| ATOMICITY | • atomicity n. (Uncountable) The quality or state of being atomic. • atomicity n. (Chemistry) The number of atoms in a molecule. • atomicity n. (Computing) The state of a system (often a database system) in which either all stages complete or none complete. |
| ATOMISTIC | • atomistic adj. Of or pertaining to atoms or to atomism. • atomistic adj. Divided into separate elements; not holistic. • atomistic adj. (Economics) Of a market: divided such that no single actor can noticeably affect market-wide values… |
| AUTOMATIC | • automatic adj. Capable of operating without external control or intervention. • automatic adj. Done out of habit or without conscious thought. • automatic adj. Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc. |
| AUTOTOMIC | • autotomic adj. Relating to autotomy. • AUTOTOMIC adj. relating to autotomy, the reflex loss of part of the body to save the whole. |
| COMITATUS | • comitatus n. (Historical) A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader. • comitatus n. (Historical) A county, shire. • COMITATUS n. (Latin) a band of warriors who escort a prince. |
| 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. |
| MACTATION | • mactation n. (Archaic) The act of killing a victim for sacrifice. • MACTATION n. the killing or slaughter esp. of a sacrificial victim. |
| MANICOTTI | • manicotti n. Wide tubes of pasta filled with a savoury stuffing and baked in the oven. • MANICOTTI n. (Italian) tubular pasta shells stuffed with ricotta or a meat mixture. |
| MASTICOTS | • masticots n. Plural of masticot. • MASTICOT n. (French) yellow lead monoxide, also MASSICOT. |
| MICROWATT | • microwatt n. One millionth (10-6) of a watt, abbreviated as μW. • micro-watt n. One millionth ( 10-6 ) of a watt, abbreviated as µW. • MICROWATT n. a millionth of a watt. |
| OMITTANCE | • omittance n. The act of omitting something; omission. • OMITTANCE n. (Shakespeare) omission. |
| STROMATIC | • stromatic adj. Relating to stroma. • stromatic adj. Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds. • STROMATIC adj. of the nature of or resembling a stroma. |
| TRIATOMIC | • triatomic adj. (Chemistry, of a molecule etc.) Consisting of three atoms. • TRIATOMIC adj. having three atoms. |