| ASYMMETRY | • asymmetry n. Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such… • asymmetry n. The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability. • ASYMMETRY n. lack of symmetry. |
| ATMOMETRY | • atmometry n. The measurement of the rate of evaporation of a liquid. • ATMOMETRY n. measurement by atmometer, an instrument for measuring evaporating capacity of air. |
| EMBAYMENT | • embayment n. A bay. (the water) • embayment n. The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water) • embayment n. A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment. |
| EMPYEMATA | • empyemata n. Plural of empyema. • EMPYEMA n. (Greek) a collection of pus in a body cavity. |
| ENTHYMEME | • enthymeme n. A by and large statement, a maxim, an argument that is intended to be generally true and not apply to… • enthymeme n. (Logic) A syllogism with a required but unstated assumption. • ENTHYMEME n. an argument of probability only. |
| IMMENSITY | • immensity n. The state or characteristic of being immense. • immensity n. An immense object. • IMMENSITY n. the quality of being immense. |
| IMMODESTY | • immodesty n. The state of being immodest; a lack of modesty. • IMMODESTY n. lack of modesty. |
| MANOMETRY | • manometry n. (Physics) The measurement of pressure using a manometer. • MANOMETRY n. the measurement of the pressure of fluids. |
| METAXYLEM | • metaxylem n. (Biology) The part of xylem, developing after protoxylem, that has larger cells and vessels. • METAXYLEM n. a part of the primary xylem. |
| METONYMIC | • metonymic adj. Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a… • metonymic n. Synonym of metonym, an instance of metonymy. • METONYMIC adj. relating to a metonym, a word used in metonymy, also METONYMICAL. |
| MOMENTANY | • momentany adj. (Obsolete) Momentary, transient. • MOMENTANY adj. (Shakespeare) momentary. |
| MOMENTARY | • momentary adj. Lasting for only a moment. • momentary adj. Happening at every moment; perpetual. • momentary adj. Ephemeral or relatively short-lived. |
| MYCETOMAS | • mycetomas n. Plural of mycetoma. • MYCETOMA n. a chronic fungus infection leading to nodules that discharge oily pus. |
| MYELOMATA | • myelomata n. Plural of myeloma. • MYELOMA n. (Greek) a tumour of the bone marrow. |
| MYTHMAKER | • mythmaker n. A person who originates a myth. • MYTHMAKER n. a maker of myths. |
| MYTHOMANE | • mythomane n. Someone who suffers from mythomania. • MYTHOMANE n. someone who is prone to lie or believe in lies. |
| OSMOMETRY | • osmometry n. (Physics, chemistry) The measurement of osmotic pressure. • OSMOMETRY n. the use of an osmometer, an instrument for measuring osmotic pressure. |
| SYMMETRAL | • symmetral adj. (Obsolete) commensurable; symmetrical. • SYMMETRAL adj. of symmetry. |
| SYMMETRIC | • symmetric adj. Symmetrical. • symmetric adj. (Set theory) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRy if and only if yRx for all members x and y of… • symmetric adj. (Cryptography) Using the same key (or keys that are trivially related) for both encryption and decryption. |
| ZYMOMETER | • zymometer n. An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids… • ZYMOMETER n. an instrument for measuring fermentation. |