| BIOMATERIAL | • biomaterial n. A nonviable, biocompatible material used in a medical device, intended to interact with biological systems… • BIOMATERIAL n. suitable synthetic material from which to produce artificial body parts that are to be in direct contact with living tissue. |
| CRATERIFORM | • crateriform adj. (Botany) Having the form of a shallow bowl. • CRATERIFORM adj. cup-shaped. |
| DEWATERINGS | • dewaterings n. Plural of dewatering. • DEWATERING n. the act of removing water from. |
| LATERIGRADE | • laterigrade adj. (Zoology, of legs) Designed to move sideways. • LATERIGRADE adj. having a sideways manner of moving, as a crab. |
| LATERITIOUS | • lateritious adj. (Medicine) Like bricks; of a reddish brick colour. • LATERITIOUS adj. brick-red in color. |
| MATERIALISE | • materialise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of materialize. • MATERIALISE v. to appear, become material, also MATERIALIZE. |
| MATERIALISM | • materialism n. Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns. • materialism n. (Philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical. • materialism n. (Obsolete, rare) Material substances in the aggregate; matter. |
| MATERIALIST | • materialist n. Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions. • materialist n. A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism. • materialist adj. Having features typical of philosophical materialism. |
| MATERIALITY | • materiality n. The quality of being material; having a physical existence. • materiality n. (Law) The quality of being of consequence to a legal decision. • MATERIALITY n. the state of being material. |
| MATERIALIZE | • materialize v. (Transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear. • materialize v. (Intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere. • materialize v. (Transitive) To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter. |
| NONMATERIAL | • nonmaterial adj. Not material; apart from matter. • non-material adj. Alternative form of nonmaterial. • NONMATERIAL adj. not material. |
| WASHATERIAS | • washaterias n. Plural of washateria. • WASHATERIA n. a laundrette, also WASHETERIA. |