| AUTOMATON | • automaton n. A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions. • automaton n. A person who acts like a machine or robot, often defined as having a monotonous lifestyle and lacking in emotion. • automaton n. A formal system, such as a finite-state machine or cellular automaton. |
| AUTONOMIC | • autonomic adj. (Neurology) Acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control. • autonomic adj. (Neuroanatomy, neurology) Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system. • AUTONOMIC adj. self-governing, also AUTONOMICAL. |
| COSMONAUT | • cosmonaut n. An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one. • COSMONAUT n. a Russian astronaut. |
| MOMENTOUS | • momentous adj. Outstanding in importance, of great consequence. • MOMENTOUS adj. of great consequence. |
| MONSTROUS | • monstrous adj. Hideous or frightful. • monstrous adj. Enormously large. • monstrous adj. Freakish or grotesque. |
| MOONDUSTS | • MOONDUST n. dust on the moon. |
| MOUTONNEE | • MOUTONNEE adj. (French) of a rock, rounded by the action of a glacier. |
| MUSKETOON | • musketoon n. (Now historical) A firearm, similar to a musket but with a shorter barrel and a large bore. • musketoon n. (Obsolete) One who is armed with such a musket. • Musketoon n. Alternative form of Mascouten. |
| NEUROTOMY | • neurotomy n. (Neuroscience) The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system. • neurotomy n. (Neurology) The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or for other purposes. • NEUROTOMY n. the dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system. |
| OUTMODING | • outmoding v. Present participle of outmode. • outmoding n. The act or process of something becoming outmoded. • OUTMODE v. to put out of fashion. |
| OUTMOVING | • outmoving v. Present participle of outmove. • OUTMOVE v. to move faster than. |
| OUTVENOMS | • outvenoms v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outvenom. • OUTVENOM v. (Shakespeare) to exceed in venom. |
| OVERMOUNT | • overmount v. (Transitive) To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above. • overmount n. A piece of shaped cardboard used to prevent the glass of the frame from lying too closely upon an engraving… • OVERMOUNT v. to rise above. |
| PLUTONOMY | • plutonomy n. (Sometimes derogatory) The study of the production and distribution of wealth, or a society seen as… • PLUTONOMY n. economics. |
| TOMENTOUS | • tomentous adj. Alternative form of tomentose. • TOMENTOUS adj. bearing thickly matted hair or fur, also TOMENTOSE. |
| TORMINOUS | • torminous adj. (Medicine) Affected with tormina. • TORMINOUS adj. affected with tormina; griping. |
| UNSMOOTHS | • unsmooths v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unsmooth. • UNSMOOTH v. to make not smooth. |