| ARTHROPLASTY | • arthroplasty n. (Surgery) The surgical repair of a joint, or creation of an artificial joint, such as a hip replacement. • ARTHROPLASTY n. surgical reconstruction of a joint. |
| CHARTERPARTY | • charterparty n. A contract between a shipowner and a merchant, under which a ship is hired for the conveyance of goods etc. • CHARTERPARTY n. the common written form in which a contract of affreightment is expressed. |
| COUNTERPARTY | • counterparty n. (Finance, insurance, law) The other party to a financial transaction. • counter-party n. Alternative spelling of counterparty. • COUNTERPARTY n. a party set up in opposition to another party. |
| 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. |
| PERTURBATORY | • perturbatory adj. Relating to, or causing, perturbation. • perturbatory n. (Obsolete) The supposed power of deflecting the divining rod by magnetic influence. • PERTURBATORY n. something tending to perturb. |
| PRESBYTERATE | • presbyterate n. A priest; also, presbytership. • PRESBYTERATE n. the office of presbyter. |
| PROPITIATORY | • propitiatory adj. Intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory. • PROPITIATORY adj. serving to propitiate, also PROPITIATIOUS, PROPITIATIVE. • PROPITIATORY n. the mercy seat. |
| 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)… |
| PROTOMARTYRS | • protomartyrs n. Plural of protomartyr. • PROTOMARTYR n. the first martyr in any cause, esp. St Stephen. |
| PROTRACTEDLY | • protractedly adj. In a protracted manner. • PROTRACTED adv. PROTRACT, to prolong. |
| PYROTARTARIC | • pyrotartaric adj. (Chemistry) of, or relating to pyrotartaric acid or its derivatives. • PYROTARTARIC adj. as in pyrotartaric acid. |
| PYROTARTRATE | • pyrotartrate n. (Organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of pyrotartaric acid. • PYROTARTRATE n. a salt of tartaric acid. |
| STRATIGRAPHY | • stratigraphy n. (Geology) The study of rock layers and the layering process (stratification). • stratigraphy n. (Archaeology) The layering of deposits, with newer remains overlaying older ones, forming a chronology of the site. • STRATIGRAPHY n. the study of geological layers or strata. |
| TETRAPYRROLE | • tetrapyrrole n. (Biochemistry) any of several natural pigments having a structure of four pyrrole rings connected by… • TETRAPYRROLE n. a chemical group consisting of four pyrrole rings joined either in a straight chain or in a ring, as in chlorophyll. |
| TRACHYPTERUS | • TRACHYPTERUS n. any member of the dealfish genus Trachypterus. |
| TRIPARTITELY | • tripartitely adv. In a tripartite fashion; into three parts. • TRIPARTITE adv. in three parts; between three parties or States. |
| VITUPERATORY | • vituperatory adj. Vituperative. • VITUPERATORY adj. uttering or given to censure, also VITUPERATIVE. |