| ADENECTOMY | • adenectomy n. (Medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery. • ADENECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the adenoids, also ADENOIDECTOMY. |
| BIODYNAMIC | • biodynamic adj. Of, or relating to the effects of motion on living things. • biodynamic adj. (Anthroposophy, agriculture, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of organic agriculture with mystical… • biodynamic adj. (New Age, psychoanalysis, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of psychotherapy, massage and energy… |
| BRACHYDOME | • brachydome n. (Crystallography) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. • BRACHYDOME n. a dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. |
| COMMANDERY | • commandery n. A territory under the control of a commander, particularly… • commandery n. A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry). • COMMANDERY n. the office or rank of a commander. |
| CONDYLOMAS | • condylomas n. Plural of condyloma. • CONDYLOMA n. a wartlike growth in private parts. |
| DAUNOMYCIN | • daunomycin n. (Pharmacology) Alternative form of daunorubicin. • DAUNOMYCIN n. an antibiotic used in treatment of leukaemia. |
| GEODYNAMIC | • geodynamic adj. Of or pertaining to geodynamics. • GEODYNAMIC adj. related to geodynamics, the study of the dynamic processes and forces within the earth. |
| HYDROMANCY | • hydromancy n. Divination by water or other liquid. • HYDROMANCY n. divination by the appearance or motion of liquids (as water). |
| HYMNODICAL | • HYMNODICAL adj. relating to a hymnody. |
| IMMODERACY | • immoderacy n. The quality of being immoderate. • IMMODERACY n. lack of moderation. |
| ISODYNAMIC | • isodynamic adj. Having equal strength or force. • isodynamic adj. Of foods: having the same caloric content. • isodynamic n. A line of equal field intensity. |
| MEDIOCRACY | • mediocracy n. (Informal) A social hierarchy in which the mediocre prevails. • MEDIOCRACY n. government by the mediocre; a system within which mediocrity is rewarded. |
| MODACRYLIC | • modacrylic n. Any of several copolymer fibres (mostly polymers of acrylonitrile) that are soft yet strong, and are… |
| MYOCARDIAL | • myocardial adj. (Cardiology) Relating to the myocardium, the thick muscular wall of the heart. • MYOCARDIAL adj. relating to the myocardium, the main substance of the muscular wall of the heart inclosed between the epicardium and endocardium. |
| MYOCARDIUM | • myocardium n. (Anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the… • MYOCARDIUM n. the main substance of the muscular wall of the heart inclosed between the epicardium and endocardium. |
| SPODOMANCY | • spodomancy n. Divination by means of ashes. • SPODOMANCY n. divination by means of ashes. |