| COMPORTMENTS | • comportments n. Plural of comportment. • COMPORTMENT n. behaviour, bearing. |
| CONTEMPLATOR | • contemplator n. One who contemplates. • CONTEMPLATOR n. one who contemplates. |
| DIOPTOMETERS | • dioptometers n. Plural of dioptometer. • DIOPTOMETER n. an instrument for measuring ocular refraction. |
| FORETOPMASTS | • foretopmasts n. Plural of foretopmast. • FORETOPMAST n. the mast above the foretop platform. |
| METABOTROPIC | • metabotropic adj. Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g… • METABOTROPIC adj. describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation). |
| 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. |
| OPTOMETRICAL | • optometrical adj. Of or pertaining to optometry. • OPTOMETRICAL adj. relating to optometry, also OPTOMETRIC. |
| OPTOMETRISTS | • optometrists n. Plural of optometrist. • OPTOMETRIST n. an ophthalmic optician; a person qualified to practise optometry. |
| OVEROPTIMIST | • overoptimist n. An excessively optimistic person. • OVEROPTIMIST n. one who is excessively optimistic. |
| PHOTOMETRIES | • photometries n. Plural of photometry. • PHOTOMETRY n. that branch of science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light. |
| PHOTOMETRIST | • photometrist n. A specialist in photometry. • PHOTOMETRIST n. one who practises photometry, that branch of science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light. |
| 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. |
| PHOTOTHERMIC | • photothermic adj. Relating to both light and heat. • PHOTOTHERMIC adj. of or concerned with light and heat, esp. the production of heat by light, also PHOTOTHERMAL. |
| PROTONEMATAL | • protonematal adj. Relating to protonemata. • PROTONEMATAL adj. of or like a protonema, the primary growth from the spore of a moss, also PROTONEMAL. |
| THERMOTROPIC | • thermotropic adj. (Biology, of a plant) Tending to move towards or away from a source of heat. • thermotropic adj. (Physics, of a liquid crystal) Exhibiting different phases at different temperatures. • THERMOTROPIC adj. bending towards or away from a heat source. |