| INHALATORIUM | • INHALATORIUM n. an institution or department for administering inhalations. |
| LACHRYMATION | • lachrymation n. (Medicine or literary) The flow of tears; crying. • LACHRYMATION n. the secretion of tears, also LACRIMATION. |
| MOONLIGHTERS | • moonlighters n. Plural of moonlighter. • MOONLIGHTER n. one who takes an additional job. |
| MOTHERLINESS | • motherliness n. The property of being motherly. • MOTHERLINESS n. the state of being motherly. |
| NEPHELOMETER | • nephelometer n. (Analytical chemistry) An instrument for measuring various aspects of the suspended particles in a fluid;… • NEPHELOMETER n. an instrument for measuring cloudiness. |
| NEPHELOMETRY | • nephelometry n. (Analytical chemistry) The measurement of the concentration of a solution, suspension or dispersion… • nephelometry n. (Immunology) A technique used to determine the levels of antibodies or antigens in a suspension, based… • NEPHELOMETRY n. the measurement of the cloudiness of liquids. |
| ORNITHOGALUM | • Ornithogalum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – plants called star-of-Bethlehem and close relatives. • ORNITHOGALUM n. a plant of a large genus of herbs of the family Liliaceae. |
| PROTHALAMION | • prothalamion n. (Literary) A song or poem in honour of a bride and bridegroom about to be married. • PROTHALAMION n. (Spenser) a song in honour of a marriage, also PROTHALAMIUM. |
| SMOTHERINGLY | • smotheringly adv. In a smothering manner; oppressively. • SMOTHERING adv. suffocating. |
| STENOTHERMAL | • stenothermal adj. (Biology) Able to tolerate only a narrow range of temperatures. • STENOTHERMAL adj. capable of surviving over only a narrow range of temperatures. |
| THERMOCLINES | • thermoclines n. Plural of thermocline. • THERMOCLINE n. in lakes, a region of rapidly changing temperature, found between the epilimnion and the hypolimnion. |
| THERMOHALINE | • thermohaline adj. Of, or relating to a combination of temperature and salinity. • thermohaline n. Thermohaline circulation. • THERMOHALINE adj. involving both temperature and salinity. |
| TROCHELMINTH | • trochelminth n. (Zoology, obsolete) Any member of the Trochelminthes. • TROCHELMINTH n. any invertebrate of the former taxonomic group Trochelminthes, which included the rotifers and gastrotrichs. |
| UNMOTHERLIER | • UNMOTHERLY adj. not motherly. |