| CATAMITES | • catamites n. Plural of catamite. • CATAMITE n. a boy used in sodomy. |
| CHEMOSTAT | • chemostat n. (Biochemistry) An apparatus for the continuous culture of microorganisms in a steady state. • chemostat v. (Chemistry) To keep the concentration of a chemical constant. • CHEMOSTAT n. an apparatus for growing cultures of bacteria etc. |
| CONTEMPTS | • contempts n. Plural of contempt. • CONTEMPT n. scorn. |
| HEMSTITCH | • hemstitch n. An embroidery stitch in which parallel threads are drawn together in groups. • hemstitch v. To sew or embroider using this stitch. • HEMSTITCH v. to stitch using the hem of a garment. |
| MASTICATE | • masticate v. (Transitive) To chew (food). • masticate v. (Transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp. • MASTICATE v. to chew; to knead mechanically. |
| METESTICK | • METESTICK n. a measuring rod, also METEWAND, METEYARD. |
| METHYSTIC | • methystic adj. (Archaic, medicine) Relating to drunkenness. • METHYSTIC adj. intoxicating. |
| METRICIST | • metricist n. One who studies poetic meter. • METRICIST n. a person skilled in metres; one who writes in metres, also METRIST. |
| MYSTICETE | • mysticete n. (Zoology) Any of the baleen whales (of suborder Mysticeti). • MYSTICETE n. a species of whale. |
| SCHMATTES | • schmattes n. Plural of schmatte. • SCHMATTE n. (Yiddish) clothing, rags, also SCHMUTTER, SHMATTE. |
| SCHMUTTER | • schmutter n. (Colloquial) Clothing. • schmutter n. (Colloquial) Rubbish, worthless material. • SCHMUTTER n. (Yiddish) clothing, rags, also SCHMATTE, SHMATTE. |
| SMECTITES | • smectites n. Plural of smectite. • SMECTITE n. the family of minerals that are constituents of clays, including bentonite and saponite. |
| SMECTITIC | • smectitic adj. Of or relating to smectite. • SMECTITIC adj. of or like smectite, a hydrous silicate of alumina. |
| STEMMATIC | • stemmatic adj. Relating to stemmatics. • stemmatic adj. (Zoology) Relating to a stemma. • STEMMATIC adj. relating to a stemma, a diagram representing a reconstruction of the interrelationships between surviving witnesses in the (esp. manuscript) tradition of a text. |
| TECTONISM | • tectonism n. The deformation of the Earth’s crust due to tectonic activity. • TECTONISM n. tectonics. |
| THEMATICS | • thematics n. Plural of thematic. • THEMATIC n. a thematic vowel. |
| TUMESCENT | • tumescent adj. Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue. • tumescent adj. Inflated or overblown. • TUMESCENT adj. tending to swell. |