| CLITORECTOMY | • clitorectomy n. (Surgery) the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision. • CLITORECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the clitoris. |
| CONTEMPLATOR | • contemplator n. One who contemplates. • CONTEMPLATOR n. one who contemplates. |
| CONTROLMENTS | • controlments n. Plural of controlment. • CONTROLMENT n. the act or power of controlling. |
| ELECTROMOTOR | • electromotor n. (Physics) Any device that generates electricity. • electromotor n. (Physics) Any device that converts electricity into motion. • ELECTROMOTOR n. a device for applying electricity as a motive power. |
| ENTEROSTOMAL | • enterostomal adj. Relating to enterostomy. • ENTEROSTOMAL adj. relating to enterostomy. |
| FOOTLAMBERTS | • footlamberts n. Plural of footlambert. • foot-lamberts n. Plural of foot-lambert. • FOOTLAMBERT n. a unit of luminance of a surface emitting one lumen per square foot. |
| LITHOMETEORS | • lithometeors n. Plural of lithometeor. • LITHOMETEOR n. a mass of solid particles, such as dust, sand, etc., suspended in the atmosphere. |
| METEOROLITES | • meteorolites n. Plural of meteorolite. • METEOROLITE n. a meteoric stone. |
| METROLOGISTS | • metrologists n. Plural of metrologist. • METROLOGIST n. a student of metrology. |
| METROPOLITAN | • metropolitan n. (Orthodox Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. • metropolitan n. The inhabitant of a metropolis. • metropolitan adj. (Orthodox Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. |
| OLFACTOMETER | • olfactometer n. A device used to measure the acuity of a person’s sense of smell. • olfactometer n. A device used to measure odour intensity, and concentrations of volatile organic compounds, by means of their smell. • OLFACTOMETER n. an instrument measuring intensity of odour of a substance. |
| OLFACTOMETRY | • olfactometry n. The study and measurement of smells. • OLFACTOMETRY n. the measurement of the sharpness of the sense of smell. |
| OPTOMETRICAL | • optometrical adj. Of or pertaining to optometry. • OPTOMETRICAL adj. relating to optometry, also OPTOMETRIC. |
| PHOTOTHERMAL | • photothermal adj. (Physics) Involving the production of heat by photoexcitation. • PHOTOTHERMAL adj. of or concerned with light and heat, esp. the production of heat by light, also PHOTOTHERMIC. |
| PROTONEMATAL | • protonematal adj. Relating to protonemata. • PROTONEMATAL adj. of or like a protonema, the primary growth from the spore of a moss, also PROTONEMAL. |
| STROMATOLITE | • stromatolite n. (Geology) A laminated, columnar, rock-like structure constituting a large share of all fossils from… • STROMATOLITE n. a rounded, multilayered structure, found in rocks dating back at least 2800 million years, having present-day equivalents that result from the growth, under special conditions, of blue-green algae. |