| CHEMOSURGERY | • chemosurgery n. (Medicine) The selective destruction of diseased or malignant tissue by means of chemical substances;… • CHEMOSURGERY n. the chemical removal of diseased or unwanted tissue. |
| COMPURGATORY | • compurgatory adj. Compurgatorial. • COMPURGATORY adj. relating to compurgation, the clearing of an accused person by means of oaths. |
| CURRYCOMBING | • currycombing v. Present participle of currycomb. • curry-combing v. Present participle of curry-comb. • CURRYCOMB v. to comb with this. |
| ERYTHRONIUMS | • ERYTHRONIUM n. any plant of the bulbous genus Erythronium, with decoratively mottled leaves and cyclamen-like flowers. |
| EURYTHERMOUS | • eurythermous adj. Synonym of eurythermal. • EURYTHERMOUS adj. tolerating a wide range of temperature, also EURYTHERMAL, EURYTHERMIC. |
| MASTURBATORY | • masturbatory adj. Of or relating to masturbation. • masturbatory adj. Excessively self-absorbed or self-indulgent. • MASTURBATORY adj. of, relating to, or involving masturbation. |
| MERRYTHOUGHT | • merrythought n. (Archaic) The furcula or wishbone. • MERRYTHOUGHT n. the furcula between the neck and breastbone of poultry, aka wishbone. |
| MICROSURGERY | • microsurgery adj. Relating to techniques of surgery on very small or delicate parts of the body. • microsurgery n. Surgical procedures that are very small. • MICROSURGERY n. minute dissection or manipulation (as by a micromanipulator or laser beam) of living structures or tissue. |
| OVERMATURITY | • overmaturity n. The quality of being overmature. • OVERMATURITY n. excessive maturity. |
| PITYROSPORUM | • Pityrosporum prop.n. Former name of Malassezia (“fungus genus”). • PITYROSPORUM n. a yeastlike fungus which can cause pityriasis. |
| PSEUDOMARTYR | • pseudomartyr n. One who dies like a martyr but (e.g. because of heretical religious views) is not a true martyr. • PSEUDOMARTYR n. a false martyr. |
| REMORSEFULLY | • remorsefully adv. With remorse; in a remorseful manner. • REMORSEFUL adv. motivated or marked by remorse. |
| REMUNERATORY | • remuneratory adj. Remunerative; serving to remunerate. • REMUNERATORY adj. relating to remuneration. |
| SUPERPOLYMER | • superpolymer n. (Chemistry, dated) Any aliphatic polyester. • SUPERPOLYMER n. a superior polymer. |