| CRANIOMETRY | • craniometry n. The practice of taking measurements of the skull. • CRANIOMETRY n. a science dealing with cranial measurement. |
| CRIMINATORY | • criminatory adj. Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing. • CRIMINATORY adj. involving crimination, also CRIMINATIVE. |
| ERYTHRONIUM | • erythronium n. A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet. • erythronium n. (Obsolete) An early proposed name for vanadium. • Erythronium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae – the fawnlilies. |
| HEMERYTHRIN | • hemerythrin n. (Biochemistry) A respiratory pigment found in sipunculids, priapulids and brachiopods. • HEMERYTHRIN n. an iron-containing respiratory pigment in the blood of various chiefly marine invertebrates. |
| INFORMATORY | • informatory adj. Providing or communicating information. • INFORMATORY adj. conveying information. |
| IRONMONGERY | • ironmongery n. (Dated, Britain, uncountable) Tools and other hardware that can be bought in an ironmonger’s shop. • ironmongery n. (Britain, uncountable) The trade of an ironmonger. • ironmongery n. (Britain, countable) An ironmonger’s shop. |
| MARIONBERRY | • marionberry n. A member of the blackberry family, a cross between the Chehalem berry and olallieberry blackberries. • MARIONBERRY n. a hybrid fruit, a cross between a loganberry and a wild blackberry. |
| MARTYRISING | • martyrising v. Present participle of martyrise. • MARTYRISE v. to cause to suffer martyrdom, also MARTYRIZE. |
| MARTYRIZING | • martyrizing v. Present participle of martyrize. • MARTYRIZE v. to offer as a sacrifice; to cause to suffer martyrdom, also MARTYRISE. |
| MERCENARILY | • mercenarily adv. In a mercenary way, for selfish reason of profit or gain. • MERCENARY adv. hired for money; motivated by the hope of reward. |
| MERRYMAKING | • merrymaking n. Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration. • merry-making n. Alternative spelling of merrymaking. • MERRYMAKING n. gay or festive activity. |
| MISCARRYING | • miscarrying v. Present participle of miscarry. • miscarrying n. Something that has gone astray or been made wrongly. • MISCARRY v. to be unsuccessful. |
| MISMARRYING | • mismarrying v. Present participle of mismarry. • MISMARRY v. to marry unsuitably. |
| MURMURINGLY | • murmuringly adv. With a murmuring sound. • MURMURINGLY adv. MURMURING. |
| NURSERYMAID | • nurserymaid n. Nursemaid. • NURSERYMAID n. one employed to look after small children. |
| PRELIMINARY | • preliminary adj. In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory. • preliminary n. A preparation for a main matter; an introduction. • preliminary n. Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists. |
| PREMONITORY | • premonitory adj. Serving as a warning. • PREMONITORY adj. conveying a warning, also PREMONITIVE. |
| RUDIMENTARY | • rudimentary adj. Of or relating to one or more rudiments. • rudimentary adj. Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary. • rudimentary n. (Zoology, usually in the plural) One of the rudimentary mammae of boars. |
| TERMINATORY | • terminatory adj. Of or relating to the termination of something; terminative. • TERMINATORY adj. serving as a terminator. |