| AUTOLYTIC | • autolytic adj. (Pathology) Relating to autolysis. • AUTOLYTIC adj. relating to autolysis, the breaking down of tissue by the action of its own enzymes. |
| AUTOTELIC | • autotelic adj. (Psychology, of an activity, process, person or personality) Containing its own meaning or purpose;… • autotelic adj. Of or pertaining to the quality of (a thing’s) being autotelic. • autotelic adj. (Art, of a work of art or literature) Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained. |
| CLINOSTAT | • clinostat n. A rotating device that is used to investigate gravitropism in plants. • CLINOSTAT n. an apparatus for studying tropisms in plants. |
| COATTAILS | • coattails n. Plural of coattail. • coattails v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coattail. • COATTAIL n. the back lower part of a coat. |
| COBALTITE | • cobaltite n. (Mineralogy) A rare gray mineral, a mixed sulfide and arsenide of cobalt and iron with the chemical… • COBALTITE n. a mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt, also COBALTINE. |
| COMMITTAL | • committal n. The act of entrusting something to someone. • committal n. The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone’s imprisonment. • committal n. The act of perpetrating an offence. |
| CONTRALTI | • contralti n. Plural of contralto. • CONTRALTO n. (Italian) the part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices. |
| HALITOTIC | • halitotic adj. Afflicted with halitosis. • HALITOTIC adj. relating to halitosis, bad breath. |
| LACTATION | • lactation n. The secretion of milk#Noun from the mammary gland of a female mammal. • lactation n. The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding. • lactation n. The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; lactation period. |
| LACTITOLS | • LACTITOL n. an artificial sweetener. |
| LATTICINO | • latticino n. A glassblown article made from coloured glass canes. • LATTICINO n. (Italian) a type of Venetian glassware containing decorative threads of milk-white glass, also LATTICINIO. |
| LUCTATION | • luctation n. Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavour. • LUCTATION n. (obsolete) a struggle. |
| TAILCOATS | • tailcoats n. Plural of tailcoat. • TAILCOAT n. a man's formal coat, with narrow tails at the back. |
| TAILSTOCK | • tailstock n. The part of a lathe that supports the object being worked along its rotatory axis. • TAILSTOCK n. a slidable casting mounted on a lathe, aligned with the headstock, used to support the free end of the piece being worked on. |
| TECTORIAL | • tectorial adj. Serving to cover something. • tectorial adj. Of or pertaining to the tectorium. • TECTORIAL adj. covering, e.g. a tectorial membrane. |
| TONALITIC | • tonalitic adj. Composed of or relating to tonalite. • TONALITIC adj. of or like tonalite, a coarse-grained igneous rock. |