| ACROTERIUM | • acroterium n. (Architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at… • acroterium n. One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade. • ACROTERIUM n. a pedestal or ornament at the angle of a pediment, also ACROTER, ACROTERION. |
| ANTIARMOUR | • antiarmour adj. (Britain) Alternative spelling of antiarmor. • ANTIARMOUR adj. designed or equipped to combat armoured vehicles, also ANTIARMOR. |
| ARBORETUMS | • arboretums n. Plural of arboretum. • ARBORETUM n. (Latin) a collection of trees. |
| BAROTRAUMA | • barotrauma n. (Pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near… • BAROTRAUMA n. injury sustained from failure to equalize the pressure of an air-containing space with that of the surrounding environment. |
| ENUMERATOR | • enumerator n. A person who, or a thing that enumerates; a counter or iterator. • enumerator n. A census taker. • ENUMERATOR n. one that enumerates. |
| EUROMARKET | • euromarket n. (Finance) Any financial market that issues securities in currencies other than the country of origin… • euromarket n. (Finance) The market of the European Union as a whole. • Euromarket n. Alternative form of euromarket. |
| FORMULATOR | • formulator n. A person who formulates. • FORMULATOR n. one who formulates. |
| MORATORIUM | • moratorium n. (Law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. • moratorium n. A suspension of an ongoing activity. • MORATORIUM n. a legal authorization to a debtor to postpone payment for a certain time; the period of such a postponement. |
| MORTUARIES | • mortuaries n. Plural of mortuary. • MORTUARY n. a place where dead bodies are kept until burial. |
| NUMERATORS | • numerators n. Plural of numerator. • NUMERATOR n. one who numbers. |
| OVERMATURE | • overmature adj. Excessively mature. • OVERMATURE adj. excessively mature. |
| PRAETORIUM | • praetorium n. Alternative form of pretorium. • prætorium n. Alternative form of pretorium. • PRAETORIUM n. the court or palace of the governor of a Roman province. |
| 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. |
| RHUMBATRON | • RHUMBATRON n. a cavity resonator. |
| ROUTEMARCH | • routemarch n. Alternative form of route-march. • routemarch v. Alternative form of route-march. • route-march n. (Military) A long march for training purposes. |
| RUMINATORS | • ruminators n. Plural of ruminator. • RUMINATOR n. one who ruminates. |
| SURROGATUM | • surrogatum n. (Scottish law) A thing put in the place of another; a substitute. • SURROGATUM n. something that stands in place of something else, e.g. a price instead of the thing itself. |
| TAMBOURERS | • tambourers n. Plural of tambourer. • TAMBOURER n. one who embroiders on a tambour. |
| ULTRAMICRO | • ultramicro adj. Ultramicroscopic. • ULTRAMICRO adj. smaller than micro e.g. ultramicrochemistry, dealing with minute quantities. |
| URANOMETRY | • uranometry n. (Astronomy, uncountable) The measurement of the constellations. • uranometry n. (Astronomy, countable) A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of stars visible to the naked eye. • URANOMETRY n. a chart or catalogue of fixed stars, esp. of stars visible to the naked eye. |