| BOTTLENECKS | • bottlenecks n. Plural of bottleneck. • bottlenecks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottleneck. • BOTTLENECK v. to slow down or impede by creating an obstruction. |
| DEUTEROTOKY | • deuterotoky n. The production of both male and female offspring by parthenogenesis. • DEUTEROTOKY n. parthenogenesis in which both males and females are produced. |
| FETTERLOCKS | • fetterlocks n. Plural of fetterlock. • FETTERLOCK n. a shackle for a horse, as a design on a shield. |
| HEATSTROKES | • heatstrokes n. Plural of heatstroke. • heat␣strokes n. Plural of heat stroke. • HEATSTROKE n. a condition marked esp. by cessation of sweating, extremely high body temperature, and collapse that results from prolonged exposure to high temperature. |
| HETEROKONTS | • heterokonts n. Plural of heterokont. • HETEROKONT n. a kind of yellow-green alga, also HETEROCONT. |
| KERATECTOMY | • keratectomy n. (Surgery) An operation that removes part of the cornea, as in keratomileusis. • KERATECTOMY n. surgical incision of the cornea. |
| KERATOMETER | • keratometer n. Ophthalmometer. • KERATOMETER n. an instrument for measuring curvature of the cornea. |
| KETOSTEROID | • ketosteroid n. (Organic chemistry) Any steroid having a ketone functional group. • KETOSTEROID n. a steroid, such as cortisone or estrone, containing a ketone group. |
| NETHERSTOCK | • netherstock n. A stocking. • netherstock n. (Historical) A 16th-century stocking reaching above the knee and worn with upperstocks. • NETHERSTOCK n. (obsolete) a stocking. |
| RETROROCKET | • retrorocket n. A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion. • RETROROCKET n. a rocket whose function is to slow down, fired in a direction opposite to that in which a body, e.g. a spacecraft or an artificial satellite, is travelling. |
| STAKTOMETER | • STAKTOMETER n. a pipette with a hollow bulb in the middle for counting drops, also STACTOMETER. |
| STOCKINETTE | • stockinette n. Alternative form of stockinet. • STOCKINETTE n. an elastic knitted fabric for undergarments, etc., also STOCKINET. |
| TENTERHOOKS | • tenterhooks n. Plural of tenterhook. • tenter␣hooks n. Plural of tenter hook. • TENTERHOOK n. a sharp, hooked nail to fasten cloth to a tenter. |
| THELYTOKIES | • THELYTOKY n. the parthenogenetic production of females only. |
| TRESTLEWORK | • trestlework n. A system of trestles, especially one used to support a bridge. • TRESTLEWORK n. a system of connected trestles supporting a structure (as a railroad bridge). |