A chronic ulcerative skin lesion, common in tropical climates, thought to be caused by polymicrobial infection by various microorganisms, including mycobacteria.
- tropical cyclonesplural of tropical cyclone: A rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular or spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical …
- tropical rainforestsplural of tropical rainforest: A forest with high rate of precipitation and high humidity, usually located near the equator.
Compound words 35
- troppoCrazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as attributed to hot weather.
- AfrotropicalBelonging to the Afrotropic ecozone.
- intratropicalWithin the tropics.
- tropicalistOf, or characteristic of tropicalism.
- ultratropicalSituated beyond, or outside of, the tropics.
- isotropicalSynonym of isotropic: Having properties that are identical in all directions; exhibiting isotropy
- supertropicalHaving symmetry and a modulus.
- tropicalitytropicalness
- amphitropicalThat lives north or south of the equator, but not in the tropics
- antitropicalSituated or found away from a tropic (towards the respective pole)