| 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. |
| 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. |
| CYTOMETER | • cytometer n. A graduated microscope slide or similar small vessel used for counting or measuring cells. • cytometer n. An automated device used for the same purpose. • CYTOMETER n. an instrument for counting cells. |
| CYTOMETRY | • cytometry n. (Biology) The measurement or the counting and classification of cells. • CYTOMETRY n. the counting of cells. |
| EMOTIVITY | • emotivity n. The condition of being emotive. • EMOTIVITY n. emotiveness. |
| MOTLEYEST | • MOTLEY adj. diversified in colour, multicoloured. |
| 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. |
| OPTOMETRY | • optometry n. The art and science of vision and eye care. • OPTOMETRY n. the science of vision and eye-care. |
| OSTEOTOMY | • osteotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting a bone. This is often performed to either lengthen, shorten… • OSTEOTOMY n. the dissection or anatomy of bones. |
| STORYTIME | • storytime n. The time at which a story is told. • STORYTIME n. a time set aside for the telling of stories. |
| TESTIMONY | • testimony n. (Law) Statements made by a witness in court. • testimony n. An account of first-hand experience. • testimony n. (Religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one’s conversion… |
| TEXTONYMS | • textonyms n. Plural of textonym. • TEXTONYM n. one of several words that may be keyed into a mobile phone by pressing the same sequence of buttons. |
| THYMOCYTE | • thymocyte n. A lymphocyte, produced in the thymus, that develops into a T cell. • THYMOCYTE n. a lymphocyte found in the thymus. |
| TONOMETRY | • tonometry n. The measurement of tension or pressure. • TONOMETRY n. the act of measuring with a tonometer, an instrument used to measure the pitch of musical tones. |
| 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. |
| TUBECTOMY | • tubectomy n. (Surgery) salpingectomy. • TUBECTOMY n. the surgical cutting or removal of the Fallopian tubes. |
| TYLECTOMY | • tylectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst, especially from the breast; a lumpectomy. • TYLECTOMY n. the surgical removal of a lump, esp. in the breast, aka lumpectomy. |
| UTEROTOMY | • uterotomy n. Surgical incision into the uterus. • UTEROTOMY n. surgical removal of the womb. |