| AMELIORATORY | • amelioratory adj. Serving to ameliorate or improve. • AMELIORATORY adj. serving to ameliorate. |
| ARCHAEOMETRY | • archaeometry n. (Archaeology) The application of scientific techniques and methodologies to archaeology. • ARCHAEOMETRY n. the use of scientific methods in archaeology, also ARCHEOMETRY. |
| AROMATHERAPY | • aromatherapy n. (Alternative medicine) The use of selected fragrances in lotions and inhalants in an effort to affect… • AROMATHERAPY n. a therapy involving the use of scents. |
| CONTEMPORARY | • contemporary adj. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous. • contemporary adj. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). • contemporary n. Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. |
| CRYMOTHERAPY | • CRYMOTHERAPY n. medical treatment using extreme cold, also CRYOTHERAPY. |
| CRYPTOMERIAS | • cryptomerias n. Plural of cryptomeria. • CRYPTOMERIA n. a kind of evergreen tree. |
| HYDROTHERMAL | • hydrothermal adj. Of, or relating to hot water. • hydrothermal adj. (Geology) Of or relating to emanations of hot water that are rich in minerals, or to the rocks formed from them. • HYDROTHERMAL adj. designating naturally hot underground water that has geological effects. |
| MYTHOGRAPHER | • mythographer n. One who studies or writes down myths and legends. • MYTHOGRAPHER n. a student of mythography. |
| OVERMATURITY | • overmaturity n. The quality of being overmature. • OVERMATURITY n. excessive maturity. |
| PERFORMATORY | • performatory adj. Synonym of performative. • PERFORMATORY adj. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, also PERFORMATIVE. |
| PSEUDOMARTYR | • pseudomartyr n. One who dies like a martyr but (e.g. because of heretical religious views) is not a true martyr. • PSEUDOMARTYR n. a false martyr. |
| PYRANOMETERS | • pyranometers n. Plural of pyranometer. • PYRANOMETER n. another name for a solarimeter. |
| PYROMETRICAL | • pyrometrical adj. Pyrometric. • PYROMETRICAL adj. relating to pyrometry, the art of measuring degrees of heat, or the expansion of bodies by heat, also PYROMETRIC. |
| REMUNERATORY | • remuneratory adj. Remunerative; serving to remunerate. • REMUNERATORY adj. relating to remuneration. |
| THERMOGRAPHY | • thermography n. (Physics) Any of several techniques for the remote measurement of the temperature variations of a body… • thermography n. Any process of writing involving the use of heat. • THERMOGRAPHY n. a process of writing or printing involving the use of heat. |
| WHOREMASTERY | • WHOREMASTERY n. the keeping of whores. |