| AMERCEMENT | • amercement n. (Law) A non-statutory monetary penalty or forfeiture, usually applied at the discretion of a court. • AMERCEMENT n. the infliction of a fine, also AMERCIAMENT. |
| CASEMENTED | • casemented adj. Having a casement or casements. • CASEMENTED adj. having casements. |
| DAMASCEENE | • DAMASCEENE v. to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns, also DAMASCENE, DAMASKEEN, DAMASKIN, DAMASQUIN. |
| DEFACEMENT | • defacement n. An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something. • defacement n. An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value. • defacement n. (Heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another. |
| DEFENCEMAN | • defenceman n. In ice hockey and lacrosse, a player position with a primary responsibility to prevent the opposing… • DEFENCEMAN n. in ice-hockey, a player other than the goalkeeper who defends the goal, also DEFENSEMAN. |
| EFFACEMENT | • effacement n. The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement. • effacement n. Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous. • effacement n. (Medicine) A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour. |
| ELECAMPANE | • elecampane n. A tall Eurasian herb, Inula helenium, whose roots have been used medicinally. • ELECAMPANE n. a composite plant formerly much cultivated for its medicinal root, also ALYCOMPAINE. |
| ENCASEMENT | • encasement n. The act of encasing or something that encases. • encasement n. (Genetics) The early genetic theory of emboîtement. • ENCASEMENT n. the act of encasing; also, that which encases. |
| ENFACEMENT | • enfacement n. The act, or the result of enfacing. • ENFACEMENT n. the act of enfacing, printing on the face of a bill etc. |
| ENLACEMENT | • enlacement n. The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding with lace or as if with a lace. • ENLACEMENT n. the act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced. |
| ESCAPEMENT | • escapement n. (Clocks, mechanics) The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wristwatch) which connects the train of… • escapement n. A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage. • escapement n. An escape or means of escape. |
| EXCREMENTA | • EXCREMENTUM n. (Latin) waste material or rubbish. |
| MEATSCREEN | • MEATSCREEN n. a metal screen behind roasting meat, to throw back the fire's heat on it. |
| METACENTER | • metacenter n. US spelling of metacentre. • METACENTER n. a term in physics relating to centres of gravity of a body floating in liquid, also METACENTRE. |
| METACENTRE | • metacentre n. (Physics, nautical) The point where a vertical line through a tilted vessel’s center of buoyancy intersects… • METACENTRE n. a term in physics relating to centres of gravity of a body floating in liquid, also METACENTER. |
| PERMANENCE | • permanence n. The state of being permanent. • permanence n. (Physics) The reciprocal of magnetic inductance. • PERMANENCE n. the state of being permanent, also PERMANENCY. |
| PERMEANCES | • permeances n. Plural of permeance. • PERMEANCE n. the property of allowing the passage of lines of magnetic flux. |
| REMANENCES | • remanences n. Plural of remanence. • REMANENCE n. the property of staying magnetic, also REMANENCY. |
| TEMPERANCE | • temperance n. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or… • temperance n. Moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors. • temperance n. Moderation of passion. |