| AXONOMETRIES | • AXONOMETRY n. the branch of crystallography concerned with measurement of the axes of crystals. |
| 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. |
| EXPROMISSORS | • expromissors n. Plural of expromissor. • EXPROMISSOR n. a person relieving another of debt by taking it upon himself. |
| HYDROXONIUMS | • hydroxoniums n. Plural of hydroxonium. • HYDROXONIUM n. the obsolete name for the cation H3O+ derived from protonation of water. |
| LOXODROMICAL | • loxodromical adj. Synonym of loxodromic. • LOXODROMICAL adj. pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines, also LOXODROMIC. |
| MESOTHORAXES | • mesothoraxes n. Plural of mesothorax. • MESOTHORAX n. the middle segment of the thorax in insects. |
| METHOXYCHLOR | • methoxychlor n. (Organic chemistry) A synthetic organochlorine used as an insecticide. • METHOXYCHLOR n. a relatively nontoxic organochlorine insecticide. |
| 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. |
| OROMAXILLARY | • oromaxillary adj. Relating to the mouth and the maxilla. • OROMAXILLARY adj. relating to the passages between the sinuses and the roof of the mouth. |
| 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. |
| PROXIMATIONS | • proximations n. Plural of proximation. • PROXIMATION n. immediate nearness in time, place, relationship, etc., also PROXIMITY. |
| 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. |
| XEROMORPHOUS | • xeromorphous adj. Xeromorphic. • XEROMORPHOUS adj. of parts of a plant, protected against excessive loss of water by thick cuticles, coatings of hairs and similar structural features, also XEROMORPHIC. |