| CONTEMPERATURE | • contemperature n. (Obsolete) The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture. • CONTEMPERATURE n. the state of being contempered, blended together. |
| COUNTERCULTURE | • counterculture n. Any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture… • counter␣culture n. Alternative spelling of counterculture. • COUNTERCULTURE n. a culture with values and mores that run counter to those of established society. |
| COUNTERMEASURE | • countermeasure n. Any action taken to counteract or correct another. • countermeasure n. (Military, chiefly in the plural) Any of the devices and techniques used to impair the operational effectiveness… • COUNTERMEASURE n. an action or device designed to negate or offset another. |
| DISINVESTITURE | • disinvestiture n. The act of depriving of investiture. • DISINVESTITURE n. the action of disinvesting. |
| DISTEMPERATURE | • distemperature n. (Now rare) A state of adverse or unhealthy atmospheric conditions. • distemperature n. (Now rare) Unhealthy imbalance of bodily humours; a disorder. • DISTEMPERATURE n. (archaic) lack of proper temperature; intemperateness. |
| ELECTROCULTURE | • electroculture n. (Archaic) The electrical stimulation of plants. • ELECTROCULTURE n. the cultivation of plants under the stimulus of electricity. |
| INFRASTRUCTURE | • infrastructure n. (Systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system. • infrastructure n. The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society. • INFRASTRUCTURE n. the underlying foundation or basic framework (as of a system or organization). |
| MACROSTRUCTURE | • macrostructure n. The gross structure of a material or tissue as visible to the unaided eye or at very low levels of magnification. • macrostructure n. (Metallurgy) The gross structure of a pure metal or alloy, as revealed by magnifications of 10X or less. • MACROSTRUCTURE n. the structure (as of metal, a body part, or the soil) revealed by visual examination with little or no magnification. |
| MICROMINIATURE | • microminiature n. A particularly small miniature. • MICROMINIATURE adj. made on a very small scale. |
| MICROSTRUCTURE | • microstructure n. Fine-scale structure. • MICROSTRUCTURE n. the microscopic structure of a material, as a mineral or a biological cell. |
| PREMANUFACTURE | • premanufacture v. To manufacture in advance. • PREMANUFACTURE v. to manufacture in advance. |
| SUPERSTRUCTURE | • superstructure n. (Nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501). • superstructure n. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis. • superstructure n. (Sometimes figurative) All that part of a building above the basement. |
| ULTIMOGENITURE | • ultimogeniture n. A system of inheritance in which the youngest son or youngest child inherits an estate. • ULTIMOGENITURE n. inheritance by the youngest child. |
| ULTRAMINIATURE | • ultraminiature adj. Extremely small; highly miniaturized. • ULTRAMINIATURE adj. extremely miniature. |
| ULTRASTRUCTURE | • ultrastructure n. (Biology) The fine, detailed structure of a biological specimen that can only be observed by electron microscopy. • ULTRASTRUCTURE n. biological structure and esp. fine structure, as of a cell, not visible through an ordinary microscope. |