| AMBROTYPES | • ambrotypes n. Plural of ambrotype. • AMBROTYPE n. a picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the un-silvered portions of the glass. |
| AMYOTROPHY | • amyotrophy n. (Pathology) atrophy of muscles. • AMYOTROPHY n. atrophy of the muscles. |
| CHROMATYPE | • chromatype n. Alternative form of chromotype. • CHROMATYPE n. a colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium. |
| CRYPTOGAMS | • cryptogams n. Plural of cryptogam. • CRYPTOGAM n. a plant reproducing by spores and not seeds, e.g. ferns, mosses, fungi etc. |
| CRYPTOGAMY | • cryptogamy n. The condition of being a cryptogam. • cryptogamy n. Cryptogamic botany. • CRYPTOGAMY n. the state of being a cryptogam, reproducing by spores and not seeds. |
| CRYPTOGRAM | • cryptogram n. Encrypted text. • cryptogram n. (Games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded. • CRYPTOGRAM n. anything written in cipher, also CRYPTOGRAPH. |
| IMPORTANCY | • importancy n. (Obsolete) importance; significance. • importancy n. (Obsolete) That which is important. • IMPORTANCY n. (obsolete) importance, also IMPORTANCE. |
| LAPAROTOMY | • laparotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the… • LAPAROTOMY n. a cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section. |
| MACROPHYTE | • macrophyte n. (Biology) Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one. • MACROPHYTE n. a macroscopic plant in an aquatic environment. |
| MICROPARTY | • microparty n. (Chiefly Australian politics) A very small political party. • MICROPARTY n. a small political party, especially one focussing on a single issue. |
| OMNIPARITY | • omniparity n. Equality in every part; general equality. • OMNIPARITY n. general equality. |
| PATRONYMIC | • patronymic adj. Derived from one’s father. • patronymic adj. (By extension) Derived from one’s ancestors. • patronymic n. A name acquired from one’s father. |
| PLANOMETRY | • planometry n. The measurement or construction of a plane surface. • PLANOMETRY n. measurement by means of a planometer. |
| POULTRYMAN | • poultryman n. A male poulterer. • POULTRYMAN n. one who keeps poultry. |
| PROMPTUARY | • promptuary n. (Obsolete) A magazine, repository, or handbook. • promptuary n. (Arithmetic) A device described in Napier’s treatise Rabdologiæ, consisting of a large set of strips… • promptuary adj. (Obsolete) Of or relating to preparation. |
| PYROMANTIC | • pyromantic adj. Of or relating to pyromancy. • pyromantic n. A practitioner of pyromancy. • PYROMANTIC adj. of or pertaining to pyromancy. |
| TEMPORALLY | • temporally adv. In a temporal manner. • TEMPORAL adv. related to time. |
| TEMPORALTY | • temporalty n. (Obsolete) The laity; secular people. • temporalty n. (Obsolete) A secular possession; a temporality. • TEMPORALTY n. the laity; secular people. |
| TOMOGRAPHY | • tomography n. Imaging by sections or sectioning. • TOMOGRAPHY n. X-ray photography in which parts of body in front of, or behind, the part under examination are not shown. |