| CARTOMANCY | • cartomancy n. Fortune-telling using cards, as in tarot and Lenormand. • CARTOMANCY n. divination by the use of playing cards. |
| CLINOMETRY | • clinometry n. (Geology) The art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata. • CLINOMETRY n. the art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata. |
| 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. |
| CONFORMITY | • conformity n. The state of things being similar or identical. • conformity n. A point of resemblance; a similarity. • conformity n. The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard. |
| COUNTRYMAN | • countryman n. Somebody from a certain country. • countryman n. Somebody from one’s own country; a fellow countryman; compatriot. • countryman n. A country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits. |
| COUNTRYMEN | • countrymen n. Plural of countryman. • COUNTRYMAN n. an inhabitant or native of a specified country. |
| CRANIOTOMY | • craniotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment… • CRANIOTOMY n. the operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery. |
| CRYPTONYMS | • cryptonyms n. Plural of cryptonym. • CRYPTONYM n. a code name or secret name. |
| CYANOMETER | • cyanometer n. An instrument for measuring the intensity of blue colour by comparing it against a set of reference shades. • CYANOMETER n. instrument for measuring blueness of the sky or ocean. |
| ICONOMETRY | • iconometry n. The measurement of icons and their proportions etc., in religious art. • ICONOMETRY n. measurement by iconometer. |
| IMPORTANCY | • importancy n. (Obsolete) importance; significance. • importancy n. (Obsolete) That which is important. • IMPORTANCY n. (obsolete) importance, also IMPORTANCE. |
| MATROCLINY | • matrocliny n. The quality of being matroclinous. • MATROCLINY n. the inheritance of traits primarily from the mother. |
| 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. |
| NEURECTOMY | • neurectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical excision of a nerve. • NEURECTOMY n. the surgical excision of part of a nerve. |
| PATRONYMIC | • patronymic adj. Derived from one’s father. • patronymic adj. (By extension) Derived from one’s ancestors. • patronymic n. A name acquired from one’s father. |
| PYCNOMETER | • pycnometer n. (Physics, metrology) A vessel of precisely known volume used by weighing to determine the specific gravity… • PYCNOMETER n. an instrument for measuring specific gravity or density, also PYKNOMETER. |
| PYROMANTIC | • pyromantic adj. Of or relating to pyromancy. • pyromantic n. A practitioner of pyromancy. • PYROMANTIC adj. of or pertaining to pyromancy. |