| ASTROCYTOMA | • astrocytoma n. (Medicine) A cancer of the brain that originates in astrocytes. • ASTROCYTOMA n. a tumour of the central nervous system. |
| ASYNARTETIC | • asynartetic adj. (Prosody) Having or containing two different types of metre. • ASYNARTETIC adj. having two parts with different rhythms. |
| CASTIGATORY | • castigatory adj. Serving or tending to castigate. • castigatory n. (Obsolete) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; the ducking stool or trebucket. • CASTIGATORY adj. tending to castigate. |
| COUNTRYSEAT | • countryseat n. An estate in the country; gentleman’s country residence. • country␣seat n. A second home in a rural area, especially one of a rich, powerful or important person. • COUNTRYSEAT n. a house or estate in the country. |
| CRYSTALLITE | • crystallite n. A small region of a solid that consists of a single crystal; a grain. • CRYSTALLITE n. any of the minute rudimentary or imperfect crystals occurring in many glassy rocks. |
| GASTRECTOMY | • gastrectomy n. (Surgery) Removal or partial removal of the stomach. • GASTRECTOMY n. surgical removal of the stomach. |
| GYROSTATICS | • gyrostatics n. (Physics) The study of rotating bodies. • GYROSTATICS n. the study of rotating bodies. |
| HYDROSTATIC | • hydrostatic adj. (Physics) Of or relating to hydrostatics. • hydrostatic adj. Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit. • HYDROSTATIC adj. of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit, also HYDROSTATICAL. |
| HYPERSTATIC | • hyperstatic adj. (Physics) statically indeterminate. • HYPERSTATIC adj. excessively static. |
| MASTICATORY | • masticatory n. (Chiefly medicine) Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase… • masticatory adj. Of, or relating to mastication. • masticatory adj. Used for chewing. |
| SCATTEREDLY | • scatteredly adv. In a scattered manner. • SCATTERED adv. SCATTER, to disperse in all directions. |
| SPECTRALITY | • spectrality n. (Uncountable) The quality of being spectral or ghostly. • spectrality n. (Countable) Something spectral; a ghost, a spectre. • SPECTRALITY n. the state of being spectral, also SPECTRALNESS. |
| STRATOCRACY | • stratocracy n. A military government. • STRATOCRACY n. government by the military. |
| TACHYMETERS | • tachymeters n. Plural of tachymeter. • TACHYMETER n. a surveying instrument for rapid measurements of distances, elevations, and bearings. |
| TYPECASTERS | • TYPECASTER n. one who typecasts. |