| APPETIZER | • appetizer n. A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal. • appetizer n. Something that creates or increases excitement for what is to follow. • APPETIZER n. something that whets the appetite, also APPETISER. |
| AZEOTROPE | • azeotrope n. (Physics) A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition… • azeotrope v. To create a mixture of this kind. • AZEOTROPE n. a chemical term for a certain type of liquid mixture. |
| AZEOTROPY | • azeotropy n. (Physics, chemistry) The formation of an azeotrope; the condition of being azeotropic. • AZEOTROPY n. the state of being an azeotrope. |
| BAPTIZERS | • baptizers n. Plural of baptizer. • BAPTIZER n. one who baptizes, also BAPTISER. |
| OPERATIZE | • operatize v. (Transitive) To convert into operatic form. • OPERATIZE v. to turn a play etc. into an opera, also OPERATISE. |
| PATRONIZE | • patronize v. (Transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support. • patronize v. (Transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer. • patronize v. (Transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly. |
| PETAHERTZ | • petahertz n. (Metrology) An SI unit of frequency equal to 1015 hertz. • PETAHERTZ n. a very large unit of electrical frequency. |
| PRELATIZE | • prelatize v. (Intransitive) To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions. • prelatize v. (Transitive) To bring under the influence of prelacy. • PRELATIZE v. to bring under the influence of the prelacy, also PRELATISE. |
| PRIVATIZE | • privatize v. (Economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry. • privatize v. (Computing, transitive) To make (A variable, etc.) private in scope. • PRIVATIZE v. to transfer from ownership by the state into private ownership; to denationalize, also PRIVATISE. |
| RAPTURIZE | • rapturize v. (Transitive) To put in a state of rapture. • rapturize v. (Intransitive) To enter a state of rapture. • RAPTURIZE v. to put, or be put, in a state of rapture, also RAPTURISE. |
| REBAPTIZE | • rebaptize v. (Transitive) To baptize again. • rebaptize v. (Transitive) To rename. • REBAPTIZE v. to baptize again or a second time, also REBAPTISE. |
| THERAPIZE | • therapize v. (Transitive) To subject (someone) to therapy, especially to psychotherapy. • THERAPIZE v. to subject to psychological therapy, also THERAPISE. |
| TRAPEZIAL | • trapezial adj. In the form of a trapezium. • trapezial adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the trapezius muscle. • trapezial adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the trapezium bone of the wrist. |
| TRAPEZING | • trapezing v. Present participle of trapeze. • TRAPEZE v. to perform on a gymnastic apparatus. |
| TRAPEZIST | • trapezist n. A gymnast who performs on a trapeze. • TRAPEZIST n. one who performs on a trapeze. |
| TRAPEZIUM | • trapezium n. (Geometry, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel. • trapezium n. (Geometry, US, dated) A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex… • trapezium n. (Anatomy) The trapezium bone of the wrist. |
| TRAPEZIUS | • trapezius n. (Anatomy) A large vertebrate skeletal muscle divided into an ascending, descending, and transverse portion… • TRAPEZIUS n. (Latin) either of two, flat large muscles running from the base of the occiput to the middle of the back. |
| TRAPEZOID | • trapezoid n. (Geometry, US) A (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides. • trapezoid n. (Geometry, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A convex quadrilateral with no sides parallel. • trapezoid n. (Anatomy) The trapezoid bone of the wrist. |