| AMPHIMACER | • amphimacer n. A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable between two accented syllables; a cretic. • AMPHIMACER n. a foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in 'castitas'. |
| CAMPIMETRY | • campimetry n. Perimetry. • CAMPIMETRY n. a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field. |
| COMPENDIUM | • compendium n. A short, complete summary; an abstract. • compendium n. A list or collection of various items. • COMPENDIUM n. (Latin) an assortment, a varied collection. |
| COMPLEMENT | • complement n. (Now rare) Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation. • complement n. (Obsolete) The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment. • complement n. The totality, the full amount or number which completes something. |
| COMPLIMENT | • compliment n. An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect. • compliment n. (Uncountable) Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery. • compliment n. Misspelling of complement. |
| COMPROMISE | • compromise n. The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions. • compromise n. A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender. • compromise n. (Computer security) A breach of a computer or network’s rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or… |
| DECAMPMENT | • decampment n. The act of decamping. • decampment n. A prompt departure. • DECAMPMENT n. departure from a camp; a marching off. |
| EMMETROPIC | • emmetropic adj. Pertaining to emmetropia. • EMMETROPIC adj. pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia. |
| EMPHYSEMIC | • emphysemic adj. Relating to emphysema. • emphysemic n. A person who has emphysema. • EMPHYSEMIC n. a sufferer from emphysema. |
| EMPIRICISM | • empiricism n. (Medicine, now chiefly historical) Medicine as practised by an empiric, founded on mere experience… • empiricism n. (Philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge… • empiricism n. A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation. |
| EMPLECTUMS | • EMPLECTUM n. (archaic) ashlar masonry filled up with rubble, also EMPLECTON. |
| ENCAMPMENT | • encampment n. A campsite. • encampment n. A group of temporary living quarters and/or other temporary structures. • Encampment prop.n. (Astronomy) a Chinese constellation located near Pegasus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the… |
| LUMPECTOMY | • lumpectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst from a breast. • LUMPECTOMY n. the surgical removal of a lump, esp. in the breast, aka tylectomy. |
| METEMPIRIC | • metempiric adj. Of or relating to metempirics. • METEMPIRIC adj. transcending but associated with empirical knowledge, also METEMPIRICAL. |
| MISCOMPUTE | • miscompute n. An erroneous computation. • miscompute v. To compute erroneously. • MISCOMPUTE v. to compute erroneously. |
| MORPHEMICS | • morphemics n. (Linguistics) The study of morphemes, or of the morphemic structure of a language. • MORPHEMICS n. the study of morphemes. |
| PARAMECIUM | • paramecium n. An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus Paramecium. • Paramecium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Parameciidae – a ciliophore widely used as a model organism and for education. • PARAMECIUM n. a genus of tiny animals including the slipper animalcule, also PARAMAECIUM, PARAMOECIUM. |