| ALLOMETRIC | • allometric adj. Of or pertaining to allometry. • allometric adj. (Mathematics, of a population) That grows at a rate proportional to a power of another population. • ALLOMETRIC adj. relating to allometry, the study of growth of a part of an organism in relation to the whole. |
| CALLIGRAMS | • calligrams n. Plural of calligram. • CALLIGRAM n. a design using the letters of a word, also CALLIGRAMME. |
| CAMARILLAS | • camarillas n. Plural of camarilla. • CAMARILLA n. (Spanish) a group of unofficial often secret and scheming advisors; a cabal. |
| CHLORALISM | • chloralism n. (Medicine) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral. • CHLORALISM n. a morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral. |
| COLLIMATOR | • collimator n. (Physics) An optical device that generates a parallel beam of light. Often used to compensate for laser… • collimator n. (Physics) A similar device that produces a parallel beam of particles such as neutrons. • collimator n. (Astronomy) A small telescope attached to a larger one, used to point it in the correct general direction. |
| CRIMINALLY | • criminally adv. In a criminal manner. • CRIMINAL adv. relating to crime. |
| KARMICALLY | • karmically adv. In a karmic context. • KARMIC adv. (Sanskrit) relating to karma, the moral quality of actions regarded as determining the nature of a future existence. |
| LUMBRICALS | • lumbricals n. Plural of lumbrical. • LUMBRICAL n. one of certain muscles of the hand and foot used in flexing the digits, also LUMBRICALIS. |
| MARCELLING | • marcelling v. Present participle of marcel. • MARCEL v. (French) to make a deep, soft wave in the hair. |
| MATRILOCAL | • matrilocal adj. (Of a married couple) Living with the family of the wife; uxorilocal. • matrilocal adj. (Anthropology, of a people or culture) In which newly married couples live with the wife’s family. • MATRILOCAL adj. of a form of marriage, in which the husband goes to live with the wife's group. |
| METRICALLY | • metrically adv. In a metrical manner. • METRICAL adv. pertaining to or composed in a system of arranged and measured rhythm. |
| MILLOCRACY | • millocracy n. A rich class of people who own mills. • MILLOCRACY n. the body of mill-owners regarded as a dominant or ruling class. |
| MILLOCRATS | • millocrats n. Plural of millocrat. • MILLOCRAT n. a member of the millocracy, the body of mill-owners regarded as a dominant or ruling class. |
| MISCALLERS | • miscallers n. Plural of miscaller. • MISCALLER n. one who miscalls. |