| CEREMONIOUS | • ceremonious adj. Fond of ceremony, ritual or strict etiquette; punctilious. • ceremonious adj. Characterized by ceremony or rigid formality. • CEREMONIOUS adj. devoted to forms and ceremony. |
| COENAMOURED | • COENAMOUR v. to enamour jointly, also COENAMOR. |
| COULOMETERS | • coulometers n. Plural of coulometer. • COULOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the amount of a substance released in electrolysis, also COULOMBMETER. |
| COUNTERMEMO | • countermemo n. A memo in reply to, and opposing, another memo. • COUNTERMEMO n. a memo made in contradiction of another. |
| COUNTERMOVE | • countermove n. A move in opposition or response to a preceding move. • countermove v. To move in opposition or in retaliation. • COUNTERMOVE v. to make a move in return. |
| FLUOROMETER | • fluorometer n. An instrument used to detect and measure fluorescence. • FLUOROMETER n. an instrument for measuring fluorescence, also FLUORIMETER. |
| HOMEOMEROUS | • homeomerous adj. (Archaic) Alternative form of homoeomerous. • HOMEOMEROUS adj. having all the somites alike, also HOMEOMERIC, HOMOEOMERIC, HOMOEOMEROUS, HOMOIOMEROUS. |
| HOUSEMOTHER | • housemother n. A woman employed in a residence for young people, to look after them. • HOUSEMOTHER n. a woman in charge of children in an institution. |
| METOESTROUS | • METOESTROUS adj. relating to the metoestrus, the period in the oestrous cycle following oestrus, characterized by lack of sexual activity, also METESTROUS. |
| MOTHERHOUSE | • motherhouse n. The monastery from which the other ’houses’ of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly)… • motherhouse n. The convent which is the seat (and often the above original foundation) of the superior of an order… • MOTHERHOUSE n. the convent in which the superior of a religious community resides. |
| NEUROTOMIES | • neurotomies n. Plural of neurotomy. • NEUROTOMY n. the dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system. |
| OVERCONSUME | • overconsume v. To consume too much. • OVERCONSUME v. to consume to excess. |
| OVERMOUNTED | • overmounted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overmount. • OVERMOUNT v. to rise above. |
| PLEIOMEROUS | • pleiomerous adj. (Botany, of a flower) having a greater than normal number of parts. • PLEIOMEROUS adj. of a floral whorl, having more than the normal number of parts. |
| TORTURESOME | • torturesome adj. Characterised or marked by torture; torturous. • TORTURESOME adj. torturous. |
| TROUBLESOME | • troublesome adj. Causing trouble or anxiety. • TROUBLESOME adj. causing trouble. |
| UTEROTOMIES | • uterotomies n. Plural of uterotomy. • UTEROTOMY n. surgical removal of the womb. |
| VOLUMOMETER | • volumometer n. (Physics) A device for measuring the volume of a solid by means of the pressure difference in a confined… • VOLUMOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the volume of a solid body by the quantity of fluid it displaces. |