| 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. |
| ANEMOMETRY | • anemometry n. Measurement of the direction and velocity of the wind. • ANEMOMETRY n. the process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind. |
| ATTORNEYED | • attorneyed v. Simple past tense and past participle of attorney. • ATTORNEY v. (Shakespeare) to perform by proxy. |
| BAYONETTED | • bayonetted v. (Britain) simple past tense and past participle of bayonet. • bayonetted adj. Fitted with a bayonet. • BAYONET v. to stab with a daggerlike weapon. |
| CYANOMETER | • cyanometer n. An instrument for measuring the intensity of blue colour by comparing it against a set of reference shades. • CYANOMETER n. instrument for measuring blueness of the sky or ocean. |
| EMBRYONATE | • embryonate adj. Having an embryo. • embryonate v. To produce, or to differentiate into an embryo. • EMBRYONATE adj. (obsolete) of minerals, embedded in other material, also EMBRYONATED. |
| EMENDATORY | • emendatory adj. (Archaic) Pertaining to emendation; corrective. • EMENDATORY adj. pertaining to emendation; corrective. |
| ERGATOGYNE | • ERGATOGYNE n. a worker-like wingless female ant. |
| GAMETOGENY | • GAMETOGENY n. the formation and maturation of gametes, also GAMETOGENESIS. |
| HONEYEATER | • honeyeater n. Any of the many Australasian birds of the family Meliphagidae, which have a tongue adapted for obtaining… • HONEYEATER n. any bird of a large Australian family. |
| MELANOCYTE | • melanocyte n. (Medicine, biochemistry, cytology) A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin. • MELANOCYTE n. an epidermal cell that can produce melanism. |
| OXYGENATED | • oxygenated v. Simple past tense and past participle of oxygenate. • oxygenated adj. (Chemistry) Containing oxygen, or oxygen-containing radicals, as substituents. • OXYGENATE v. to impregnate or treat with oxygen. |
| OXYGENATES | • oxygenates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxygenate. • OXYGENATE v. to impregnate or treat with oxygen. |
| PHAENOTYPE | • PHAENOTYPE v. to categorise by phaenotype, the sum of the attributes of an individual, regarded as resulting from the interaction of its genotype with its environment, also PHENOTYPE. |
| TERATOGENY | • teratogeny n. (Teratology) teratogenesis. • TERATOGENY n. the formation of monsters. |