| ALTRICIAL | • altricial adj. (Zoology) Helpless at birth (of young animals); or having young which are helpless at birth. • altricial n. Such an animal. • ALTRICIAL adj. having young requiring care for a lengthy period. |
| MATRICIDE | • matricide n. The killing of one’s mother. • matricide n. A person who kills his or her mother. • MATRICIDE n. the killing of a mother. |
| METRICIAN | • metrician n. (Obsolete) A composer of verses. • METRICIAN n. a composer of verses. |
| METRICISE | • metricise v. Alternative form of metricize. • METRICISE v. to convert to metrical form, also METRICIZE. |
| METRICISM | • METRICISM n. the study of metre. |
| METRICIST | • metricist n. One who studies poetic meter. • METRICIST n. a person skilled in metres; one who writes in metres, also METRIST. |
| METRICIZE | • metricize v. To make metric. • metricize v. To introduce metrics into (a process). • metricize v. To represent or measure by a metric. |
| PATRICIAN | • patrician n. (Ancient Rome) A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens… • patrician n. A person of high birth; a nobleman. • patrician n. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life. |
| PATRICIDE | • patricide n. Murder of one’s father. • patricide n. A murderer of his/her own father. • PATRICIDE n. the killing of a father, also PARRICIDE. |
| TORTRICID | • tortricid n. (Zoology) Any moth of the family Tortricidae. • TORTRICID n. any moth of the family Tortricidae. |
| TRICITIES | • TRICITY n. an area that comprises three adjoining cities. |