| AMELIORATION | • amelioration n. The act of making better. • amelioration n. An improvement. • amelioration n. (Linguistics) The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time. |
| COLORIMETRIC | • colorimetric adj. (Analytical chemistry) Of or pertaining to colorimetry. • colorimetric adj. Obtained by using a colorimeter. • COLORIMETRIC adj. relating to colorimetry, also COLORIMETRICAL. |
| HELIOCHROMIC | • heliochromic adj. Pertaining to, or produced by, heliochromy. • HELIOCHROMIC adj. like a heliochrome, a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject. |
| HELIOTROPISM | • heliotropism n. The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the… • HELIOTROPISM n. the movement of plants towards sunlight. |
| HEROICOMICAL | • heroicomical adj. (Literature) Blending heroic and comical elements. • HEROICOMICAL adj. of a style that mixes the heroic and comic, also HEROICOMIC. |
| IODOMETRICAL | • IODOMETRICAL adj. measured by iodine, also IODOMETRIC. |
| MELIORATIONS | • meliorations n. Plural of melioration. • MELIORATION n. improvement, betterment. |
| MICROPOLISES | • MICROPOLIS n. a small city. |
| OLIGOSPERMIA | • oligospermia n. (Medicine) Low volume of semen. • OLIGOSPERMIA n. the condition of having less than the normal number of spermatozoa in the semen, a cause of infertility in men. |
| ORISMOLOGIES | • ORISMOLOGY n. the science of defining technical terms. |
| OSMOLARITIES | • osmolarities n. Plural of osmolarity. • OSMOLARITY n. the quality of being osmotic. |
| PLEIOTROPISM | • pleiotropism n. (Genetics) pleiotropy. • PLEIOTROPISM n. the state of being pleiotropic, having an effect simultaneously on more than one character in the offspring. |
| POIKILOTHERM | • poikilotherm adj. Cold-blooded. • poikilotherm n. A cold-blooded animal. • POIKILOTHERM n. an organism that takes on the temperature of its surroundings. |
| SERIOCOMICAL | • seriocomical adj. Seriocomic. • SERIOCOMICAL adj. partly serious and partly comic, also SERIOCOMIC. |
| TIMBROLOGIES | • TIMBROLOGY n. the study of postage stamps. |