| COENOSTEUMS | • COENOSTEUM n. the calcareous skeleton of a coral colony. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| LEUCOTOMIES | • leucotomies n. Plural of leucotomy. • LEUCOTOMY n. a surgical scission of the fibres between the frontal lobes of the brain and the thalamus to relieve cases of severe schizophrenia, also LEUKOTOMY. |
| LEUKOTOMIES | • leukotomies n. Plural of leukotomy. • LEUKOTOMY n. a surgical scission of the fibres between the frontal lobes of the brain and the thalamus to relieve cases of severe schizophrenia, also LEUCOTOMY. |
| 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. |
| OPENMOUTHED | • openmouthed adj. Alternative form of open-mouthed. • open-mouthed adj. (Obsolete) Talkative; eager to speak. • open-mouthed adj. With the mouth open. |
| OUTCOMPETED | • outcompeted v. Simple past tense and past participle of outcompete. • OUTCOMPETE v. to surpass in competing. |
| OUTCOMPETES | • outcompetes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outcompete. • OUTCOMPETE v. to surpass in competing. |
| OVERMOUNTED | • overmounted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overmount. • OVERMOUNT v. to rise above. |
| TORTURESOME | • torturesome adj. Characterised or marked by torture; torturous. • TORTURESOME adj. torturous. |
| TROUBLESOME | • troublesome adj. Causing trouble or anxiety. • TROUBLESOME adj. causing trouble. |
| UNEMOTIONED | • unemotioned adj. Impassive. • UNEMOTIONED adj. without emotion. |
| 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. |