che·mo·syn·the·sis 
(kē′mō-sĭnthĭ-sĭs, kĕm′ō-)
(kē′mō-sĭnthĭ-sĭs, kĕm′ō-)n.
The synthesis of organic compounds by certain bacteria, especially in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, using energy obtained from the chemical oxidation of simple inorganic compounds. Chemosynthesis is thought to have been used by the first forms of life on Earth.
che′mo·syn·thetic (-sĭn-thĕtĭk) adj.
che′mo·syn·theti·cal·ly adv.
- totemist
- totemistic
- totem pole
- toter
- to the bone
- to the contrary
- to the death
- to the effect that
- to the fore
- to the gills
- to the good
- to the hilt
- to the letter
- to the manner born
- to the nines
- to the point
- tother
- t'other
- to the teeth
- to the tune of
- totipalmate
- totipalmation
- totipotency
- totipotent
- totsiens