| ADEMPTION | • ademption n. (Law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer… • ADEMPTION n. the revoking by testator, donor, etc. of a legacy, donation, etc., by previously paying a sum or parting with the object bequeathed. |
| AMETROPIA | • ametropia n. (Medicine) Any of several disorders of the eye (spherical or cylindrical) resulting from faulty refractive ability. • AMETROPIA n. abnormal optical refraction. |
| AMETROPIC | • ametropic adj. (Ophthalmology) Relating to or suffering from ametropia. • AMETROPIC adj. relating to ametropia, abnormal optical refraction. |
| DIPLOMATE | • diplomate n. A professional who has earned a diploma. • diplomate v. (Transitive) To award a diploma to. • DIPLOMATE n. someone who holds a diploma. |
| EMPTIONAL | • emptional adj. Capable of being purchased. • EMPTIONAL adj. capable of being purchased. |
| IMPASTOED | • impastoed adj. (Painting) Painted with an impasto. • impastoed v. Simple past tense and past participle of impasto. • IMPASTOED adj. with impasto applied. |
| IMPERATOR | • imperator n. An emperor. • Imperator prop.n. (Formal, usually italicized) The reigning emperor; male equivalent of Imperatrix. • IMPERATOR n. (Latin) a commander; an emperor. |
| OMPHACITE | • omphacite n. (Mineralogy) Any of a range of green, monoclinic pyroxene minerals found in eclogites and similar rocks;… • OMPHACITE n. a grass-green pyroxene. |
| OPTIMATES | • optimates n. Plural of optimate. • OPTIMATE n. a member of the aristocracy. |
| PAMPOOTIE | • pampootie n. A traditional shoe, formerly made and worn on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland, consisting… • PAMPOOTIE n. a rawhide slipper worn by men in the Aran Islands. |
| PANTOMIME | • pantomime n. (Now rare) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime. • pantomime n. (Historical) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various… • pantomime n. (UK) A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell’arte, but later aimed… |
| PREATOMIC | • preatomic adj. Prior to the discovery or use of the atomic bomb. • PREATOMIC adj. before the harnessing of atomic energy. |
| PROTAMINE | • protamine n. (Biochemistry) Any of various strongly basic proteins of relatively low molecular weight that are rich… • PROTAMINE n. any of a class of simple basic proteins which occur combined with nucleic acids (esp. in fish sperm), also PROTAMIN. |
| PROXIMATE | • proximate adj. Close or closest; adjacent. • proximate adj. (Law) Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation. • proximate adj. About to take place; impending. |
| PTOMAINES | • ptomaines n. Plural of ptomaine. • PTOMAINE n. a compound produced by the decomposition of protein, also PTOMAIN. |