| ACCOUPLEMENT | • accouplement n. (Rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union. • accouplement n. (Rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace. • ACCOUPLEMENT n. a timber joist or beam that serves as a tie or support. |
| AUTOCOMPLETE | • autocomplete v. (Computing) To complete automatically. • autocomplete n. (Computing) A software feature that predicts the rest of a word a user is typing. • AUTOCOMPLETE n. a software feature that predicts which words the user is typing and completes them automatically. |
| COMPUTERLESS | • computerless adj. Without a computer. • COMPUTERLESS adj. without a computer. |
| COMPUTERLIKE | • computerlike adj. Having some similarity to a computer. • COMPUTERLIKE adj. like a computer. |
| DEUTEROPLASM | • deuteroplasm n. Synonym of deutoplasm. • DEUTEROPLASM n. the food material, such as yolk or fat, within an egg or cell. |
| LUMPECTOMIES | • lumpectomies n. Plural of lumpectomy. • LUMPECTOMY n. the surgical removal of a lump, esp. in the breast, aka tylectomy. |
| NONPETROLEUM | • nonpetroleum adj. (Of fuel) Not petroleum-based, not containing petroleum. • NONPETROLEUM adj. not derived from petroleum. |
| OUTPLACEMENT | • outplacement n. The process of helping to find new employment for redundant workers, especially executives. • OUTPLACEMENT n. the process of easing unwanted or unneeded executives out of a company by providing company-paid assistance in finding them new jobs. |
| PAMPELMOUSES | • pampelmouses n. Plural of pampelmouse. • PAMPELMOUSE n. (Dutch) the shaddock or grapefruit, also PAMPELMOOSE, POMELO, POMPELMOOSE, POMPELMOUS, POMPELMOUSE, POMPELO, PUMELO, PUMMELO. |
| PHLEGMAGOGUE | • phlegmagogue n. (Obsolete) Any medicine supposed to expel phlegm. • PHLEGMAGOGUE n. a phlegm-expelling drug. |
| PLEUROTOMIES | • pleurotomies n. Plural of pleurotomy. • PLEUROTOMY n. incision into the pleura. |
| PLUVIOMETERS | • pluviometers n. Plural of pluviometer. • PLUVIOMETER n. a device for recording rainfall. |
| POMPELMOUSES | • pompelmouses n. Plural of pompelmous. • pompelmouses n. Plural of pompelmouse. • POMPELMOUSE n. (Dutch) the shaddock or grapefruit, also PAMPELMOOSE, PAMPELMOUSE, POMELO, POMPELMOOSE, POMPELMOUS, POMPELO, PUMELO, PUMMELO. |
| PREFORMULATE | • preformulate v. To formulate (a pharmaceutical drug) in advance of general availability. • PREFORMULATE v. to formulate in advance. |
| PSEUDOCOELOM | • pseudocoelom n. Synonym of pseudocoel. |
| SOMATOPLEURE | • somatopleure n. (Embryology) A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop. • SOMATOPLEURE n. a cellular sheet in some vertebrates that develops into the internal body wall. |
| SUPERPOLYMER | • superpolymer n. (Chemistry, dated) Any aliphatic polyester. • SUPERPOLYMER n. a superior polymer. |
| THERMOCOUPLE | • thermocouple n. (Physics) A transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is… • THERMOCOUPLE n. a pair of different metals in contact giving a thermoelectric current. |
| UNEMPLOYABLE | • unemployable adj. Not employable. • unemployable n. An individual who is not suited to employment. • UNEMPLOYABLE adj. not acceptable for employment. |
| UNEMPLOYMENT | • unemployment n. The state of having no job; joblessness. • unemployment n. The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy. • unemployment n. The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce. |