| ADMIXTURES | • admixtures n. Plural of admixture. • ADMIXTURE n. the action of mixing. |
| AUDIOMETER | • audiometer n. An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing. • AUDIOMETER n. an instrument for measuring acuity of hearing. |
| AUDIOMETRY | • audiometry n. (Medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person’s hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer. • AUDIOMETRY n. the measurement of the acuity of hearing. |
| DIATRETUMS | • DIATRETUM n. (Latin) a kind of glass bowl of late Roman times. |
| DUMBWAITER | • dumbwaiter n. A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another. • dumbwaiter n. (Obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food. • dumbwaiter n. (Obsolete) A lazy Susan. |
| DUUMVIRATE | • duumvirate n. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men. • duumvirate n. (Historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs. • DUUMVIRATE n. government or control by two people. |
| INUMBRATED | • inumbrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of inumbrate. • INUMBRATE v. to cast a shadow upon. |
| MICTURATED | • micturated v. Simple past tense and past participle of micturate. • MICTURATE v. to urinate. |
| MINIATURED | • miniatured v. Simple past tense and past participle of miniature. • MINIATURE v. to miniaturize. |
| MOUDIEWART | • moudiewart n. (Scotland) A mole (burrowing rodent). • MOUDIEWART n. (dialect) a mole, also MODIWORT, MOLDWARP, MOUDIEWORT, MOUDIWART, MOUDIWORT, MOULDWARP, MOULDYWARP, MOWDIE, MOWDIEWART, MOWDIEWORT. |
| MULTIARMED | • multiarmed adj. Having several arms or projections. • multi-armed adj. Alternative form of multiarmed. • MULTIARMED adj. having many arms. |
| MULTIGRADE | • multigrade adj. Having the characteristics of multiple grades of a product (especially of a lubricating oil). • multigrade adj. (Education) Relating to students of differing grade levels. • MULTIGRADE n. a brand of black and white photographic paper coated with a mixture of emulsions which are sensitive to the colour of the printing light used and which produce different contrast grades as a result. |
| MUSTARDIER | • MUSTARDY adj. like mustard. |
| RHEUMATOID | • rheumatoid adj. (Biology, medicine, usually) Involving rheumatism, especially rheumatoid arthritis. • rheumatoid adj. (Biology, medicine, dated) Presenting analogies with rheumatism. • RHEUMATOID adj. characteristic of or affected with rheumatoid arthritis. |
| RUDIMENTAL | • rudimental adj. (Uncommon) Rudimentary. • RUDIMENTAL adj. rudimentary, also RUDIMENTARY. |
| TEPIDARIUM | • tepidarium n. (Historical) A warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust. • tepidarium n. (Historical) A boiler in which the water was heated. • tepidarium n. Any room containing a warm bath. |
| UNIMPARTED | • unimparted adj. Not imparted. • UNIMPARTED adj. not imparted. |