| COLECTOMY | • colectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all or part of the large intestine or colon. • COLECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the colon. |
| COLLECTOR | • collector n. A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection. • collector n. A person who is employed to collect payments. • collector n. (Electronics) The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor. |
| DEFLECTOR | • deflector n. Something which deflects something else, especially a stream of fluid or particles. • deflector n. A diaphragm in a lamp, stove, etc. by which the flame and gases are brought together to improve combustion. • deflector n. (Science fiction) A force field; an invisible barrier used as a protective shield. |
| ELECTORAL | • electoral adj. Relating to or composed of electors. • electoral adj. Of, or relating to elections. • ELECTORAL adj. relating to elections or electors, also ELECTORIAL. |
| EMPLECTON | • emplecton n. A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with… • EMPLECTON n. (archaic) ashlar masonry filled up with rubble, also EMPLECTUM. |
| INFLECTOR | • inflector n. (Linguistics) An affix that inflects the base form of a word. • inflector n. (Physics) A device for bending a particle beam. • inflector n. (Anatomy) A muscle that contracts to cause a part of the body to curve inwards. |
| LECTORATE | • lectorate n. A lectorship. • LECTORATE n. the office of lector, a reader, esp. in a college or church service. |
| LECTOTYPE | • lectotype n. (Taxonomy) A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example… • LECTOTYPE n. a specimen or similar element selected from the original material to serve as the nomenclatural type when a holotype was not originally designated, or is missing. |
| NEGLECTOR | • neglector n. One who or that which neglects. • NEGLECTOR n. one who neglects, also NEGLECTER. |
| PRELECTOR | • prelector n. A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer. • PRELECTOR n. a reader of lectures or discourses. |
| REFLECTOR | • reflector n. Something which reflects heat, light or sound, especially something having a reflecting surface. • reflector n. A reflecting telescope. • reflector n. A small, often red, reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle or bicycle that reflects the headlights… |
| SELECTORS | • selectors n. Plural of selector. • SELECTOR n. something or someone that selects. |
| TYLECTOMY | • tylectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst, especially from the breast; a lumpectomy. • TYLECTOMY n. the surgical removal of a lump, esp. in the breast, aka lumpectomy. |