| COMPETITORS | • competitors n. Plural of competitor. • COMPETITOR n. one that competes. |
| COMPUTERIST | • computerist n. (Dated) A computer user. • COMPUTERIST n. a person who uses or operates a computer. |
| DIOPTOMETER | • dioptometer n. An instrument used to measure ocular refraction, in order to prescribe corrective lenses. • DIOPTOMETER n. an instrument for measuring ocular refraction. |
| DIOPTOMETRY | • DIOPTOMETRY n. the measurement of ocular refraction. |
| DISPORTMENT | • disportment n. (Obsolete) Act of disporting; diversion; play. • DISPORTMENT n. the act of disporting. |
| IMPETRATION | • impetration n. (Obsolete) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty. • impetration n. (Obsolete, UK, law) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to… • IMPETRATION n. seeking by entreaty. |
| IMPETRATORS | • impetrators n. Plural of impetrator. • IMPETRATOR n. one who impetrates, obtains by entreaty. |
| IMPETRATORY | • impetratory adj. (Obsolete) Containing or expressing entreaty. • IMPETRATORY adj. relating to impetration, also IMPETRATIVE. |
| IMPORTUNATE | • importunate adj. (Of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so. • importunate adj. (Of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. • importunate v. (Rare) To importune, or to obtain by importunity. |
| METAPHORIST | • metaphorist n. One who makes metaphors. • METAPHORIST n. one who uses metaphors. |
| METAPROTEIN | • metaprotein n. (Biochemistry) Any protein derived from another by the use of acids or bases. • METAPROTEIN n. a protein denatured by acid or alkaline hydrolysis that is soluble in acids or alkalis but insoluble in water. |
| OPTOMETRIES | • OPTOMETRY n. the science of vision and eye-care. |
| OPTOMETRIST | • optometrist n. A person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective… • OPTOMETRIST n. an ophthalmic optician; a person qualified to practise optometry. |
| PERMUTATION | • permutation n. One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered. • permutation n. (Mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself. • permutation n. (Mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements. |
| PHOTOMETRIC | • photometric adj. Of or relating to photometry or to photometers. • photometric adj. (Botany, of leaves) Adjusting position with respect to light. • PHOTOMETRIC adj. of or relating to photometry or the photometer. |
| PITCHOMETER | • pitchometer n. (Nautical) A pitchmeter, especially on a ship. • pitchometer n. (Baseball) A device used in baseball to measure the speed of a pitch or the time a pitcher spends between… • PITCHOMETER n. an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller. |
| PROMPTITUDE | • promptitude n. The quality of being prompt; alacrity. • PROMPTITUDE n. the quality or habit of being prompt. |
| TEMPORALITY | • temporality n. The condition of being bounded in time (of being temporal). • TEMPORALITY n. civil or political as distinguished from spiritual or ecclesiastical power or authority. |
| TOPOMETRIES | • TOPOMETRY n. the measurement of the surface features of a region. |