| ASYMPTOTE | • asymptote n. (Mathematical analysis) A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely as it goes to infinity… • asymptote n. (By extension, figuratively) Anything which comes near to but never meets something else. • asymptote v. (Mathematical analysis) To approach, but never quite touch, a straight line, as something goes to infinity. |
| COMPETENT | • competent adj. Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications. • competent adj. (Law) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question. • competent adj. Adequate for the purpose. |
| CONTEMPTS | • contempts n. Plural of contempt. • CONTEMPT n. scorn. |
| EPITOMIST | • epitomist n. One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer. • EPITOMIST n. one who makes an epitome, also EPITOMIZER. |
| IMPOTENTS | • impotents n. Plural of impotent. • IMPOTENT n. one who is impotent. |
| MONOPTOTE | • monoptote n. (Grammar, obsolete) A noun which only occurs in one case. • MONOPTOTE n. a noun that has one grammatical case only. |
| 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. |
| OPTIMATES | • optimates n. Plural of optimate. • OPTIMATE n. a member of the aristocracy. |
| OPTOMETER | • optometer n. An instrument for measuring the focus of the lens of the eye. • OPTOMETER n. an instrument for testing vision. |
| OPTOMETRY | • optometry n. The art and science of vision and eye care. • OPTOMETRY n. the science of vision and eye-care. |
| PALMETTOS | • palmettos n. Plural of palmetto. • PALMETTO n. (Spanish) any of various usually small and sometimes stemless fan palms. |
| POTOMETER | • potometer n. A device used for measuring the rate of water uptake of a leafy shoot due to photosynthesis and transpiration. • POTOMETER n. an instrument measuring the rate at which plants absorb water. |
| PROMPTEST | • promptest adj. Superlative form of prompt: most prompt. • PROMPT adj. done without delay. |
| STOMPIEST | • stompiest adj. Superlative form of stompy: most stompy. • STOMPY adj. conducive to stomping the feet. |
| TOPECTOMY | • topectomy n. (Surgery) The excision of parts of the frontal cortex of the brain, typically for the relief of epilepsy. • TOPECTOMY n. (obsolete) the excision of the top part of the cerebral cortex as a cure for mental illness. |
| TOPOMETRY | • topometry n. (Chiefly medicine) Any of various imaging or surveying techniques in which the three-dimensional positions… • TOPOMETRY n. the measurement of the surface features of a region. |