ADMIRALTY | • admiralty n. (Military) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral. • admiralty n. (Military) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally. • admiralty n. (Law) The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses. |
DEFORMITY | • deformity n. The state of being deformed. • deformity n. An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic. • DEFORMITY n. the state of being deformed. |
DIATHERMY | • diathermy n. (Physics, medicine) The generation of heat using high-frequency electromagnetic currents; especially… • DIATHERMY n. heating of internal parts of the body by electric currents, also DIATHERMIA. |
DITHYRAMB | • dithyramb n. A raucous and ardent choral hymn sung in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus. • dithyramb n. A poem or oration in the same style. • dithyramb n. An impassioned speech, a rant. |
DORMITORY | • dormitory n. A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often… • dormitory n. A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use… • dormitory n. A dormitory town. |
DOSIMETRY | • dosimetry n. The measurement of doses, especially of ionizing radiation. • DOSIMETRY n. the measurement of doses of drugs. |
DYNAMITER | • dynamiter n. A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully. • dynamiter n. (US, slang) A high-pressure salesman. • DYNAMITER n. (archaic) a user of dynamite esp. for political purposes, also DYNAMITARD. |
IODOMETRY | • iodometry n. (Chemistry) An analytical technique that uses the sudden disappearance (or appearance) of iodine to… • IODOMETRY n. a procedure for determining the amount of iodine present in a substance. |
IRIDOTOMY | • iridotomy n. (Surgery) The removal of part of the iris. • IRIDOTOMY n. surgical removal of the iris. |
MEDIATORY | • mediatory adj. Of or relating to mediation. • MEDIATORY adj. acting to mediate. |
MODERNITY | • modernity n. The quality of being modern or contemporary. • modernity n. Modern times. • modernity n. (History) Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography. |
MORBIDITY | • morbidity n. The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause. • morbidity n. The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom. • morbidity n. (Medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected. |
MORDACITY | • mordacity n. The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality. • MORDACITY n. the quality of being mordacious, biting. |
MYDRIATIC | • mydriatic adj. (Biology, medicine) Pertaining to or causing mydriasis (the dilation of the pupil of the eye). • mydriatic n. (Pharmacology) A drug that causes mydriasis. • MYDRIATIC adj. causing dilatation of the pupil of the eye. |
MYRIADTHS | • MYRIADTH n. one of a myriad equal part. |
RHYTIDOME | • rhytidome n. (Botany) The dead layers of plant bark (undergoing or having undergone secondary growth) external to… • RHYTIDOME n. the bark external to the last formed periderm. |
TAXIDERMY | • taxidermy n. The art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state. • taxidermy v. (Transitive) To stuff and mount the skin of a dead animal. • TAXIDERMY n. the art of stuffing animals. |
TRENDYISM | • trendyism n. Trendy attitudes generally. • TRENDYISM n. being trendy. |
TRIDYMITE | • tridymite n. (Mineralogy) A rare mineral of volcanic rocks that solidified at a high temperature, with the chemical… • TRIDYMITE n. an orthorhombic form of silica, in hexagonal scales, often combined in threes. |