| ANTERIORITY | • anteriority n. The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. • ANTERIORITY n. the state of being anterior. |
| ARTERIOTOMY | • arteriotomy n. (Medicine) The opening of an artery, especially for bloodletting. • ARTERIOTOMY n. the surgical excision of an artery. |
| CONTRARIETY | • contrariety n. Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast. • CONTRARIETY n. the state of being contrary. |
| CRYPTARITHM | • cryptarithm n. Synonym of alphametic (“type of puzzle”). • CRYPTARITHM n. an arithmetic problem in which letters have been substituted for numbers and which is solved by finding all possible pairings of digits with letters that produce a numerically correct answer. |
| EXTIRPATORY | • extirpatory adj. Extirpative. • EXTIRPATORY adj. serving to extirpate, also EXTIRPATIVE. |
| HORTATORILY | • hortatorily adv. In a hortatory manner. • HORTATORY adv. giving exhortation; advisory, also HORTATIVE. |
| IMPETRATORY | • impetratory adj. (Obsolete) Containing or expressing entreaty. • IMPETRATORY adj. relating to impetration, also IMPETRATIVE. |
| IRRITATEDLY | • irritatedly adv. In an irritated manner. • IRRITATEDLY adv. in the manner of being provoked. |
| ITEROPARITY | • iteroparity n. (Biology) The condition of being iteroparous. • ITEROPARITY n. the state of being iteroparous. |
| PREMATURITY | • prematurity n. (Uncountable) The condition of (A baby, etc.) being premature. • prematurity n. Something that is premature or occurs prematurely. • PREMATURITY n. the state of being premature. |
| RETALIATORY | • retaliatory adj. Relating to or part of a retaliation. • RETALIATORY adj. having the nature of retaliation. |
| TERMINATORY | • terminatory adj. Of or relating to the termination of something; terminative. • TERMINATORY adj. serving as a terminator. |
| THERIOLATRY | • theriolatry n. The worship of wild animals. • THERIOLATRY n. animal-worship. |
| TREPIDATORY | • trepidatory adj. That trepidates, or that causes trepidations. • trepidatory adj. Of an earthquake, having a vertical, up-and-down motion, as opposed to a horizontal, side-to-side motion. • TREPIDATORY adj. causing trepidation, trembling; alarmed agitation. |
| TRIBUTARILY | • tributarily adv. In a tributary manner. • TRIBUTARY adv. paying tribute. |
| TRIHYDRATED | • trihydrated adj. (Chemistry) Combined with three molecules of water. • TRIHYDRATED adj. like a trihydrate. |
| TRIHYDRATES | • trihydrates n. Plural of trihydrate. • TRIHYDRATE n. a substance that contains three molecules of water. |