COMMINUTE | • comminute v. (Transitive) To pulverize; to smash. • comminute v. (Medicine) To cause fragmentation (of bone). • comminute v. (Transitive) To break into smaller portions. |
EMULATION | • emulation n. The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions. • emulation n. (Obsolete) Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention. • emulation n. (Computing) Execution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating… |
EMUNCTION | • emunction n. (Formal) The act of wiping or blowing one’s nose. • EMUNCTION n. the act of removing obstructions from or cleaning bodily passages. |
ENTROPIUM | • entropium n. Alternative form of entropion. • ENTROPIUM n. (Greek) the inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids, also ENTROPION. |
EXONUMIST | • exonumist n. (Rare) Someone who collects exonumia. • EXONUMIST n. a collector of medals and tokens. |
IMPORTUNE | • importune v. To bother, irritate, trouble. • importune v. To harass with persistent requests. • importune v. To approach to offer one’s services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals. |
MINUTIOSE | • minutiose adj. Characterized by minutiae, or small details. • MINUTIOSE adj. of or like a minutia, a minute particular or detail, also MINUTIAL. |
MONTICULE | • monticule n. Alternative form of monticle. • MONTICULE n. (French) a secondary volcanic cone. |
MOULINETS | • moulinets n. Plural of moulinet. • MOULINET n. (French) a machine for bending the crossbow. |
MOUTERING | • MOUTER v. to take mouter for, also MULTURE. |
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. |
MUTTONIER | • MUTTONY adj. like mutton; having a flavor of mutton. |
TENTORIUM | • tentorium n. The framework of internal supports (a false endoskeleton) within an arthropod head, formed by ingrowths… • tentorium n. (Anatomy) The tentorium cerebelli, an extension of the dura mater that separates the cerebellum from… • TENTORIUM n. (Latin) a sheet of the dura mater stretched between the cerebrum and the cerebellum. |
TIMENOGUY | • timenoguy n. (Nautical) A rope used on a ship to prevent other lines and riggings tangling with each other. • TIMENOGUY n. a rope stretched from place to place on a ship; a makeshift. |
UNMORTISE | • UNMORTISE v. to release from mortise. |
UNMOTIVED | • unmotived adj. (Archaic) Without any motive. • UNMOTIVED adj. without a motive. |
UNTIMEOUS | • untimeous adj. (Archaic) untimely. • UNTIMEOUS adj. untimely. |