| CONFIRMATORY | • confirmatory adj. Serving to confirm something. • CONFIRMATORY adj. serving to confirm. |
| CONTEMPORARY | • contemporary adj. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous. • contemporary adj. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). • contemporary n. Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. |
| CURRYCOMBING | • currycombing v. Present participle of currycomb. • curry-combing v. Present participle of curry-comb. • CURRYCOMB v. to comb with this. |
| CYLINDRIFORM | • cylindriform adj. Having the form of a cylinder. • CYLINDRIFORM adj. shaped like a cylinder. |
| DYSMENORRHEA | • dysmenorrhea n. (Medicine) Painful menstruation (menstrual#Adjective pain), viewed as a symptom#Noun in any of various disorders. • dysmenorrhea n. (Medicine) Painful menstruation (menstrual#Adjective pain), viewed as a disorder#Noun in its own right… • DYSMENORRHEA n. painful menstruation, also DYSMENORRHOEA. |
| ERYTHROMYCIN | • erythromycin n. (Pharmacology) A broad-spectrum macrolide antibiotic C37H67NO13 produced by an actinomycete Saccharopolyspora… • ERYTHROMYCIN n. a broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by an actinomycete and administered orally or topically. |
| ERYTHRONIUMS | • ERYTHRONIUM n. any plant of the bulbous genus Erythronium, with decoratively mottled leaves and cyclamen-like flowers. |
| HYDROFORMING | • hydroforming n. (Engineering) A cost-effective way of shaping malleable metals into lightweight, stiff pieces by means… • hydroforming n. (Organic chemistry) The reaction of petroleum with hydrogen. • HYDROFORMING n. the catalytic reforming of petroleum to increase the proportion of aromatic and branched-chain hydrocarbons. |
| HYDROMANCERS | • hydromancers n. Plural of hydromancer. • HYDROMANCER n. one who practises hydromancy. |
| HYMNOGRAPHER | • hymnographer n. A writer whose subject is hymns. • hymnographer n. A person who composes hymns. • HYMNOGRAPHER n. one who writes hymns. |
| MARROWSKYING | • MARROWSKY v. to utter a spoonerism. |
| NONMIGRATORY | • nonmigratory adj. Not migratory; that does not migrate. • non-migratory adj. Alternative form of nonmigratory. • NONMIGRATORY adj. not migratory. |
| PARANORMALLY | • paranormally adv. In a paranormal way. • PARANORMAL adv. not scientifically explainable. |
| PYRANOMETERS | • pyranometers n. Plural of pyranometer. • PYRANOMETER n. another name for a solarimeter. |
| REMUNERATORY | • remuneratory adj. Remunerative; serving to remunerate. • REMUNERATORY adj. relating to remuneration. |
| TRANSMOGRIFY | • transmogrify v. (Transitive) To completely alter the form of. • transmogrify v. (Intransitive) To completely alter one’s form. • TRANSMOGRIFY v. to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect. |
| TRIGONOMETRY | • trigonometry n. (Geometry, mathematical analysis) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between… • TRIGONOMETRY n. the study of the properties of triangles and trigonometric functions and of their applications. |
| WHOREMONGERY | • whoremongery n. Sexual relations by or with a prostitute. • whoremongery n. (More generally) The act of engaging in illicit sexual relations. • WHOREMONGERY n. the business of a whoremonger. |