CHARTERPARTY | • charterparty n. A contract between a shipowner and a merchant, under which a ship is hired for the conveyance of goods etc. • CHARTERPARTY n. the common written form in which a contract of affreightment is expressed. |
CRYOPRESERVE | • cryopreserve v. To preserve something (especially biological tissue) by freezing it and holding it a very low temperature. • CRYOPRESERVE v. to preserve by freezing. |
EXPROBRATORY | • exprobratory adj. Expressing, or relating to, exprobration. • EXPROBRATORY adj. expressing reproach, also EXPROBRATIVE. |
HYDROGRAPHER | • hydrographer n. A scientist whose speciality is hydrography. • HYDROGRAPHER n. a student of hydrography. |
HYPERCORRECT | • hypercorrect adj. (Grammar) Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage. • hypercorrect v. (Transitive) To change (a word or phrase) to a nonstandard form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage. • hyper-correct adj. Alternative form of hypercorrect. |
HYPERREACTOR | • hyperreactor n. One who hyperreacts. • HYPERREACTOR n. one who reacts in the extreme. |
IRREPROVABLY | • irreprovably adv. In a irreprovable manner; irreproachably. • IRREPROVABLE adv. blameless. |
PERFORMATORY | • performatory adj. Synonym of performative. • PERFORMATORY adj. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, also PERFORMATIVE. |
PERSPIRATORY | • perspiratory adj. (Dated) Of or pertaining to perspiration. • PERSPIRATORY adj. of, relating to, secreting, or inducing perspiration. |
PERTURBATORY | • perturbatory adj. Relating to, or causing, perturbation. • perturbatory n. (Obsolete) The supposed power of deflecting the divining rod by magnetic influence. • PERTURBATORY n. something tending to perturb. |
PRESERVATORY | • preservatory n. (Obsolete) A preservative. • preservatory n. (Obsolete) A room or apparatus in which perishable things can be preserved without decay. • preservatory adj. Preservative. |
PYRARGYRITES | • pyrargyrites n. Plural of pyrargyrite. • PYRARGYRITE n. a deep-red to black silver ore. |
PYROGRAPHERS | • pyrographers n. Plural of pyrographer. • PYROGRAPHER n. one who practises pyrography. |
PYROGRAVURES | • pyrogravures n. Plural of pyrogravure. • PYROGRAVURE n. design traced by pyrography. |
PYROTARTRATE | • pyrotartrate n. (Organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of pyrotartaric acid. • PYROTARTRATE n. a salt of tartaric acid. |
RECUPERATORY | • recuperatory adj. Of or relating to recuperation; tending to recovery. • RECUPERATORY adj. assisting in recuperation. |
REPREHENSORY | • reprehensory adj. Containing reproof; reprehensive. • REPREHENSORY adj. finding fault with. |
RESPIROMETRY | • respirometry n. A form of calorimetry that is used to measure the metabolic rate. • RESPIROMETRY n. measurement by respirometer. |
SPARKLEBERRY | • sparkleberry n. The farkleberry. • SPARKLEBERRY n. a shrub or small tree bearing black berries, native to southern parts of North America. |
TETRAPYRROLE | • tetrapyrrole n. (Biochemistry) any of several natural pigments having a structure of four pyrrole rings connected by… • TETRAPYRROLE n. a chemical group consisting of four pyrrole rings joined either in a straight chain or in a ring, as in chlorophyll. |