CHORDAMESODERM | • chordamesoderm n. (Anatomy) The axial mesoderm, which lies along the central axis under the neural tube and gives rise to the notochord. • CHORDAMESODERM n. the layer of specialized cells in the middle of a developing embryo which forms the notochord and structures of the central nervous system. |
ELECTROMERISMS | • ELECTROMERISM n. the ionization of gases. |
ELECTROMYOGRAM | • electromyogram n. The record produced by an electromyograph in electromyography. • ELECTROMYOGRAM n. a tracing made by an electromyograph. |
FERROMAGNETISM | • ferromagnetism n. (Physics) The phenomenon whereby certain substances can become permanent magnets when subjected to a magnetic field. • FERROMAGNETISM n. the state of being ferromagnetic. |
GEOTHERMOMETER | • geothermometer n. (Geology) A proxy that allows for geothermometry, the determination of the temperature of a geological… • geothermometer n. (Obsolete) A thermometer designed for measuring extremely high temperatures below ground level. • GEOTHERMOMETER n. instrument for measuring subterranean temperatures. |
HETEROMORPHISM | • heteromorphism n. A diversity of form. • heteromorphism n. A feature that is heteromorphic. • HETEROMORPHISM n. the state of having different forms. |
HIEROGRAMMATES | • hierogrammates n. Plural of hierogrammate. • HIEROGRAMMATE n. a writer of sacred records, also HIEROGRAMMAT. |
HYPERMODERNISM | • hypermodernism n. The state or condition of being hypermodern. • hypermodernism n. (Art) An art movement distinguished from modernism and postmodernism chiefly by its extreme and antithetical… • hypermodernism n. (Chess) A school of thought which advocates controlling the centre of the board with distant pieces… |
MICROMETEORITE | • micrometeorite n. An extraterrestrial particle, less than a millimeter in size, that has survived entry into the atmosphere… • MICROMETEORITE n. a very small meteorite. |
MICROMETEOROID | • micrometeoroid n. (Astronomy, geology) an extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size. • MICROMETEOROID n. a small meteoroid. |
MICROPYROMETER | • MICROPYROMETER n. a pyrometer for measuring the temperature of very small objects. |
MYRMECOCHORIES | • MYRMECOCHORY n. the dispersal of fruits and seeds by ants. |
OVERPROGRAMMED | • overprogrammed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overprogram. • overprogrammed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overprogramme. • overprogrammed adj. Given a programme or schedule of too many activities. |
RECOMMENDATORY | • recommendatory adj. Of or pertaining to a recommendation. • RECOMMENDATORY adj. serving to recommend. |
REPROGRAMMABLE | • reprogrammable adj. That can be reprogrammed; whose program can be replaced with another. • REPROGRAMMABLE adj. capable of being reprogrammed. |
STRABISMOMETER | • strabismometer n. (Medicine) An instrument for measuring the amount of strabismus. • STRABISMOMETER n. an instrument measuring the degree of strabismus in the eyes, also STRABOMETER. |
THERMOCHROMIES | • THERMOCHROMY n. a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is change, also THERMOCHROMISM. |
THERMOFORMABLE | • thermoformable adj. Capable of being thermoformed. • THERMOFORMABLE adj. capable of being thermoformed. |
THERMOMETRICAL | • thermometrical adj. Thermometric. • THERMOMETRICAL adj. relating to the measurement of temperature, also THERMOMETRIC. |
THERMOREMANENT | • thermoremanent adj. Of or pertaining to the magnetic field that remains when molten rock solidifies. • THERMOREMANENT adj. relating to magnetic remanence (as in a rock cooled from a molten state or in a baked clay object containing magnetic minerals) that indicates the strength and direction of the earth's magnetic field at a former time. |