| 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. |
| HYPERMARKETS | • hypermarkets n. Plural of hypermarket. • HYPERMARKET n. a very large self-service store, also HYPERMART. |
| HYPERTHERMAL | • hyperthermal adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing hyperthermia. • hyperthermal n. (Geology) Any of several brief geological periods of global warming. • HYPERTHERMAL adj. suffering from hyperthermia. |
| HYPERTHERMIA | • hyperthermia n. (Pathology) The condition of having an abnormally high body temperature caused by a failure of the heat-regulating… • hyperthermia n. (Medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer. • HYPERTHERMIA n. exceptionally high fever esp. when induced artificially for therapeutic purposes. |
| MYTHOGRAPHER | • mythographer n. One who studies or writes down myths and legends. • MYTHOGRAPHER n. a student of mythography. |
| PERFORMATORY | • performatory adj. Synonym of performative. • PERFORMATORY adj. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, also PERFORMATIVE. |
| PREMARITALLY | • premaritally adv. Before marriage. • PREMARITAL adv. taking place before marriage. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| TRYPARSAMIDE | • tryparsamide n. A particular antiinfective drug. • TRYPARSAMIDE n. a synthetic crystalline compound of arsenic used in the treatment of trypanosomal and other protozoan infections. |