| ERYTHRONIUM | • erythronium n. A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet. • erythronium n. (Obsolete) An early proposed name for vanadium. • Erythronium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae – the fawnlilies. |
| EURYPTEROID | • eurypteroid adj. (Paleontology) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eurypterus. • EURYPTEROID adj. like a member of the Eurypterida, a fossil order of scorpion-like aquatic animals. • EURYPTEROID n. a eurypterid. |
| EXPURGATORY | • expurgatory adj. Serving to expurgate. • EXPURGATORY adj. tending to expurgate or purify, also EXPURGATORIAL. |
| FLUORIMETRY | • fluorimetry n. (Chemistry, physics) fluorescence spectroscopy. • FLUORIMETRY n. measurement by fluorimeter, also FLUOROMETRY. |
| FLUOROMETRY | • fluorometry n. (Chemistry, physics) An analytical technique that uses fluorescence to detect and identify small samples… • FLUOROMETRY n. measurement by fluorometer, also FLUORIMETRY. |
| GROTESQUERY | • grotesquery n. Alternative form of grotesquerie. • GROTESQUERY n. grotesque objects collectively; grotesque quality, also GROTESQUERIE. |
| NEUROTROPHY | • neurotrophy n. (Biology) The nutrition and metabolism of tissues regulated by nerves. • NEUROTROPHY n. nutrition of the nervous system; the influence of the nervous system on nutrition. |
| PERFUNCTORY | • perfunctory adj. Done only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty. • perfunctory adj. Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote. • PERFUNCTORY adj. characterized by routine or superficiality, mechanical. |
| PERSECUTORY | • persecutory adj. Of or relating to persecution. • PERSECUTORY adj. having the nature of persecution, also PERSECUTIVE. |
| PURPORTEDLY | • purportedly adv. Allegedly, ostensibly, supposedly, putatively, or reputedly. • PURPORTED adv. PURPORT, to profess or proclaim. |
| REQUISITORY | • requisitory adj. Sought for; demanded. • REQUISITORY n. in law, a demand made by a prosecutor that a sentence be passed on an accused, giving the reasons. |
| RESTITUTORY | • restitutory adj. Of or pertaining to restitution. • RESTITUTORY adj. serving to restitute. |
| RETRIBUTORY | • retributory adj. Of or relating to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment. • RETRIBUTORY adj. relating to retribution. |
| SUPERIORITY | • superiority n. The state of being superior. • superiority n. (Scotland, law, historical) The right which the superior enjoys in the land held by the vassal. • SUPERIORITY n. the state of being superior. |
| UNBROTHERLY | • unbrotherly adj. Not brotherly; not befitting a brother. • UNBROTHERLY adj. not brotherly. |
| UNDERSTOREY | • understorey n. Alternative spelling of understory. • UNDERSTOREY n. the smaller trees and bushes forming a lower level beneath the forest canopy, also UNDERSTORY. |
| VERRUCOSITY | • verrucosity n. The condition of being verrucose. • VERRUCOSITY n. the state of being verrucose, covered with warty elevations. |
| YTTRIFEROUS | • yttriferous adj. Containing or producing yttrium. • YTTRIFEROUS adj. (Swedish) of an ore, bearing yttrium. |