| BERTILLONAGE | • bertillonage n. (Historical) An early form of biometric identification used on criminals by the French police, making… • bertillonage n. (By extension) A similar form of identification of used on racing greyhounds. • BERTILLONAGE n. (French) a system of criminal identification by detailed measurements. |
| COUNTERIMAGE | • counterimage n. An image that counters or contradicts another. • COUNTERIMAGE n. a corresponding image. |
| DISADVANTAGE | • disadvantage n. A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con. • disadvantage n. A setback or handicap. • disadvantage n. Loss; detriment; hindrance. |
| FORECARRIAGE | • forecarriage n. The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled carriage. • FORECARRIAGE n. the front part of a carriage, with an arrangement for independent movement of the fore-wheels. |
| HYDROMASSAGE | • hydromassage n. A therapeutic massage in which bubbles of air and jets of water are pumped through a bath in which the recipient lies. • hydromassage v. (Transitive) To massage in this way. |
| INTERTILLAGE | • INTERTILLAGE n. a tillage between other tillages. |
| INTERVILLAGE | • intervillage adj. Between villages. • INTERVILLAGE adj. between villages. |
| METALANGUAGE | • metalanguage n. (Linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms… • metalanguage n. (Computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language. • METALANGUAGE n. a language used to talk about language. |
| PARALANGUAGE | • paralanguage n. (Linguistics) The non-verbal elements of speech, and to a limited extent of writing, used to modify… • PARALANGUAGE n. nonverbal elements which affect meaning of speech, as intonation, etc. |
| PATRILINEAGE | • patrilineage n. Lineage based upon the paternal line; a group of descendants related through a common male lineage. • PATRILINEAGE n. descent through the male line. |
| PHOTOMONTAGE | • photomontage n. (Photography) A composite image combining two or more photographs. • photomontage n. (Photography) The art of constructing such images. • PHOTOMONTAGE n. montage using photographic images. |
| REASSEMBLAGE | • reassemblage n. A second or subsequent assemblage. • REASSEMBLAGE n. a reassembly. |