| ASYMMETRIC | • asymmetric adj. Not symmetric. • asymmetric adj. (Cryptography) Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver. • asymmetric adj. (Set theory) Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily… |
| BIOMIMICRY | • biomimicry n. Biomimetics. • BIOMIMICRY n. the mimicry of one living organism by another. |
| CAMPIMETRY | • campimetry n. Perimetry. • CAMPIMETRY n. a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field. |
| CLAMJAMFRY | • CLAMJAMFRY n. (Scots) rubbish, nonsense, also CLAMJAMPHRIE, CLANJAMFRAY. |
| COMMANDERY | • commandery n. A territory under the control of a commander, particularly… • commandery n. A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry). • COMMANDERY n. the office or rank of a commander. |
| COMMENTARY | • commentary n. A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole… • commentary n. (Usually in the plural) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum. • commentary n. An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs. |
| COMMISSARY | • commissary n. A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners. • commissary n. An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account. • commissary n. A cafeteria at a movie studio. |
| HOMOCHROMY | • homochromy n. (Zoology) The use, by an organism, of the same colour as its background as a means of protection. • HOMOCHROMY n. protective coloration. |
| IMMIGRANCY | • IMMIGRANCY n. the state or condition of being an immigrant or a person who comes to a country in order to settle there. |
| IMMODERACY | • immoderacy n. The quality of being immoderate. • IMMODERACY n. lack of moderation. |
| MATRONYMIC | • matronymic adj. Of, relating to, or derived from the given name of one’s mother. • matronymic adj. By extension; of, relating to, or derived from the given name of a female ancestor. • matronymic n. A surname or byname acquired from the given name of one’s mother. |
| METRONYMIC | • metronymic adj. Alternative form of matronymic. • metronymic n. Alternative form of matronymic. • METRONYMIC adj. derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor. |
| MICROMETRY | • micrometry n. The measurement of very small objects using a micrometer. • MICROMETRY n. the art of measuring with a micrometer. |
| MONOCHROMY | • monochromy n. (Dated) The art of painting or drawing in monochrome. • MONOCHROMY n. the art of painting or drawing in monochrome. |
| MYOCARDIUM | • myocardium n. (Anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the… • MYOCARDIUM n. the main substance of the muscular wall of the heart inclosed between the epicardium and endocardium. |