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Look up: phoro-

  1. phoro-
    Phor- ... Carrying, bearing; a carrier, a bearer; phobia. ... Origin: G. Phoros, carrying, bearing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  2. phoro-
    Carrying, bearing; a carrier, a bearer; phobia. [G. phoros, carrying, bearing]
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  3. phoro-optometer
    (for″o-op-tom´ә-tәr) an instrument to test ocular ductions, phorias, refractions, and vergences.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  4. phorologist
    phorologist An expert in tracing the origin of epidemics; especially, outbreaks due to disease carriers.
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  5. phorology
    phorology The study of the role of carriers in conveying diseases.
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  6. phorometer
    (fә-rom´ә-tәr) an instrument to test oculomotor balance. phoro-optometer.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  7. phorometer
    phorometer, phorometry 1. An instrument for detecting and measuring imbalance in the extrinsic muscles of the eyes. 2. An instrument to test oculomotor balance. 3. An instrument used to correct abnormalities in eye muscles.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. phorometry
    phorometer, phorometry 1. An instrument for detecting and measuring imbalance in the extrinsic muscles of the eyes. 2. An instrument to test oculomotor balance. 3. An instrument used to correct abnormalities in eye muscles.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  9. Phorone
    Phor'one noun [ Cam phor + acet one .] (Chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/75

  10. phorone
    <chemistry> A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odour, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds. ... Origin: Camphor + acetone. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. Phorone
    `Phorone`, or diisopropylidene acetone, is a yellow crystalline substance with a geranium odor. It is a self-condensation product of acetone. It can also be obtained from certain camphor compounds.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorone

  12. Phorone
    • (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. Phoroneus
    In Greek mythology, `Phoroneus` was a culture-hero of the Argolid, son of Inachus and Melia or Argia: `Inachus, son of Oceanus, begat Phoroneus by his sister Argia,` wrote Hyginus, in `Fabulae` 143, a genealogy that expresses the position of Phoroneus as one of the primordial men, whose local identities differed in the various regions of Greece, and who had for a mother the essential spirit of the very earth of Argos herself, `Argia`. He was the ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoroneus

  14. phoronid
    [n] - hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  15. phoronid
    noun hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom
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  16. Phoronid
    `Phoronids` (`Phoronida`), commonly known as `horseshoe worms`, are a relatively small animal phylum: twenty species are known, in two genera, `Phoronis` and `Phoronopsis`. Phoronids are worm-shaped, but with a gut that loops and exits the body near the mouth, instead of running the length of the animal, as in annelids (and many vertebrates). They are found in all oceans and seas (except the polar seas) and all species have wide geographical rang...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoronid

  17. Phoronida
    [n] - small phylum of wormlike marine animals
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  18. Phoronida
    Phoronidea noun small phylum of wormlike marine animals
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  19. Phoronida
    Phoronida (furon'udu) , small phylum of slender, wormlike marine tube-dwellers, typically found in temperate, shallow seas. About 10 species are known. Although the body is free in the tube, the organisms extend only a crown of ciliated tentacles (the lophophore) to capture food. Water currents ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08388

  20. Phoronis
    Phoronis is a phylum phoronida.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  21. Phoronis
    Pho·ro'nis noun [ New Latin , from Latin Phoronis , a surname of Io, Greek ....] (Zoology) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva ( Actinotrocha ) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/75

  22. phoronis
    <zoology> A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis. ... Origin: NL, fr. L. Phoronis, a surname of Io, Gr. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  23. Phoronis
    `Phoronis` is one of the two genera of the horseshoe worm family (Phoronidae), in the phylum Phoronida. It's diagnostic feature is the lack of epidermal invagination at the base of the lophophore. Category:Animals
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoronis

  24. Phoronis
    • (n.) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  25. Phoronix
    `Phoronix` is a technology website that offers product reviews, Linux distribution screenshots, interviews, and news while maintaining a pure Linux orientation. Phoronix was started in June 2004 by Michael Larabel, who currently serves as the owner and editor-in-chief. The name Phoronix is comprised of `phoro-` and `*NIX` for meaning the Linux movement. Phoronix is known for being one of the few Linux review websites that cover computer hardware,...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoronix


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10 November 2009

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On 10 November 1871, David Livingstone, missionary and explorer was `found` by New York Herald reporter Henry Morton Stanley, who greeted him with the famous words `Dr Livingstone, I presume`. Between November 1853 and May 1856 David Livingstone completed a remarkable coast-to-coast journey from Luanda in the west to the mouth of the Zambezi River in the east. It was an epic trip of 4,300 miles and Livingstone became the first European to complete it. Along the way he had discovered a giant waterfall called ‘Mosi-oa-tunya’ (the smoke that thunders). Livingstone named it Victoria Falls after the British monarch. read more

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