| CONGLOMERATEUR | • conglomerateur n. (Business) One who forms conglomerates. • CONGLOMERATEUR n. a person who forms or heads a conglomerate. |
| CONTEMPTUOUSLY | • contemptuously adv. In a disrespectful or discourteous manner; condescendingly. • CONTEMPTUOUS adv. manifesting contempt. |
| CONTERMINOUSLY | • conterminously adv. In a conterminous manner. • CONTERMINOUS adv. sharing the same end; confined within a common boundary, also CONTERMINAL, CONTERMINANT, CONTERMINATE, COTERMINOUS. |
| CONTUMELIOUSLY | • contumeliously adv. In a contumelious, insolent manner. • CONTUMELIOUS adv. haughtily insolent. |
| DISCOLOURMENTS | • discolourments n. Plural of discolourment. • DISCOLOURMENT n. the act of discolouring, also DISCOLORMENT. |
| DISCOMBOBULATE | • discombobulate v. (Transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex. • DISCOMBOBULATE v. to throw into a state of confusion, also DISCOMBOBERATE. |
| MACROEVOLUTION | • macroevolution n. Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs… • MACROEVOLUTION n. evolution that results in relatively large and complex changes, as in species formation. |
| MELASTOMACEOUS | • melastomaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type. • MELASTOMACEOUS adj. belonging to a tropical family of plants related to the myrtles. |
| MICROEVOLUTION | • microevolution n. Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over… • MICROEVOLUTION n. comparatively minor evolutionary change involving the accumulation of variations in populations usually below the species level. |
| MONONUCLEOTIDE | • mononucleotide n. (Genetics) A single nucleotide. • MONONUCLEOTIDE n. a nucleotide that is derived from one molecule each of a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and a phosphoric acid. |
| MULTICOMPONENT | • multicomponent adj. Having, or affecting, multiple components. • multi-component adj. Alternative form of multicomponent. • MULTICOMPONENT adj. having many components. |
| MULTIPROCESSOR | • multiprocessor n. (Computer hardware) A computer that has multiple CPUs or execution units under an integrated control. • MULTIPROCESSOR n. a type of computer. |
| NONCOMBUSTIBLE | • noncombustible adj. That will not readily ignite and burn. • noncombustible n. (Mostly plural) Any substance that is not combustible. • NONCOMBUSTIBLE n. something that is not combustible. |
| ORTHOMOLECULAR | • orthomolecular adj. Relating to the theory that mental illness is the result of chemical deficiencies, and can be cured… • ORTHOMOLECULAR adj. relating to the theory that mental illness is chemical. |
| PHOTOLUMINESCE | • photoluminesce v. To exhibit photoluminescence. • PHOTOLUMINESCE v. to produce photoluminescence. |
| ULTRAMICROTOME | • ultramicrotome n. A microtome that cuts extremely thin slices of tissue, especially for use in electron microscopy. • ultramicrotome v. To cut into sections by means of an ultramicrotome. • ULTRAMICROTOME n. a microtome for cutting extremely thin sections for electron microscopy. |