| COMMIXTION | • commixtion n. (Obsolete) The action of mixing or blending together; commingling. • commixtion n. (Obsolete) The blending (Of wines, etc.); garbling. • commixtion n. (Obsolete) coition; copulation; sexual intercourse. |
| COMMOTIONS | • commotions n. Plural of commotion. • COMMOTION n. a violent motion or moving. |
| HOMONYMITY | • homonymity n. The condition of being a homonym. • HOMONYMITY n. the state of being homonymous, having the same name or designation. |
| IMMOLATION | • immolation n. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed. • immolation n. That which is immolated; a sacrifice. • IMMOLATION n. the act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed. |
| IMMOLATORS | • immolators n. Plural of immolator. • IMMOLATOR n. one who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilation and sacrifice. |
| IMMUNOBLOT | • immunoblot n. A blot used in western blot analysis. • immunoblot v. To perform such an analysis. • IMMUNOBLOT n. a technique used in biology to transfer a pattern of proteins. |
| METRONOMIC | • metronomic adj. Regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome. • METRONOMIC adj. of or like a metronome, also METRONOMICAL. |
| MICROMORTS | • micromorts n. Plural of micromort. • MICROMORT n. a unit of risk equal to a one in a million chance of dying. |
| MICROTOMES | • microtomes n. Plural of microtome. • MICROTOME n. an instrument used to cut very small sections of something. |
| MICROTOMIC | • microtomic adj. Relating to the microtome or microtomy. • MICROTOMIC adj. of or like a microtome, also MICROTOMICAL. |
| MONOATOMIC | • monoatomic adj. Alternative form of monatomic. • MONOATOMIC adj. of a molecule, consisting of one atom only, also MONATOMIC. |
| MONOGAMIST | • monogamist n. A person who practices monogamy. • MONOGAMIST n. one who practices or upholds monogamy. |
| MONOMETRIC | • monometric adj. (Poetry) Of or pertaining to a monometer. • monometric adj. (Poetry) Involving only one meter. • monometric adj. (Crystallography) isometric. |
| MONOTHEISM | • monotheism n. The belief in a single deity (one god or goddess); especially within an organized religion. • monotheism n. The belief that God is one person (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), not three persons (Trinitarianism, Hinduism). • mono-theism n. (Nonstandard) Alternative form of monotheism. |
| MORATORIUM | • moratorium n. (Law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. • moratorium n. A suspension of an ongoing activity. • MORATORIUM n. a legal authorization to a debtor to postpone payment for a certain time; the period of such a postponement. |
| OSMOMETRIC | • osmometric adj. Relating to osmometry. • OSMOMETRIC adj. relating to osmometry. |
| OVERCOMMIT | • overcommit v. To make excessive commitments, either beyond one’s ability or beyond what is reasonable. • overcommit n. (Computing) Allocation of more resources than are actually available. • OVERCOMMIT v. to commit excessively. |
| PROSTOMIUM | • prostomium n. (Zoology) That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth. • PROSTOMIUM n. that portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth. |
| VOMITORIUM | • vomitorium n. A passage located behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre used as an exit for the crowds. • vomitorium n. (See Usage notes) An area in which vomiting takes place, in particular a chamber supposedly used by… • VOMITORIUM n. (Latin) an opening in a large building by which a crowd is let out, also VOMITORY. |