| ARTHRECTOMY | • arthrectomy n. (Surgery) excision of a joint. • ARTHRECTOMY n. the surgical excision of a joint. |
| ASTROMETRIC | • astrometric adj. (Astronomy) of or relating to astrometry. • ASTROMETRIC adj. relating to astrometry, also ASTROMETRICAL. |
| BUTTERCREAM | • buttercream n. (Cooking) A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes another… • butter␣cream n. Alternative form of buttercream. • BUTTERCREAM n. a kind of cream. |
| CRYPTOMETER | • CRYPTOMETER n. an instrument used to determine the opacity of pigments and paints. |
| MERITOCRATS | • meritocrats n. Plural of meritocrat. • MERITOCRAT n. one who earns his position through merit. |
| MICROTITERS | • microtiters n. Plural of microtiter. |
| MOTHERCRAFT | • mothercraft n. The knowledge and skills associated with motherhood. • MOTHERCRAFT n. the craft of being a mother. |
| NITROMETRIC | • NITROMETRIC adj. relating to the use of a nitrometer, an instrument for measuring nitrogen and its compounds. |
| RECRUITMENT | • recruitment n. The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces. • recruitment n. A style or process of recruiting. • recruitment n. (Biology, ecology) The addition of new adult or breeding-age individuals (recruits) to a population. |
| RETRACEMENT | • retracement n. A reversal in the trend of the price of a stock or commodity. • RETRACEMENT n. the act of retracing. |
| SCATTERGRAM | • scattergram n. Scatter plot. • SCATTERGRAM n. a scatter diagram, a graph plotting two variables, with axes at right angles to one another. |
| TETRADRACHM | • tetradrachm n. (Historical, numismatics) A silver coin in Ancient Greece, equivalent to four drachms. • TETRADRACHM n. (Greek) a unit of Greek currency. |
| TITRIMETRIC | • titrimetric adj. (Chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or measured using titration. • TITRIMETRIC adj. employing or determined by titration. |
| TRIMETRICAL | • trimetrical adj. Of or relating to a trimeter or anything related to trimeters. • TRIMETRICAL adj. relating to a trimeter, a verse of three measures, also TRIMETRIC. |
| TROCHOMETER | • trochometer n. A device for counting the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer. • TROCHOMETER n. a hodometer, also TROCHEAMETER. |
| TROMOMETRIC | • tromometric adj. Relating to the tromometer. • TROMOMETRIC adj. relating to a tromometer, an instrument for measuring slight earthquake shocks. |
| TRUCKMASTER | • truckmaster n. (Historical) The manager of a colonially-sanctioned store that traded goods with the Native Americans. • TRUCKMASTER n. an officer in charge of trade with American Indians esp. among the early settlers. |