| AFTERPARTY | • afterparty n. Alternative spelling of after-party. • after-party n. A party that happens after an official, often public, party or event. • AFTERPARTY n. a small party held after a larger event, such as a pop concert or film premiere, to which only a select group of guests is invited. |
| ASTROMETRY | • astrometry n. (Astronomy) The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the positions and motions of… • ASTROMETRY n. the art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes. |
| DETRACTORY | • detractory adj. (Now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory. • DETRACTORY adj. tending to detract, also DETRACTIVE. |
| ERYTHRITES | • erythrites n. Plural of erythrite. • ERYTHRITE n. a reddish hydrous arsenate of cobalt. |
| ERYTHRITIC | • erythritic adj. Of or relating to the mineral erythrite. • ERYTHRITIC adj. of or like erythrite, a reddish hydrous arsenate of cobalt. |
| ERYTHRITOL | • erythritol n. (Organic chemistry) A tetrahydric sugar alcohol (2R,3S)-butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol that occurs in some fruit;… • ERYTHRITOL n. a sweet crystalline compound extracted from certain algae and lichens and used in medicine to dilate the blood vessels of the heart. |
| FORGETTERY | • forgettery n. (Humorous) A poor memory that is inclined to forget things. • FORGETTERY n. (colloquial) a capacity for forgetting. |
| FRATERNITY | • fraternity n. The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood. • fraternity n. A group of people associated for a common purpose. • fraternity n. (US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters. |
| INTERPARTY | • interparty adj. Between political parties. • INTERPARTY adj. between parties. |
| PROTECTORY | • protectory n. A charitable institution dedicated to the support and protection of orphans or vulnerable children. • protectory adj. Acting as a protector; protective. • PROTECTORY n. an institution for destitute or delinquent children. |
| PROTERVITY | • protervity n. (Rare) wantonness; waywardness; petulance; peevishness. • PROTERVITY n. peevishness. |
| PYRRHOTITE | • pyrrhotite n. (Mineralogy) A weakly magnetic ferrous sulfide mineral, FeS. • PYRRHOTITE n. magnetic pyrites, an iron sulphide, often containing nickel, also PYRRHOTINE. |
| TORTUREDLY | • torturedly adv. In a tortured manner. • TORTURED adv. TORTURE, to subject to severe physical pain. |
| TRAJECTORY | • trajectory n. The path an object takes as it moves. • trajectory n. (Astronomy, space science) The path of a body as it travels through space. • trajectory n. (Cybernetics) The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution. |
| TRIHYDRATE | • trihydrate n. (Chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains three molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell. • TRIHYDRATE n. a substance that contains three molecules of water. |
| TYPEWRITER | • typewriter n. A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed… • typewriter n. (Archaic) One who uses a typewriter; a typist. • typewriter n. (US, dated, slang) A machine gun or submachine gun (from the noise it makes when firing). |
| VRYSTATERS | • VRYSTATER n. (South African) a native inhabitant of the Free State, esp. one who is White. |