ALLOTMENT | • allotment n. The act of allotting. • allotment n. Something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed. • allotment n. (Law) The allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person. |
EXTOLMENT | • extolment n. (Obsolete) Praise. • EXTOLMENT n. praise. |
LEFTMOSTS | • LEFTMOST n. the location or direction of the left side. |
LEITMOTIF | • leitmotif n. (Music) A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera. • leitmotif n. (By extension) A recurring theme. • LEITMOTIF n. (German) a leading motif, a recurring theme in a novel, musical signature for something, also LEITMOTIV. |
LEITMOTIV | • leitmotiv n. Alternative form of leitmotif. • LEITMOTIV n. (German) a leading motif, a recurring theme in a novel, musical signature for something, also LEITMOTIF. |
LITHOTOME | • lithotome n. (Surgery, archaic) An instrument used for cutting the bladder to remove a calculus; a cystotome. • lithotome n. A mineral resembling a cut gem, formed that way by nature. • LITHOTOME n. a stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art. |
MATELOTES | • matelotes n. Plural of matelote. • MATELOTE n. (French) a kind of rich fish stew, also MATELOTTE. |
MATELOTTE | • MATELOTTE n. (French) a kind of rich fish stew, also MATELOTE. |
MISTLETOE | • mistletoe n. (Countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with… • mistletoe n. (Uncountable) A sprig of one such plant used as a Christmas decoration, associated with the custom that… • mistle-toe n. (Obsolete or rare) Alternative spelling of mistletoe. |
MOTLEYEST | • MOTLEY adj. diversified in colour, multicoloured. |
MULTITONE | • multitone adj. Of or pertaining to more than one tone. • multitone n. A document or image that is printed using several different inks. • MULTITONE adj. having many tones. |
OMELETTES | • omelettes n. Plural of omelette. • OMELETTE n. a dish made with beaten eggs, also OMELET. |
OUTMANTLE | • outmantle v. (Transitive) To surpass in mantling or in splendour, as of dress. • OUTMANTLE v. (archaic) to exceed in dress or ornament. |
PALMETTOS | • palmettos n. Plural of palmetto. • PALMETTO n. (Spanish) any of various usually small and sometimes stemless fan palms. |
TORMENTIL | • tormentil n. A low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla). • TORMENTIL n. a small potentilla of heaths and moors having four-petalled yellow flowers and strongly astringent roots. |
TREMOLANT | • tremolant n. (Music) Alternative form of tremulant. • TREMOLANT n. (Italian) a vibrating, quavering musical effect, also TREMOLO. |
TREMOLITE | • tremolite n. (Mineralogy) A pale grey/green amphibole mineral, a type of asbestos, that is a mixed calcium and magnesium… • TREMOLITE n. a white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses. |
TYLECTOMY | • tylectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst, especially from the breast; a lumpectomy. • TYLECTOMY n. the surgical removal of a lump, esp. in the breast, aka lumpectomy. |
VOLTMETER | • voltmeter n. An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts. • VOLTMETER n. an instrument for measuring electrical potential. |