| BELEMNITES | • belemnites n. Plural of belemnite. • BELEMNITE n. a fossil pointed like a dart, being the internal shell of a cephalopod mollusc. |
| CEILOMETER | • ceilometer n. A device that measures the altitude of the cloud base, especially above an airfield. • CEILOMETER n. an instrument for measuring height of cloud ceiling above earth. |
| CLEMENTINE | • clementine n. A type of small, sweet orange, the result of a cross between a tangerine and Seville orange. • Clementine adj. Of or relating to Clement, especially to Pope Clement I and the spurious homilies attributed to him… • Clementine prop.n. A female given name from Latin borrowed from French Clémentine in the 19th century. |
| DEFILEMENT | • defilement n. The act of defiling. • defilement n. The state of being defiled. • defilement n. (Military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering… |
| EPIMELETIC | • epimeletic adj. (Biology) Relating to altruistic behaviour towards an injured animal. • EPIMELETIC adj. of a type of social behaviour in which the young are cared for by other individuals of the same species e.g. worker bees. |
| EXILEMENTS | • exilements n. Plural of exilement. • EXILEMENT n. banishment. |
| GENTEELISM | • genteelism n. Genteel behaviour. • genteelism n. (Countable) A nicer word used instead of a vulgar or distasteful word. • GENTEELISM n. being genteel. |
| HELIOMETER | • heliometer n. An astronomical instrument, based on a telescope, for measuring the diameter of the sun; now used to… • HELIOMETER n. instrument for measuring apparent diameter of the sun. |
| HELMETLIKE | • helmetlike adj. Resembling a helmet. • HELMETLIKE adj. like a helmet. |
| MESITYLENE | • mesitylene n. (Organic chemistry) The aromatic hydrocarbon 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene that is present in coal tar and… • MESITYLENE n. a colourless liquid that occurs in crude petroleum; 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene. |
| MILEOMETER | • mileometer n. Alternative form of milometer. • MILEOMETER n. an instrument that records the number of miles that a vehicle, etc. has travelled, also MILOMETER. |
| PELVIMETER | • pelvimeter n. An instrument for measuring the pelvis. • PELVIMETER n. an instrument for measuring the pelvis. |
| PLEXIMETER | • pleximeter n. (Medicine) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with the body… • PLEXIMETER n. a small plate to receive the tap in examination by percussion, also PLESSIMETER. |
| RESILEMENT | • resilement n. Resilience. • RESILEMENT n. the act of resiling. |
| REVILEMENT | • revilement n. The act of reviling. • REVILEMENT n. the act of reviling. |
| SMELTERIES | • smelteries n. Plural of smeltery. • SMELTERY n. a place for smelting. |
| TELEMETRIC | • telemetric adj. Of or pertaining to telemetry. • TELEMETRIC adj. relating to a telemeter. |