| CHRONOGRAPHY | • chronography n. A description or record of past time; history. • chronography n. Measurement with a chronograph. • CHRONOGRAPHY n. chronology. |
| CONFIRMATORY | • confirmatory adj. Serving to confirm something. • CONFIRMATORY adj. serving to confirm. |
| CONSECRATORY | • consecratory adj. That consecrates. • consecratory adj. Of or pertaining to consecration. • CONSECRATORY adj. serving to consecrate, also CONSECRATIVE. |
| CONSERVATORY | • conservatory adj. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury. • conservatory adj. (Rare) Relating to conservation. • conservatory n. (Obsolete) That which preserves from injury. |
| CONSPIRATORY | • conspiratory adj. Of, or relating to a conspiracy. • CONSPIRATORY adj. relating to conspiracy, also CONSPIRATORIAL. |
| 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. |
| EXTORTIONARY | • extortionary adj. Of, relating to, or typical of extortion; extortionate. • EXTORTIONARY adj. relating to extortion. |
| GERONTOCRACY | • gerontocracy n. Government by elders. • GERONTOCRACY n. government by the aged. |
| HETEROKARYON | • heterokaryon n. (Biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei. • HETEROKARYON n. a cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei. |
| HYDROCARBONS | • hydrocarbons n. Plural of hydrocarbon. • HYDROCARBON n. a compound of hydrogen and carbon with nothing else, occurring notably in oil, natural gas and coal. |
| HYDROGENATOR | • hydrogenator n. (Chemistry) A device that hydrogenates. • HYDROGENATOR n. an agent that hydrogenates. |
| NONMIGRATORY | • nonmigratory adj. Not migratory; that does not migrate. • non-migratory adj. Alternative form of nonmigratory. • NONMIGRATORY adj. not migratory. |
| ORGANOGRAPHY | • organography n. (Biology) The scientific description of the structure and function of the organs of living organisms. • ORGANOGRAPHY n. a description of the organs of plants or animals. |
| OROPHARYNGES | • oropharynges n. Plural of oropharynx. • OROPHARYNX n. the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis. |
| OROPHARYNXES | • oropharynxes n. Plural of oropharynx. • OROPHARYNX n. the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis. |
| POSTCORONARY | • postcoronary adj. After coronary thrombosis. • POSTCORONARY adj. taking place after a coronary. |
| PROBATIONARY | • probationary adj. Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation. • probationary n. An employee who is still in their probationary period. • PROBATIONARY n. one who is on probation. |
| PROTHONOTARY | • prothonotary n. (Obsolete, historical) A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome. • prothonotary n. (Roman Catholicism) One of the seven prelates, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office… • prothonotary n. A registrar or chief clerk in various courts of law, especially (US) in a county court, (Australia)… |
| PROVISIONARY | • provisionary adj. Provisional. • PROVISIONARY adj. provisional. • PROVISIONARY n. something provisional. |
| UNROADWORTHY | • unroadworthy adj. Describing a vehicle which is not safe for use on the road. • UNROADWORTHY adj. not roadworthy. |