LAMPLIGHTER | • lamplighter n. (Historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn. • lamplighter n. (Historical) Any device or contrivance for lighting lamps, such as a length of paper to be set alight at one end. • lamplighter n. A kind of tall bicycle. |
PROTHALLIUM | • prothallium n. A plant, usually a pteridophyte, in gametophyte stage in the metagenesis cycle. • prothallium n. The young gametophyte of a liverwort or peat moss. • PROTHALLIUM n. the free-living gametophyte of a fern or other vascular cryptogam, also PROTHALLUS. |
LAMPLIGHTERS | • lamplighters n. Plural of lamplighter. • LAMPLIGHTER n. one whose job it is to light lamps. |
METALLOGRAPHIC | • metallographic adj. Of or pertaining to metallography. • METALLOGRAPHIC adj. relating to metallography. |
METAPHORICALLY | • metaphorically adv. (Manner) In a metaphoric manner; not literally; by means of metaphor. • metaphorically adv. Used to draw attention that what follows is a metaphor, not to be taken literally. • METAPHORICAL adv. related to metaphor, also METAPHORIC. |
PHALLOCENTRISM | • phallocentrism n. (Literally) Focus on the phallus. • phallocentrism n. (Figuratively) Focus on a male point of view. • PHALLOCENTRISM n. the state of being phallocentric. |
POIKILOTHERMAL | • poikilothermal adj. Poikilothermic. • POIKILOTHERMAL adj. having a variable blood temperature, cold blooded, also POIKILOTHERMIC. |
ALLOTRIOMORPHIC | • allotriomorphic adj. (Chemistry) allotropic. • allotriomorphic adj. (Geology) xenomorphic. • ALLOTRIOMORPHIC adj. crystalline in internal structure but not in outward form. |
ATMOSPHERICALLY | • atmospherically adv. In an atmospheric manner. • atmospherically adv. With regard to the atmosphere. • ATMOSPHERICAL adv. related to the atmosphere, also ATMOSPHERIC. |
AUTOMORPHICALLY | • automorphically adv. (Mathematics) In terms of automorphisms. • AUTOMORPHIC adv. formed after its or one's own pattern. |
CHEMOTROPICALLY | • chemotropically adv. In a chemotropic manner. • CHEMOTROPIC adv. exhibiting chemotropism, i.e. plant growth in the direction of a particular chemical. |
COMPTROLLERSHIP | • comptrollership n. The position or office of a comptroller. • COMPTROLLERSHIP n. the office of comptroller. |
HYPSOMETRICALLY | • hypsometrically adv. By means of, or in terms of, hypsometry. • HYPSOMETRICAL adv. of, relating to, or indicating elevation (as on a map), also HYPSOMETRIC. |
METALLOGRAPHIES | • metallographies n. Plural of metallography. • METALLOGRAPHY n. the study of the structure and constitution of metals. |
METALLOGRAPHIST | • metallographist n. (Dated) One who writes on the subject of metals. • METALLOGRAPHIST n. one who practises metallography. |
METAMORPHICALLY | • metamorphically adv. In a metamorphic manner. • METAMORPHIC adv. showing or relating to change of form. |
PETROCHEMICALLY | • petrochemically adv. By petrochemical means. • PETROCHEMICAL adv. of or relating to chemicals obtained from petroleum. |
PHALLOCENTRISMS | • phallocentrisms n. Plural of phallocentrism. • PHALLOCENTRISM n. the state of being phallocentric. |
PHOTOMETRICALLY | • photometrically adv. In a photometric manner. • photometrically adv. By using photometry. • PHOTOMETRIC adv. of or relating to photometry or the photometer. |
PHOTOMULTIPLIER | • photomultiplier n. (Physics) A device, normally in the form of a tube, that uses a photocathode to convert photons into… • PHOTOMULTIPLIER n. a photocell with a series of dynodes which amplify the emission current by electron multiplication. |