| AUTOCLAVE | • autoclave n. A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing. • autoclave v. (Transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave. • autoclave adj. (Cryptography) autokey. |
| HALOCLINE | • halocline n. A strong, vertical salinity gradient; the (sometimes indistinct) border between layers of water that… • HALOCLINE n. a vertical gradient in ocean salinity. |
| ISOCLINAL | • isoclinal adj. Having equal inclination or magnetic dip. • isoclinal n. Synonym of isocline. • ISOCLINAL n. a line connecting points of same magnetic dip, also ISOCLINIC. |
| ISOCLINES | • isoclines n. Plural of isocline. • ISOCLINE n. a cline with strata so tightly folded that they have the same dip. |
| ISOCLINIC | • isoclinic adj. Having the same, or a constant, slope. • isoclinic n. Synonym of isocline. • ISOCLINIC n. a line on a map connecting points of same magnetic dip, also ISOCLINAL. |
| MISOCLERE | • MISOCLERE adj. hating the clergy. |
| MONOCLINE | • monocline n. (Geology) A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline. • monocline n. (Geology) A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata. • MONOCLINE n. a simple fold, described as a local steepening in strata with an otherwise uniform dip. |
| MYOCLONIC | • myoclonic adj. Of or pertaining to myoclonus; consisting of or characterized by sudden jerking motions. • MYOCLONIC adj. relating to myoclonus, muscle spasm. |
| MYOCLONUS | • myoclonus n. (Medicine) The brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles. • MYOCLONUS n. muscle spasm. |
| PROCLAIMS | • proclaims v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proclaim. • PROCLAIM v. to make known. |
| PROCLISES | • proclises n. Plural of proclisis. • PROCLISIS n. the pronunciation of a word as a proclitic. |
| PROCLISIS | • proclisis n. (Uncountable, linguistics) The use of proclitics in the syntax of a language. • proclisis n. (Countable, linguistics) A specific instance of the usage of a proclitic. • PROCLISIS n. the pronunciation of a word as a proclitic. |
| PROCLITIC | • proclitic n. (Linguistics) A clitic that joins with the following word phonetically, graphically, or both. • PROCLITIC adj. of a word, transferring its stress to the following word. • PROCLITIC n. a proclitic word. |
| PYROCLAST | • pyroclast n. (Geology) Solid matter ejected into the air by an active volcano. • PYROCLAST n. ash and other debris ejected by a volcano. |