CAPROLACTAM | • caprolactam n. (Organic chemistry) A lactam (cyclic amide) manufactured from cyclohexanone and used in the manufacture of nylon. • CAPROLACTAM n. a white crystalline cyclic amide used esp. in making one type of nylon. |
CHROMOPLAST | • chromoplast n. (Biology) Any plastid in which a pigment is synthesized or stored. • CHROMOPLAST n. a colored plastid usually containing red or yellow pigment, such as carotene. |
CLAPOMETERS | • clapometers n. Plural of clapometer. • CLAPOMETER n. a device for registering applause. |
COMPILATORS | • compilators n. Plural of compilator. • COMPILATOR n. a compiler. |
COMPILATORY | • compilatory adj. Of or pertaining to a compiler (person) or compilation. • COMPILATORY adj. relating to a compilation. |
IMPLICATURE | • implicature n. (Pragmatics) An implied meaning that does not semantically entail. • IMPLICATURE n. the act of implying a meaning other than the literal meaning of a statement. |
IMPRACTICAL | • impractical adj. Not practical; impracticable. • IMPRACTICAL adj. not practical. |
MALPRACTICE | • malpractice n. The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss. • malpractice n. Improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person. • MALPRACTICE n. an evil or improper practice; professional misconduct. |
MARKETPLACE | • marketplace n. An open area in a town housing a public market. • marketplace n. The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. • marketplace n. (By extension) The world of commerce and trade. |
METACARPALS | • metacarpals n. Plural of metacarpal. • METACARPAL n. a bone of the metacarpus. |
PARACETAMOL | • paracetamol n. (Pharmacology) a synthetic compound used as a drug to relieve and reduce fever, usually taken in tablet form. • PARACETAMOL n. a mild analgesic and antipyretic drug, often recommended instead of aspirin. |
PLANIMETRIC | • planimetric adj. Relating to planimetry; made by means of a planimeter. • planimetric adj. Relating to planimetrics. • PLANIMETRIC adj. relating to planimetry, also PLANIMETRICAL. |
PLANOMETRIC | • planometric adj. Relating to planometry. • PLANOMETRIC adj. denoting a type of pictorial drawing. |
PRAGMATICAL | • pragmatical adj. Alternative form of pragmatic (“practical”). • pragmatical adj. Alternative form of pragmatic (“officious, meddlesome”). • pragmatical adj. (Law) Relating to affairs of state. |
PRISMATICAL | • prismatical adj. Alternative form of prismatic. • PRISMATICAL adj. of, resembling or produced by prisms, also PRISMATIC. |
PROBLEMATIC | • problematic adj. Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s)… • problematic adj. (Logic, dated) Only affirming the possibility that a predicate be actualised. • problematic n. (Chiefly in the plural) A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study. |
PROCLAIMANT | • proclaimant n. Someone who or something that proclaims. • proclaimant adj. Alternative form of pro-claimant. • pro-claimant adj. In favor of a claimant or claimants. |
REPLACEMENT | • replacement n. A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute. • replacement n. The act of replacing something. • replacement n. The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more. |
SPERMATICAL | • spermatical adj. Spermatic. • SPERMATICAL adj. pertaining to sperm, also SPERMATIC, SPERMIC, SPERMOUS. |