| CLOSEMOUTHED | • closemouthed adj. Reticent, secretive or uncommunicative. • CLOSEMOUTHED adj. cautious in speaking. |
| CONDOLEMENTS | • condolements n. Plural of condolement. • CONDOLEMENT n. (Shakespeare) the act of condoling. |
| CORDECTOMIES | • cordectomies n. Plural of cordectomy. • CORDECTOMY n. the surgical removal of a vocal cord. |
| DECOMPOSITES | • decomposites n. Plural of decomposite. • DECOMPOSITE n. a composite element that is itself composed of other elements. |
| DEMONOLATERS | • demonolaters n. Plural of demonolater. • DEMONOLATER n. a worshipper of demons. |
| DEUTEROSTOME | • deuterostome n. (Zoology) Any animal, of the subphylum Deuterostomia, in which the initial pore formed during gastrulation… • DEUTEROSTOME n. any of a major division of the animal kingdom that includes the bilaterally symmetrical animals. |
| DIOPTOMETERS | • dioptometers n. Plural of dioptometer. • DIOPTOMETER n. an instrument for measuring ocular refraction. |
| ENDOSMOMETER | • endosmometer n. An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action. • ENDOSMOMETER n. an instrument for measuring osmosis into a solution. |
| ETYMOLOGISED | • etymologised v. Simple past tense and past participle of etymologise. • ETYMOLOGISE v. to trace or suggest an etymology for, also ETYMOLOGIZE. |
| FEMTOSECONDS | • femtoseconds n. Plural of femtosecond. • FEMTOSECOND n. one quadrillionth part of a second. |
| HEADFOREMOST | • headforemost adv. Headfirst. • HEADFOREMOST adv. headfirst. |
| HYDROMETEORS | • hydrometeors n. Plural of hydrometeor. • HYDROMETEOR n. a general term for the aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, sleet, hail. |
| ODORIMETRIES | • ODORIMETRY n. the measurement of the strength and persistence of odours. |
| OSTEODERMOUS | • OSTEODERMOUS adj. of or like an osteoderm, also OSTEODERMAL, OSTEODERMATOUS, OSTEODERMIC. |
| OUTMODEDNESS | • outmodedness n. The condition of being outmoded. • OUTMODEDNESS n. the state of being outmoded. |
| OVERMODESTLY | • overmodestly adv. With excessive modesty. • OVERMODEST adv. modest to excess. |
| SEXTODECIMOS | • sextodecimos n. Plural of sextodecimo. • SEXTODECIMO n. a book size 5 5/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (abbreviated as 16mo.), also SIXTEENMO. |