| AUXANOMETERS | • auxanometers n. Plural of auxanometer. • AUXANOMETER n. an instrument for measuring growth of plants. |
| AXONOMETRIES | • AXONOMETRY n. the branch of crystallography concerned with measurement of the axes of crystals. |
| DOMINATRIXES | • dominatrixes n. Plural of dominatrix. • DOMINATRIX n. a prostitute catering for masochists. |
| EXPROMISSION | • expromission n. (Law) The intervention of a new debtor, substituted for the former one, who is consequently discharged… • EXPROMISSION n. relieving another person's debt by taking it upon oneself. |
| EXTENSOMETER | • extensometer n. An electromechanical device for measuring changes in length of an object undergoing stress. • EXTENSOMETER n. an instrument for measuring deformation in an object due to forces applied. |
| EXTERMINATOR | • exterminator n. Someone or something that exterminates. • exterminator n. Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building. • EXTERMINATOR n. one who exterminates. |
| HEXAHEMERONS | • HEXAHEMERON n. the (biblical) six days of creation, also HEXAEMERON. |
| HYDROXONIUMS | • hydroxoniums n. Plural of hydroxonium. • HYDROXONIUM n. the obsolete name for the cation H3O+ derived from protonation of water. |
| INTOXIMETERS | • intoximeters n. Plural of intoximeter. • INTOXIMETER n. a device for measuring the amount of alcohol in the blood of a person who breathes into it, and showing this measurement on a printout. |
| MALTODEXTRIN | • maltodextrin n. (Biochemistry) A type of dextrin commonly used as a food additive. • MALTODEXTRIN n. any of various carbohydrates derived from the partial hydrolysis of starch (as of corn or potatoes). |
| MORPHOSYNTAX | • morphosyntax n. (Linguistics) Morphology and syntax regarded as an interlinked unit. • morpho-syntax n. (Linguistics) The system of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the way in which words… • morpho-syntax n. (Linguistics, formal) Grammar. |
| PNEUMOTHORAX | • pneumothorax n. (Medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall. • PNEUMOTHORAX n. accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity. |
| PORTMANTEAUX | • portmanteaux n. Plural of portmanteau. • PORTMANTEAU n. (French) a case opening in two parts, used for carrying clothes while traveling, also PORTMANTLE, PORTMANTUA. |
| PROXIMATIONS | • proximations n. Plural of proximation. • PROXIMATION n. immediate nearness in time, place, relationship, etc., also PROXIMITY. |
| PYRIDOXAMINE | • pyridoxamine n. (Biochemistry) A constituent of vitamin B6, essential for the metabolism of starch and amino acids. • PYRIDOXAMINE n. a crystalline amine of the vitamin B6 group. |
| SEROTAXONOMY | • SEROTAXONOMY n. serological analysis as a source of information for taxonomic classification. |
| THROMBOXANES | • thromboxanes n. Plural of thromboxane. • THROMBOXANE n. any of several compounds formed from prostaglandin endoperoxides which, when released from blood platelets, induce platelet aggregation and arterial constriction. |