| AFFREIGHTMENT | • affreightment n. (Nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo. • AFFREIGHTMENT n. hiring of a vessel. |
| AFFRIGHTMENTS | • AFFRIGHTMENT n. sudden fear. |
| ANTILOGARITHM | • antilogarithm n. (Mathematics) The number of which a given number is the logarithm (to a given base). • ANTILOGARITHM n. a number of which a given number is the logarithm, also ANTILOG. |
| BANTAMWEIGHTS | • bantamweights n. Plural of bantamweight. • BANTAMWEIGHT n. a weight category in boxing. |
| DEMETHYLATING | • demethylating v. Present participle of demethylate. |
| ENLIGHTENMENT | • enlightenment n. An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. • enlightenment n. A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge. • Enlightenment prop.n. A 17th- and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age… |
| HEMATOGENETIC | • hematogenetic adj. Alternative form of haematogenetic. • HEMATOGENETIC adj. relating to hematogenesis, the production of blood, also HAEMATOGENETIC. |
| MATHEMATISING | • mathematising v. Present participle of mathematise. • MATHEMATISE v. to make mathematical, also MATHEMATICISE, MATHEMATICIZE, MATHEMATIZE. |
| MATHEMATIZING | • mathematizing v. Present participle of mathematize. • MATHEMATIZE v. to make mathematical, also MATHEMATICISE, MATHEMATICIZE, MATHEMATISE. |
| METAGNATHISMS | • METAGNATHISM n. the state of being metagnathous, having a beak in which the tips of the mandibles cross. |
| METATHESISING | • metathesising v. Present participle of metathesise. • METATHESISE v. to transpose by metathesis, metathesize. |
| METATHESIZING | • metathesizing v. Present participle of metathesize. • METATHESIZE v. to transpose by metathesis, also METATHESISE. |
| MOUTHWATERING | • mouthwatering adj. That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate. • mouthwatering adj. (By extension) Enticing or tantalizing. • mouth-watering adj. Alternative form of mouthwatering. |
| NIGHTWATCHMAN | • nightwatchman n. Someone who guards a premises at night. • nightwatchman n. (Cricket) A batsman who is sent in to bat higher than his usual position near the end of a day’s play… • night-watchman n. Alternative spelling of night watchman. |
| NIGHTWATCHMEN | • nightwatchmen n. Plural of nightwatchman. • night-watchmen n. Plural of night-watchman (alternative spelling of night watchmen). • night␣watchmen n. Plural of night watchman. |
| ORTHOGNATHISM | • orthognathism n. (Anatomy) The quality of being orthognathous. • ORTHOGNATHISM n. the state of having straight jaws. |
| THERMOGENETIC | • thermogenetic adj. Relating to thermogenesis. • thermogenetic adj. Relating to thermogenetics. • THERMOGENETIC adj. producing heat, also THERMOGENIC. |
| THERMOSETTING | • thermosetting adj. (Chemistry) becoming permanently hard or solidifying when heated; used especially of synthetic plastics… • THERMOSET v. of resin or plastic, to set permanently after melting and moulding. |
| THERMOSTATING | • THERMOSTAT v. to provide with or control the temperature of by a thermostat, a device for keeping temperature stead. |