| AFTERDAMP | • afterdamp n. (Mining) Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting… • AFTERDAMP n. poisonous gas formed after the explosion of firedamp in a mine. |
| AMETROPIA | • ametropia n. (Medicine) Any of several disorders of the eye (spherical or cylindrical) resulting from faulty refractive ability. • AMETROPIA n. abnormal optical refraction. |
| APARTMENT | • apartment n. (Chiefly North America, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially… • apartment n. (Archaic) A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom. • apartment n. (Obsolete) A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment. |
| ASPARTAME | • aspartame n. (Organic chemistry) An artificial sweetener, the methyl ester of a dipeptide formed from aspartic acid… • ASPARTAME n. an artificial sweetener. |
| ATEMPORAL | • atemporal adj. Unaffected by time; timeless; permanent or unchanging. • ATEMPORAL adj. without consideration of time. |
| EMPLASTRA | • emplastra n. Plural of emplastron. • EMPLASTRUM n. a medicated plaster, also EMPLASTRON. |
| MALAPERTS | • malaperts n. Plural of malapert. • MALAPERT n. a saucy person. |
| MERCAPTAN | • mercaptan n. (Chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds of sulphur, ( R1.S.R2 ); they tend to be foul-smelling… • MERCAPTAN n. a substance analogous to an alcohol, with sulphur instead of oxygen. |
| METACARPI | • metacarpi n. Plural of metacarpus. • METACARPUS n. that part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. |
| PARAMENTA | • paramenta n. Paraments. • PARAMENT n. (obsolete) a rich decoration, hanging or robe. |
| PARAMENTS | • paraments n. Plural of parament. • PARAMENT n. (obsolete) a rich decoration, hanging or robe. |
| PARAMETER | • parameter n. A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other… • parameter n. (Sciences) A variable that describes some system (Material, object, event, etc.) or some aspect thereof. • parameter n. (Programming) An input variable of a function definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time. |
| PAYMASTER | • paymaster n. An official in charge of payments to employees, troops, etc. • paymaster n. A person or body which demands loyalty or services in return for payment (especially as paid in advance). • PAYMASTER n. the official in an organization, government etc. who pays out money. |
| PENTAGRAM | • pentagram n. The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such… • PENTAGRAM n. a five-pointed star, formerly used as a mystic or magical symbol. |
| PERMATANS | • permatans n. Plural of permatan. • perma-tans n. Plural of perma-tan. • PERMATAN n. a permanent tan. |
| PIRACETAM | • piracetam n. A nootropic drug, 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine acetamide. • PIRACETAM n. a drug used to treat muscle spasm. |
| PLATEMARK | • platemark n. A mark or emblem stamped upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of manufacture, the degree of purity, etc. • plate␣mark n. A legal emblem stamped into articles made from precious metals such as gold and silver to indicate the… • plate␣mark n. A mark made on paper by the edge of an intaglio plate during printing. |
| RAMPARTED | • ramparted adj. Provided with a rampart. • RAMPART v. to furnish with a fortifying embankment. |
| SEPARATUM | • separatum n. A separate copy of a paper originally published in an academic journal. • SEPARATUM n. a separate offprint. |
| SPERMATIA | • spermatia n. Plural of spermatium. • SPERMATIUM n. one of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi. |