Dictionary Entry
allomorph
allomorph is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.
- 2noun
A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite.
- 3noun
a variant phonological representation of a morpheme
"the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme"
- 4noun
any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound
"calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"
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