| CORDOTOMY | • cordotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure for selectively disabling pain-conducting nerve paths in the spinal… • CORDOTOMY n. the surgical division of a bundle of nerve fibres in the spinal cord, also CHORDOTOMY. |
| DOGMATORY | • dogmatory adj. (Archaic) dogmatic; opinionated. • DOGMATORY adj. relating to dogma, a settled opinion, a principle or belief. |
| DOOMSAYER | • doomsayer n. One who makes dire predictions about the future; one who predicts doom. • DOOMSAYER n. one who prophesies doom, also DOOMSDAYER. |
| DORMITORY | • dormitory n. A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often… • dormitory n. A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use… • dormitory n. A dormitory town. |
| DYNAMOTOR | • dynamotor n. A device for converting electrical power to another form. • DYNAMOTOR n. a kind of electrical machine. |
| HODOMETRY | • hodometry n. (Nautical) Obsolete form of odometry. • HODOMETRY n. the measurement of distance by use of a hodometer, also ODOMETRY. |
| HYDROSOMA | • hydrosoma n. (Biology) The entire organism of any hydrozoon. • HYDROSOMA n. all the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, also HYDROSOME. |
| HYDROSOME | • hydrosome n. (Biology) A colony of hydrozoans considered as a single organism. • HYDROSOME n. all the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, also HYDROSOMA. |
| IODOMETRY | • iodometry n. (Chemistry) An analytical technique that uses the sudden disappearance (or appearance) of iodine to… • IODOMETRY n. a procedure for determining the amount of iodine present in a substance. |
| IRIDOTOMY | • iridotomy n. (Surgery) The removal of part of the iris. • IRIDOTOMY n. surgical removal of the iris. |
| LOXODROMY | • loxodromy n. The science of loxodromics. • LOXODROMY n. the art of sailing along rhumb-lines. |
| MOOSEYARD | • mooseyard n. A winter feeding-ground formed by moose trampling the snow. • MOOSEYARD n. an area where a moose treads down the snow and spends the winter. |
| MYRIOPODS | • myriopods n. Plural of myriopod. • MYRIOPOD n. a millepede or centipede, also MYRIAPOD. |