| COMPATRIOTIC | • compatriotic adj. Of or relating to compatriots. • COMPATRIOTIC adj. of or like a compatriot. |
| COMPETITIONS | • competitions n. Plural of competition. • COMPETITION n. the act of competing. |
| COMPOTATIONS | • compotations n. Plural of compotation. • COMPOTATION n. an act of carousing in company. |
| COMPUTATIONS | • computations n. Plural of computation. • COMPUTATION n. the act or action of computing. |
| LEPTOSOMATIC | • leptosomatic adj. Having a tall, thin body. • leptosomatic n. A person having this body type; a leptosome. • LEPTOSOMATIC adj. like a leptosome, of slender build, also LEPTOSOMIC. |
| METABOTROPIC | • metabotropic adj. Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g… • METABOTROPIC adj. describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation). |
| OPTOMETRICAL | • optometrical adj. Of or pertaining to optometry. • OPTOMETRICAL adj. relating to optometry, also OPTOMETRIC. |
| OUTCOMPETING | • outcompeting v. Present participle of outcompete. • OUTCOMPETE v. to surpass in competing. |
| PHOTOCHEMIST | • photochemist n. (Chemistry) A chemist whose speciality is photochemistry. • PHOTOCHEMIST n. a practitioner of photochemistry. |
| PHOTOTHERMIC | • photothermic adj. Relating to both light and heat. • PHOTOTHERMIC adj. of or concerned with light and heat, esp. the production of heat by light, also PHOTOTHERMAL. |
| POSTROMANTIC | • postromantic adj. Of the era following the romantic era (approximately 1880 to 1914). • post-romantic adj. Alternative spelling of postromantic. • post␣romantic adj. Alternative spelling of postromantic. |
| SOMATOTROPIC | • somatotropic adj. (Physiology) That stimulates body growth. • SOMATOTROPIC adj. promoting bodily growth, also SOMATOTROPHIC. |
| THERMOTROPIC | • thermotropic adj. (Biology, of a plant) Tending to move towards or away from a source of heat. • thermotropic adj. (Physics, of a liquid crystal) Exhibiting different phases at different temperatures. • THERMOTROPIC adj. bending towards or away from a heat source. |
| THIGMOTROPIC | • thigmotropic adj. (Biology) Relating to thigmotropism. • THIGMOTROPIC adj. showing thigmotropism, i.e. response to direct contact with a surface. |