| CATEGOREMATIC | • categorematic adj. (Logic, of a word) Capable of being employed alone as a term. • CATEGOREMATIC adj. capable of being used by itself as a term. |
| CLIMATOLOGIST | • climatologist n. A person who studies, professes or practices climatology. • CLIMATOLOGIST n. one who studies climatology. |
| CONTAMINATING | • contaminating v. Present participle of contaminate. • CONTAMINATE v. to pollute by contact or association. |
| CONTEMPLATING | • contemplating v. Present participle of contemplate. • CONTEMPLATE v. to view or consider with continued attention. |
| CRYPTOGAMISTS | • cryptogamists n. Plural of cryptogamist. • CRYPTOGAMIST n. one who studies cryptogams. |
| DOMESTICATING | • domesticating v. Present participle of domesticate. • DOMESTICATE v. to bring into domestic use. |
| ELECTROMAGNET | • electromagnet n. A magnet which attracts metals only when electrically activated. • electro-magnet n. Alternative form of electromagnet. • ELECTROMAGNET n. a core of magnetic material surrounded by a coil of wire through which an electric current is passed to magnetize the core. |
| GALACTOMETERS | • galactometers n. Plural of galactometer. • GALACTOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of milk. |
| GASTRECTOMIES | • gastrectomies n. Plural of gastrectomy. • GASTRECTOMY n. surgical removal of the stomach. |
| HEMATOGENETIC | • hematogenetic adj. Alternative form of haematogenetic. • HEMATOGENETIC adj. relating to hematogenesis, the production of blood, also HAEMATOGENETIC. |
| HETEROGAMETIC | • heterogametic adj. (Biology) That produces heterogametes. • heterogametic adj. (Biology) That produces different forms of the same gamete e.g. spermatozoa containing either an X- or a Y-chromosome. • HETEROGAMETIC adj. having a dissimilar pair of sex chromosomes. |
| MAGNETOMETRIC | • magnetometric adj. Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces. • magnetometric adj. Obtained by means of a magnetometer. • MAGNETOMETRIC adj. relating to magnetometry. |
| MAGNETOSTATIC | • magnetostatic adj. Of or pertaining to magnetostatics. • MAGNETOSTATIC adj. of, relating to, or being a stationary magnetic field. |
| METACOGNITION | • metacognition n. (Philosophy) the act of thinking about thinking; sentience. • METACOGNITION n. thinking about one's own mental processes. |
| METACOMPUTING | • METACOMPUTING n. computing that uses metacomputers. |