| ANTHROPOMETRIST | • anthropometrist n. A practitioner of anthropometry. • ANTHROPOMETRIST n. one who engages in the comparative study of sizes and proportions of the human body. |
| ANTITHEORETICAL | • antitheoretical adj. Opposing theory. • ANTITHEORETICAL adj. opposed to the theoretical. |
| CATHETERISATION | • catheterisation n. Alternative spelling of catheterization. • CATHETERISATION n. the process of catheterising, also CATHETERIZATION. |
| CATHETERIZATION | • catheterization n. The procedure of introducing a catheter. • CATHETERIZATION n. the use of or introduction of a catheter (as in or into the bladder, trachea, or heart), also CATHETERISATION. |
| CHEMOATTRACTANT | • chemoattractant n. A substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. • CHEMOATTRACTANT n. a chemical which provokes a chemotactic movement of e.g. cells or bacteria towards its area of highest concentration. |
| EARTHSHATTERING | • earthshattering adj. Earthshaking. • earth-shattering adj. Alternative spelling of earthshattering. • EARTHSHATTERING adj. of great importance or consequence. |
| ENTEROHEPATITIS | • enterohepatitis n. Combined inflammation of the intestines and the liver. • ENTEROHEPATITIS n. an infectious disease of turkeys and some wildfowl that is caused by a protozoan, aka blackhead. |
| ETHNOCENTRICITY | • ethnocentricity n. The quality of being ethnocentric. • ETHNOCENTRICITY n. the state of being ethnocentric, also ETHNOCENTRISM. |
| STREPTOTHRICINS | • streptothricins n. Plural of streptothricin. • STREPTOTHRICIN n. any of a group of related basic antibiotics produced by a streptomyces and active esp. against bacteria. |
| TECHNOSTRUCTURE | • technostructure n. A corporate structure including technicians or other skilled professionals. • TECHNOSTRUCTURE n. the network of professionally skilled managers (as scientists, engineers, and administrators) that tends to control the economy both within and beyond individual corporate groups. |
| TECTIBRANCHIATE | • tectibranchiate adj. (Zoology, obsolete) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or relating to the former order Tectibranchiata. • tectibranchiate n. Any tectibranchiate mollusk. • TECTIBRANCHIATE adj. of a like a tectibranch, any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |
| TETRABRANCHIATE | • tetrabranchiate adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Tetrabranchiata; having four gills. • tetrabranchiate n. (Zoology) Any of the Tetrabranchiata. • TETRABRANCHIATE n. any mollusc belonging to the Tetrabranchia, with four gills. |
| THIRTYSOMETHING | • thirtysomething n. A tricenarian: a person in their thirties, a person aged between 30 and 39 years (inclusive). • thirtysomething adj. Between 30 and 39 years of age. • thirtysomething adj. Between 30 and 39 in number. |
| TRAINSPOTTERISH | • trainspotterish adj. (Informal) Like a trainspotter; obsessively nerdy. • TRAINSPOTTERISH adj. obsessed with trivial details, esp. of a subject generally considered uninteresting. |
| TRUSTWORTHINESS | • trustworthiness n. The state or quality of being trustworthy or reliable. • TRUSTWORTHINESS n. the state of being trustworthy. |
| UNAUTHORITATIVE | • unauthoritative adj. Not authoritative. • UNAUTHORITATIVE adj. not authoritative. |