| CHEMOSTAT | • chemostat n. (Biochemistry) An apparatus for the continuous culture of microorganisms in a steady state. • chemostat v. (Chemistry) To keep the concentration of a chemical constant. • CHEMOSTAT n. an apparatus for growing cultures of bacteria etc. |
| ECTOTHERM | • ectotherm n. (Biology) An animal, such as an amphibian, fish, reptile, or arthropod, which has a limited ability… • ECTOTHERM n. a cold-blooded animal. |
| HAEMOSTAT | • haemostat n. (British spelling) A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding. • HAEMOSTAT n. an instrument for stopping bleeding, also HEMOSTAT. |
| HEMOSTATS | • hemostats n. Plural of hemostat. • HEMOSTAT n. an instrument for stopping bleeding, also HAEMOSTAT. |
| LITHOTOME | • lithotome n. (Surgery, archaic) An instrument used for cutting the bladder to remove a calculus; a cystotome. • lithotome n. A mineral resembling a cut gem, formed that way by nature. • LITHOTOME n. a stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art. |
| MECHITZOT | • mechitzot n. Plural of mechitza. • mechitzot n. Plural of mechitzah. • MECHITZA n. (Hebrew) a screen in a synagogue separating men and women. |
| METHODIST | • methodist n. One who follows a method. • methodist n. (History of science) One who limits the domain of science to that which can be investigated using the… • methodist n. Alternative form of Methodist. |
| METHOUGHT | • methought v. (Archaic) simple past tense and past participle of methinks. • METHINK v. it seems to me, also METHINKETH, METHINKS. |
| MONTEITHS | • monteiths n. Plural of monteith. • Monteiths prop.n. Plural of Monteith. • MONTEITH n. (Scots) a large 17th or 18th century bowl, usually of silver, for cooling punch glasses. |
| MOUTHIEST | • mouthiest adj. Superlative form of mouthy: most mouthy. • MOUTHY adj. outspoken, obstreperous. |
| MYTHOPOET | • mythopoet n. (Mythology) a writer of mythic poetry; a mythopoeic writer. • mythopoet n. A member of the mythopoetic men’s movement. • MYTHOPOET n. a mythmaker; a writer of poems on mythical subjects. |
| NOMOTHETE | • nomothete n. A lawgiver; a legislator. • nomothete n. A name giver. • NOMOTHETE n. a lawgiver. |
| SHTOOMEST | • SHTOOM adj. (Yiddish) silent, dumb, quiet, also SCHTOOM, SCHTUM, SHTUM, SHTUMM, STUMM. |
| SMOOTHEST | • smoothest adj. Superlative form of smooth: most smooth. • smoothest v. (Archaic) second-person singular simple present form of smooth. • SMOOTH adj. not rough. |
| THERMOSET | • thermoset n. A thermosetting plastic. • THERMOSET v. of resin or plastic, to set permanently after melting and moulding. |
| THERMOTIC | • thermotic adj. Of or relating to heat; produced by heat. • THERMOTIC adj. of or due to heat, also THERMOTICAL. |
| THYMOCYTE | • thymocyte n. A lymphocyte, produced in the thymus, that develops into a T cell. • THYMOCYTE n. a lymphocyte found in the thymus. |
| TIMOTHIES | • timothies n. Plural of timothy. • TIMOTHY n. a European grass. |
| TOOTHSOME | • toothsome adj. Delicious. • toothsome adj. (By extension of sense 1, and by analogy to slang tasty) Sexually attractive. • toothsome adj. Having a pleasing texture when bitten. |