| COMMENDATORY | • commendatory adj. Serving to commend or compliment; complimentary. • commendatory adj. Holding a benefice in commendam. • commendatory n. (Obsolete) That which commends; a commendation; eulogy. |
| COMPENSATORY | • compensatory adj. (Of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury. • compensatory adj. Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something. • compensatory adj. (Genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation. |
| CONDEMNATORY | • condemnatory adj. Serving to condemn or censure. • CONDEMNATORY adj. serving to condemn. |
| CONTEMPORARY | • contemporary adj. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous. • contemporary adj. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). • contemporary n. Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. |
| COUNTRYWOMEN | • countrywomen n. Plural of countrywoman. • COUNTRYWOMAN n. a woman who is a compatriot. |
| CYNOMOLGUSES | • cynomolguses n. Plural of cynomolgus. • CYNOMOLGUS n. a type of macaque. |
| DUODENECTOMY | • duodenectomy n. (Surgery) resection of the duodenum. • DUODENECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the duodenum. |
| ECONOMICALLY | • economically adv. (Manner) In an economical manner; not wastefully; not extravagantly. • economically adv. (Domain) From the perspective of economics or an economy. • economically adv. (Theology) According to divine economy. |
| ETYMOLOGICON | • etymologicon n. A book of etymologies. • ETYMOLOGICON n. an etymological dictionary, also ETYMOLOGICUM. |
| GYNODIOECISM | • GYNODIOECISM n. the state of being gynodioecious. |
| HOMOCYSTEINE | • homocysteine n. (Biochemistry) An amino acid which is monitored in the blood to estimate risk of cardiovascular disease. • HOMOCYSTEINE n. a kind of amino acid. |
| HONEYCOMBING | • honeycombing v. Present participle of honeycomb. • honeycombing n. A honeycomb pattern or structure. • HONEYCOMBING n. honeycomb stitch. |
| MESOCYCLONES | • mesocyclones n. Plural of mesocyclone. • MESOCYCLONE n. a rapidly rotating air mass within a thunderstorm that often gives rise to a tornado. |
| MONOECIOUSLY | • MONOECIOUS adv. having separate male and female flowers on the same plant, also MONECIAN, MONECIOUS, MONOICOUS. |
| MONOPHYLETIC | • monophyletic adj. (Biology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms. • monophyletic adj. (Biology) Deriving from a single clade (monophylum). • monophyletic adj. (Biology) Descending from a single ancestral species. |
| MYRINGOSCOPE | • myringoscope n. A device for examining the eardrum. • MYRINGOSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the eardrum. |
| NONHEMOLYTIC | • nonhemolytic adj. Not hemolytic. • NONHEMOLYTIC adj. not hemolytic, also NONHAEMOLYTIC. |
| OLEANDOMYCIN | • oleandomycin n. (Pharmacology) A macrolide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces antibioticus. • OLEANDOMYCIN n. an antibiotic produced by a streptomyces. |