AFFREIGHTMENT | • affreightment n. (Nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo. • AFFREIGHTMENT n. hiring of a vessel. |
AFFRIGHTMENTS | • AFFRIGHTMENT n. sudden fear. |
APOTHEGMATISE | • apothegmatise v. Alternative form of apothegmatize. • APOTHEGMATISE v. to speak in apothegms, also APOTHEGMATIZE. |
APOTHEGMATIST | • apothegmatist n. A collector or maker of apothegms. • APOTHEGMATIST n. one who speaks in apothegms, also APOPHTHEGMATIST. |
APOTHEGMATIZE | • apothegmatize v. (Intransitive) To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings. • APOTHEGMATIZE v. to speak in apothegms, also APOTHEGMATISE. |
BANTAMWEIGHTS | • bantamweights n. Plural of bantamweight. • BANTAMWEIGHT n. a weight category in boxing. |
DEMETHYLATING | • demethylating v. Present participle of demethylate. |
HAEMATOLOGIST | • haematologist n. A scientist, usually a medical doctor, who specializes in haematology. • hæmatologist n. Obsolete form of hematologist. • HAEMATOLOGIST n. a specialist in haematology, also HEMATOLOGIST. |
HEMATOGENETIC | • hematogenetic adj. Alternative form of haematogenetic. • HEMATOGENETIC adj. relating to hematogenesis, the production of blood, also HAEMATOGENETIC. |
HEMATOLOGISTS | • hematologists n. Plural of hematologist. • HEMATOLOGIST n. a specialist in hematology, also HAEMATOLOGIST. |
HETEROGAMETIC | • heterogametic adj. (Biology) That produces heterogametes. • heterogametic adj. (Biology) That produces different forms of the same gamete e.g. spermatozoa containing either an X- or a Y-chromosome. • HETEROGAMETIC adj. having a dissimilar pair of sex chromosomes. |
MATHEMATISING | • mathematising v. Present participle of mathematise. • MATHEMATISE v. to make mathematical, also MATHEMATICISE, MATHEMATICIZE, MATHEMATIZE. |
MATHEMATIZING | • mathematizing v. Present participle of mathematize. • MATHEMATIZE v. to make mathematical, also MATHEMATICISE, MATHEMATICIZE, MATHEMATISE. |
METAGNATHISMS | • METAGNATHISM n. the state of being metagnathous, having a beak in which the tips of the mandibles cross. |
METATHESISING | • metathesising v. Present participle of metathesise. • METATHESISE v. to transpose by metathesis, metathesize. |
METATHESIZING | • metathesizing v. Present participle of metathesize. • METATHESIZE v. to transpose by metathesis, also METATHESISE. |
MOUTHWATERING | • mouthwatering adj. That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate. • mouthwatering adj. (By extension) Enticing or tantalizing. • mouth-watering adj. Alternative form of mouthwatering. |
NIGHTWATCHMEN | • nightwatchmen n. Plural of nightwatchman. • night-watchmen n. Plural of night-watchman (alternative spelling of night watchmen). • night␣watchmen n. Plural of night watchman. |
THAUMATURGIES | • thaumaturgies n. Plural of thaumaturgy. • THAUMATURGY n. the performance of miracles. |
THERMOSTATING | • THERMOSTAT v. to provide with or control the temperature of by a thermostat, a device for keeping temperature stead. |