| BLOODLETTING | • bloodletting n. (Historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to… • bloodletting n. (By extension) The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect. • bloodletting n. A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence. |
| DEONTOLOGIST | • deontologist n. (Ethics) A philosopher or other thinker who advocates or employs a deontological approach to ethics. • DEONTOLOGIST n. a student of deontology. |
| ENTOMOLOGIST | • entomologist n. A scientist who studies insects. • ENTOMOLOGIST n. one who studies insects. |
| ETHNOLOGISTS | • ethnologists n. Plural of ethnologist. • ETHNOLOGIST n. a student of ethnology. |
| EXCOGITATION | • excogitation n. Careful thought or consideration. • EXCOGITATION n. the act of excogitating. |
| GEOBOTANISTS | • geobotanists n. Plural of geobotanist. • GEOBOTANIST n. a student of geobotany. |
| GEOTECTONICS | • geotectonics n. Tectonics, structural geology; the study of the structure of the Earth, especially of the formation… • GEOTECTONICS n. structural geology. |
| INTERROGATOR | • interrogator n. One who interrogates; a person who asks questions; a questioner. • interrogator n. A device that requests data from another device. • INTERROGATOR n. one that interrogates. |
| NEGOTIATIONS | • negotiations n. Plural of negotiation. • NEGOTIATION n. the act of negotiating. |
| NEMATOLOGIST | • nematologist n. One who studies nematology. • NEMATOLOGIST n. a student of nematodes. |
| ORTHOGENETIC | • orthogenetic adj. Of or pertaining to orthogenesis / orthogenetics. • ORTHOGENETIC adj. pertaining to correction of children's mental defects. |
| OSTEOGENETIC | • osteogenetic adj. (Physiology) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone. • OSTEOGENETIC adj. relating to the formation of bone, also OSTEOGENIC. |
| OUTCOMPETING | • outcompeting v. Present participle of outcompete. • OUTCOMPETE v. to surpass in competing. |
| OVERPLOTTING | • overplotting v. Present participle of overplot. • overplotting n. The plotting of data on top of a previous plot. • OVERPLOTTING n. excessive plotting. |
| PHOTOGELATIN | • photogelatin n. Gelatin, coated on a glass plate, that carries an image to be printed by the collotype process. • PHOTOGELATIN adj. as in photogelatin process, another name for collotype. |
| PHOTOSETTING | • photosetting v. Present participle of photoset. • PHOTOSETTING n. composing (matter) by projecting film from which a printing plate is made. |
| TECHNOLOGIST | • technologist n. A scientist or an engineer who specializes in a particular technology, or who uses technology in a particular field. • TECHNOLOGIST n. one versed in technology. |
| TRIGONOMETER | • trigonometer n. An instrument for solving plane right-angled figures by inspection. • TRIGONOMETER n. instrument for solving triangles. |
| TRIGONOMETRY | • trigonometry n. (Geometry, mathematical analysis) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between… • TRIGONOMETRY n. the study of the properties of triangles and trigonometric functions and of their applications. |
| TRIMETROGONS | • trimetrogons n. Plural of trimetrogon. • TRIMETROGON n. a technique of aerial photography using three cameras, which increases the range and detail of the coverage. |