| COMBRETUM | • combretum n. Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs in the genus Combretum. • Combretum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Combretaceae – the bushwillows. • COMBRETUM n. (Latin) a member of a genus of tropical trees known for the beauty of their flowers. |
| COMMENTER | • commenter n. One who comments. • COMMENTER n. one who comments, also COMMENTOR. |
| COMMENTOR | • commentor n. Alternative form of commenter. • COMMENTOR n. one who comments, also COMMENTER. |
| COMMITTER | • committer n. (Computing) A person who is authorized to make changes to source code or other material in a repository. • committer n. (Obsolete) A fornicator. • committer n. (Obsolete) A person who commits a crime; perpetrator. |
| COMMORANT | • commorant adj. (Law) Ordinarily residing; inhabiting. • commorant adj. (US, law) Inhabiting or occupying temporarily. • commorant n. A resident. |
| COMMUTERS | • commuters n. Plural of commuter. • COMMUTER n. one who commutes; esp. one who commutes in traveling. |
| CRUMMIEST | • crummiest adj. Superlative form of crummy: most crummy. • CRUMMY adj. mean, despicable, also CRUMMIE. |
| DOTCOMMER | • dotcommer n. Alternative form of dot-commer. • dot-commer n. (Computing) Someone who works (or worked) for a dotcom company. • DOTCOMMER n. a person who carries out business on the Internet. |
| GRAMMATIC | • grammatic adj. Grammatical. • GRAMMATIC adj. belonging to, or according to the rules of, grammar, also GRAMMATICAL. |
| MACHMETER | • machmeter n. Alternative form of Machmeter. • Machmeter n. (Aviation) An instrument that measures the speed of an aircraft relative to that of sound and displays… • MACHMETER n. an instrument for measuring Mach number. |
| MATCHMARK | • matchmark n. (Engineering) A mark inscribed on a component to aid alignment with the rest of an assembly. • MATCHMARK v. to mark mating components of an engine etc. |
| METAMERIC | • metameric adj. (Biology, anatomy) Exhibiting metamerism. • metameric adj. (Obsolete, chemistry) Exhibiting structural isomerism. • METAMERIC adj. relating to a metamere, a serial division or segmentation of a body, also METAMERAL. |
| METRICISM | • METRICISM n. the study of metre. |
| MICROMORT | • micromort n. A unit of risk equivalent to a one-in-a-million probability of death. • MICROMORT n. a unit of risk equal to a one in a million chance of dying. |
| MICROTOME | • microtome n. A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination… • microtome v. To cut into sections using a microtome. • MICROTOME n. an instrument used to cut very small sections of something. |
| MICROTOMY | • microtomy n. The preparation of very thin slices of animal or plant tissue by means of a microtome. • MICROTOMY n. the art of using the microtome. |
| RECOMMITS | • recommits v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recommit. • RECOMMIT v. to commit again. |
| SYMMETRIC | • symmetric adj. Symmetrical. • symmetric adj. (Set theory) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRy if and only if yRx for all members x and y of… • symmetric adj. (Cryptography) Using the same key (or keys that are trivially related) for both encryption and decryption. |