| ASTROMETRY | • astrometry n. (Astronomy) The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the positions and motions of… • ASTROMETRY n. the art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes. |
| FORMATTERS | • formatters n. Plural of formatter. • FORMATTER n. a programme for formatting a disk etc. |
| IMPETRATOR | • impetrator n. One who impetrates. • IMPETRATOR n. one who impetrates, obtains by entreaty. |
| MASTERWORT | • masterwort n. Peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes. • masterwort n. Astrantia spp., such as the great masterwort. • masterwort n. Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria). |
| MERITOCRAT | • meritocrat n. An advocate of meritocracy. • meritocrat n. A person who has authority allegedly based on ability. • MERITOCRAT n. one who earns his position through merit. |
| MORTARIEST | • MORTARY adj. containing or resembling mortar. |
| OVERMATTER | • overmatter n. (Printing) Typeset material that proves to be surplus to requirements. • OVERMATTER n. overset type matter, i.e. text that has been set but cannot be printed due to lack of space. |
| ROTAMETERS | • rotameters n. Plural of rotameter. • ROTAMETER n. (tradename) an instrument for measuring the length of curved lines. |
| STORMWATER | • stormwater n. Water that is not absorbed into soil and rapidly flows downstream, increasing the level of waterways. |
| STRATIFORM | • stratiform adj. Occurring in layers. • stratiform adj. (Geology) Descriptive of rocks with extensive horizontal development. • stratiform adj. (Meteorology) Descriptive of clouds with extensive horizontal development. |
| TERMINATOR | • terminator n. Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator. • terminator n. (Computing) A text character that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission. • terminator n. (Astronomy) The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body. |
| TRAITORISM | • traitorism n. Traitorous behaviour; treachery. • TRAITORISM n. being a traitor. |
| TRICHROMAT | • trichromat n. One who has trichromatic vision; one whose vision exhibits trichromacy; one who can distinguish three primary colors. • TRICHROMAT n. someone who has normal colour vision. |