| ARCHAEOMETRY | • archaeometry n. (Archaeology) The application of scientific techniques and methodologies to archaeology. • ARCHAEOMETRY n. the use of scientific methods in archaeology, also ARCHEOMETRY. |
| CIRCUMGYRATE | • circumgyrate v. (Intransitive) To move around something. • circumgyrate v. (Transitive) To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit. • circumgyrate v. (Intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point. |
| COMPURGATORY | • compurgatory adj. Compurgatorial. • COMPURGATORY adj. relating to compurgation, the clearing of an accused person by means of oaths. |
| CONFIRMATORY | • confirmatory adj. Serving to confirm something. • CONFIRMATORY adj. serving to confirm. |
| CONTEMPORARY | • contemporary adj. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous. • contemporary adj. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). • contemporary n. Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. |
| CRYMOTHERAPY | • CRYMOTHERAPY n. medical treatment using extreme cold, also CRYOTHERAPY. |
| CRYPTARITHMS | • cryptarithms n. Plural of cryptarithm. • 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. |
| CRYPTOMERIAS | • cryptomerias n. Plural of cryptomeria. • CRYPTOMERIA n. a kind of evergreen tree. |
| LACHRYMATORS | • lachrymators n. Plural of lachrymator. • LACHRYMATOR n. a substance or gas causing tears, also LACRIMATOR, LACRYMATOR. |
| LACHRYMATORY | • lachrymatory adj. Pertaining to or causing tears. • lachrymatory n. (Archaeology) A vase supposedly intended to hold tears; formerly used by archaeologists to designate… • LACHRYMATORY n. a narrow-necked vase; a tear-bottle. |
| MARTYROLOGIC | • martyrologic adj. Of, or pertaining to, a martyrology. • MARTYROLOGIC adj. relating to martyrology, also MARTYROLOGICAL. |
| MERCURIALITY | • mercuriality n. Mercurial behaviour. • MERCURIALITY n. the state of being mercurial. |
| MICROCRYSTAL | • microcrystal n. A microscopic crystal. • MICROCRYSTAL n. a microscopic crystal. |
| MICROGRAVITY | • microgravity n. (Physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained… • MICROGRAVITY n. a condition in space in which only minuscule forces are experienced. |
| PROCLAMATORY | • proclamatory adj. In the manner of a proclamation. • PROCLAMATORY adj. of the nature of a proclamation. |
| PYROMETRICAL | • pyrometrical adj. Pyrometric. • PYROMETRICAL adj. relating to pyrometry, the art of measuring degrees of heat, or the expansion of bodies by heat, also PYROMETRIC. |
| SACRAMENTARY | • sacramentary adj. Of or pertaining a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental. • sacramentary adj. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians. • sacramentary n. (Roman Catholicism) An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, containing the rites for Mass, the sacraments, etc. |