| ANTIROMANTICISM | • antiromanticism n. (Literature) Opposition to romanticism. • ANTIROMANTICISM adj. opposed to romanticism. |
| CHEMOTAXONOMIST | • chemotaxonomist n. One who studies chemotaxonomy. • CHEMOTAXONOMIST n. one who practises chemotaxonomy. |
| COMMUTABILITIES | • commutabilities n. Plural of commutability. • COMMUTABILITY n. the quality of being commutable. |
| COMMUTATIVITIES | • commutativities n. Plural of commutativity. • COMMUTATIVITY n. the property of being commutative. |
| GRAMMATICASTERS | • grammaticasters n. Plural of grammaticaster. • GRAMMATICASTER n. (archaic) a petty grammarian. |
| HAEMACYTOMETERS | • haemacytometers n. Plural of haemacytometer. • HAEMACYTOMETER n. an apparatus for counting the number of cells in a quantity of blood, typically consisting of a graduated pipette for drawing and diluting, also HEMACYTOMETER. |
| HAEMOCYTOMETERS | • haemocytometers n. Plural of haemocytometer. • HAEMOCYTOMETER n. an apparatus for counting the number of cells in a quantity of blood, typically consisting of a graduated pipette for drawing and diluting, also HEMOCYTOMETER. |
| MASTOIDECTOMIES | • mastoidectomies n. Plural of mastoidectomy. • MASTOIDECTOMY n. an operation to remove mastoid bone. |
| MATHEMATICISING | • mathematicising v. Present participle of mathematicise. • MATHEMATICISE v. to make mathematical, also MATHEMATICIZE, MATHEMATISE, MATHEMATIZE. |
| METACHROMATISMS | • METACHROMATISM n. a change in colour, esp. when caused by a change in temperature. |
| METAMATHEMATICS | • metamathematics n. A branch of mathematics dealing with mathematical systems and their nature. • METAMATHEMATICS n. a field of study concerned with the formal structure and properties (as the consistency and completeness of axioms) of mathematical systems. |
| METAMICTISATION | • METAMICTISATION n. the process of becoming metamict, also METAMICTIZATION. |
| MICROPEGMATITES | • micropegmatites n. Plural of micropegmatite. • MICROPEGMATITE n. a microscopic intergrowth of quartz and feldspar. |
| MISCOMPUTATIONS | • miscomputations n. Plural of miscomputation. • MISCOMPUTATION n. the act of miscomputing. |
| ORTHOCHROMATISM | • orthochromatism n. Quality of being orthochromatic. • ORTHOCHROMATISM n. the state of being orthochromatic, of photographic film, sensitive to all colours except red. |
| SYMPATHECTOMIES | • sympathectomies n. Plural of sympathectomy. • SYMPATHECTOMY n. the surgical excision of a sympathetic ganglion or other part of the sympathetic system. |
| SYMPATHOMIMETIC | • sympathomimetic adj. (Medicine) That produces effects similar to those of the sympathetic nervous system. • sympathomimetic n. (Medicine) Any medicine with this effect. • SYMPATHOMIMETIC adj. simulating sympathetic nervous action in physiological effect. |
| SYMPTOMATICALLY | • symptomatically adv. In a symptomatic manner; diagnostically. • symptomatically adv. Directed at symptoms, rather than a cause. • symptomatically adv. Based upon symptoms, rather than a causative agent. |
| SYMPTOMATOLOGIC | • symptomatologic adj. Of or pertaining to symptomatology. • SYMPTOMATOLOGIC adj. relating to symptomatology. |
| ULTRAMICROTOMES | • ultramicrotomes n. Plural of ultramicrotome. • ULTRAMICROTOME n. a microtome for cutting extremely thin sections for electron microscopy. |