| ARCHITECT | • architect n. A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction. • architect n. A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result. • architect n. (Philippines) An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before… |
| DETECTERS | • detecters n. Plural of detecter. • DETECTER n. one that detects, also DETECTOR. |
| DETECTING | • detecting n. An act of detection. • detecting v. Present participle of detect. • DETECT v. to discover or perceive. |
| DETECTION | • detection n. The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised. • detection n. (Obsolete) Synonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy. • detection n. (Electrical engineering) The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave. |
| DETECTIVE | • detective n. (Law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator. • detective n. A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public. • detective adj. Employed in detecting. |
| DETECTORS | • detectors n. Plural of detector. • DETECTOR n. one that detects, also DETECTER. |
| DYSTECTIC | • dystectic adj. (Chemistry) Describing the isobaric reversible melting with dissociation of a solid compound formed of two components. • DYSTECTIC adj. not easily fused. |
| EUTECTICS | • eutectics n. Plural of eutectic. • EUTECTIC n. a mixture with a low melting point. |
| EUTECTOID | • eutectoid adj. Describing the phase-change reaction of an alloy in which, on cooling, a single solid phase transforms… • eutectoid n. An alloy of a composition that undergoes the eutectoid transformation. • EUTECTOID n. an alloy similar to a eutectic. |
| PROTECTED | • protected adj. Defended. • protected adj. (Programming, of a variable, method, etc.) Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program… • protected v. Simple past tense and past participle of protect. |
| PROTECTER | • protecter n. Obsolete spelling of protector. • PROTECTER n. one who protects, also PROTECTOR. |
| PROTECTOR | • protector n. Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative. • protector n. A device or mechanism which is designed to protect. • protector n. One who prevents interference. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| SYNTECTIC | • syntectic adj. Relating to syntexis. • syntectic adj. (Chemistry) Describing the isothermal reversible transformation of two liquid phases into a single solid… • SYNTECTIC adj. (obsolete) pertaining to syntexis, liquefaction, also SYNTECTICAL. |
| TECTIFORM | • tectiform adj. (Biology, anthropology) Roof-shaped; sloping downwards on two sides from a raised central ridge. • tectiform n. (Anthropology) A type of cave painting or engraving, having in its simplest form the shape of an upward-pointing… • TECTIFORM adj. shaped like a roof. |
| TECTONICS | • tectonics n. (Geology) The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth. • tectonics n. (Architecture) The science and art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction. • TECTONICS n. the science of structure of objects, buildings and landforms. |
| TECTONISM | • tectonism n. The deformation of the Earth’s crust due to tectonic activity. • TECTONISM n. tectonics. |
| TECTORIAL | • tectorial adj. Serving to cover something. • tectorial adj. Of or pertaining to the tectorium. • TECTORIAL adj. covering, e.g. a tectorial membrane. |
| TECTRICES | • tectrices n. Plural of tectrix. • TECTRIX n. (Latin) one of the coverts (feathers covering the main feathers) of a bird's wing. |