Synonyms and Antonyms for growth-regulator
1. growth regulator (n.)
(botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
2. regulator (n.)
any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
3. regulator (n.)
an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
4. regulator (n.)
a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
5. growth (n.)
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- gametogenesis
- apposition
- vegetation
- psychogenesis
- foliation
- rooting
- habit
- psychosexual development
- kenogenesis
- culture
- cenogenesis
- ontogeny
- teratogenesis
- teething
- virilization
- cytogenesis
- germination
- odontiasis
- neurogenesis
- life cycle
- caenogenesis
- morphogenesis
- psychomotor development
- intussusception
- maturation
- amelogenesis
- cultivation
- palingenesis
- biological process
- cytogeny
- infructescence
- organic process
- virilisation
- fructification
- leafing
- development
- proliferation
- kainogenesis
- sprouting
- efflorescence
- cainogenesis
- anthesis
- suppression
- masculinization
- flowering
- myelinisation
- inflorescence
- juvenescence
- recapitulation
- ontogenesis
- blossoming
- florescence
- gastrulation
- cohesion
- myelinization
- auxesis
- growing
- angiogenesis
- masculinisation
- dentition
6. growth (n.)
a progression from simpler to more complex forms
7. growth (n.)
vegetation that has grown
8. growth (n.)
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
