| ADVOCATORY | • advocatory adj. Characteristic of an advocate. • ADVOCATORY adj. of or pertaining to an advocate. |
| CACOTROPHY | • cacotrophy n. (Medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition. • CACOTROPHY n. bad or inadequate diet. |
| COPULATORY | • copulatory adj. Pertaining to copulation. • COPULATORY adj. relating to copulation. |
| COSMOLATRY | • cosmolatry n. Worship paid to the world. • cosmolatry n. Worship of the cosmos. • COSMOLATRY n. worship of the world. |
| COTYLOSAUR | • cotylosaur n. (Paleontology, dated) A member of the Cotylosauria, a synonym of the family †Captorhinidae, the earliest… • COTYLOSAUR n. an extinct primitive reptile with massive body and short legs. |
| CRANIOTOMY | • craniotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment… • CRANIOTOMY n. the operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery. |
| ICONOLATRY | • iconolatry n. The worship of images as symbols. • ICONOLATRY n. image-worship. |
| INVOCATORY | • invocatory adj. Making or containing invocation; invoking. • INVOCATORY adj. making or containing invocation. |
| OCTOGENARY | • octogenary adj. (Obsolete) Of or related to the number 80, particularly. • octogenary n. (Obsolete) Synonym of eightysomething: a person 80 to 89 years old. • OCTOGENARY adj. of eighty years of age. |
| OSCULATORY | • osculatory n. (Christianity) A religious tablet, usually carrying a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which… • osculatory adj. (Formal) Of or relating to kissing. • osculatory adj. (Geometry) Relating to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation. |
| PASTRYCOOK | • pastrycook n. A cook who makes desserts and pastries. • pastry␣cook n. Synonym of pastry chef. • PASTRYCOOK n. a maker or seller of pastry. |
| PROCARYOTE | • procaryote n. Alternative spelling of prokaryote. • PROCARYOTE n. a bacterium or blue-green algae whose nucleus lacks a limiting membrane, also PROKARYOT, PROKARYOTE. |
| RACHIOTOMY | • rachiotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra. • RACHIOTOMY n. another name for laminectomy. |
| REVOCATORY | • revocatory adj. Of or pertaining to revocation; revocative; tending to revoke or recall. • REVOCATORY adj. of or pertaining to revocation. |
| SYNCOPATOR | • syncopator n. One who or that which syncopates. • SYNCOPATOR n. one who syncopates. |
| VARICOTOMY | • varicotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of removing varicose veins. • VARICOTOMY n. an incision into a varicose vein. |