COMPENSATOR | • compensator n. (Literally) A party or thing which compensates, pays or otherwise provides a compensation. • compensator n. Any device used to compensate for something, notably to achieve a better balance. • compensator n. A building control device used to deliver the compensation relationship or curve between the air temperature… |
HOMOPTERANS | • homopterans n. Plural of homopteran. • HOMOPTERAN n. a member of the Homoptera, cicadas, froghoppers etc. |
MONITORSHIP | • monitorship n. The status of serving as a monitor. • MONITORSHIP n. the office of monitor. |
MONOSTROPHE | • monostrophe n. A metrical composition having a single strophe. • MONOSTROPHE n. a poem in which all the stanzas or strophes are written in the same metre. |
NEPHROSTOME | • nephrostome n. The funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity. • NEPHROSTOME n. the funnel-shaped coelomic opening of a typical nephridium. |
OPPORTUNISM | • opportunism n. The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard… • OPPORTUNISM n. the practice of regulating actions by favourable opportunities rather than consistent principles. |
PETROMONEYS | • PETROMONEY n. money from oil revenues. |
PETROMONIES | • PETROMONEY n. money from oil revenues. |
PHONOMETERS | • phonometers n. Plural of phonometer. • PHONOMETER n. an instrument for measuring sound levels, also PHONMETER. |
POSITRONIUM | • positronium n. (Physics, chemistry) An exotic atom (specifically, an onium) consisting of a positron (anti-electron)… • POSITRONIUM n. a positron and and an electron bound together in a short-lived unit, similar to a hydrogen atom. |
POSTFORMING | • postforming v. Present participle of postform. • POSTFORM v. to shape subsequently. |
POSTMODERNS | • postmoderns n. Plural of postmodern. • POSTMODERN n. one belonging to an era after a modern one. |
PREMONITORS | • premonitors n. Plural of premonitor. • PREMONITOR n. one who, or that which, gives premonition. |
PROTAGONISM | • protagonism n. The quality of being a protagonist. • PROTAGONISM n. the state of being a protagonist. |
PROTOHUMANS | • protohumans n. Plural of protohuman. • proto-humans n. Plural of proto-human. • PROTOHUMAN n. a prehistoric primate, a supposed ancestor of modern man. |
SPORTSWOMAN | • sportswoman n. (UK) A woman who engages in sports; a female athlete. • SPORTSWOMAN n. a woman who engages in sports. |
SPORTSWOMEN | • sportswomen n. Plural of sportswoman. • SPORTSWOMAN n. a woman who engages in sports. |
TROPOMYOSIN | • tropomyosin n. (Biochemistry) A protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together… • TROPOMYOSIN n. a filamentous protein which controls the interaction of actin and myosin in muscle fibres. |
TRYPANOSOME | • trypanosome n. Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of… • TRYPANOSOME n. a parasite causing sleeping sickness. |