COMPETENCES | • competences n. Plural of competence. • COMPETENCE n. the quality of being competent, also COMPETENCY. |
COMPUTERESE | • computerese n. (Informal, dated) The jargon associated with computers. • COMPUTERESE n. the jargon used by people who deal with computers. |
CONTEMPERED | • contempered v. Simple past tense and past participle of contemper. • CONTEMPER v. to blend together; to adapt. |
DEVELOPMENT | • development n. (Uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change. • development n. (Uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is… • development n. (Countable) Something which has developed. |
EMPOWERMENT | • empowerment n. The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group. • empowerment n. The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power. • empowerment n. The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically). |
ENVELOPMENT | • envelopment n. The act of enveloping. • envelopment n. That which envelops; a covering. • envelopment n. (Military) An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks… |
EXTEMPORISE | • extemporise v. (Intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought;… • extemporise v. (Intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way. • extemporise v. (Transitive) To make or create ex tempore. |
EXTEMPORIZE | • extemporize v. (Intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. • extemporize v. (Transitive) To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner. • EXTEMPORIZE v. to perform without preparation or practice; to improvise, also EXTEMPORISE. |
METROPLEXES | • metroplexes n. Plural of metroplex. • METROPLEX n. a large urban or metropolitan area. |
MONOTERPENE | • monoterpene n. (Organic chemistry) Any terpene formed from two isoprene units, and having ten carbon atoms; either… • MONOTERPENE n. any of a class of terpenes containing two isoprene units per molecule. |
OBTEMPERATE | • obtemperate v. (Obsolete) To obey or to conform to the prescribed rule or law. • OBTEMPERATE v. to obey (a judgment or decree), also OBTEMPER. |
PHONESTHEME | • phonestheme n. (Linguistics) A sound that, because it appears in a number of words of similar meaning, has a recognizable… |
PIEZOMETERS | • piezometers n. Plural of piezometer. • PIEZOMETER n. an instrument for measuring pressure or compressibility. |
PREMOVEMENT | • premovement adj. Prior to movement. • PREMOVEMENT n. the act of premoving. |
PYRGEOMETER | • pyrgeometer n. A device that measures near-surface infrared radiation spectrum, based on the resistance/voltage changes… • PYRGEOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the loss of heat by radiation from the earth's surface. |
SPEEDOMETER | • speedometer n. An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle. • speedometer n. Such a device incorporating an odometer. • SPEEDOMETER n. an instrument for measuring speed. |
SPELAEOTHEM | • SPELAEOTHEM n. a term for depositional features, such as stalactites and stalagmites, found in caves, also SPELEOTHEM. |
SPELEOTHEMS | • speleothems n. Plural of speleothem. • SPELEOTHEM n. a term for depositional features, such as stalactites and stalagmites, found in caves, also SPELAEOTHEM. |
SPHEROMETER | • spherometer n. A device used to measure the curvature of a surface, such as a lens. • SPHEROMETER n. an instrument for measuring curvature. |