AUTOLATRIES | • AUTOLATRY n. self-worship. |
DEGLUTITORY | • deglutitory adj. Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition. • DEGLUTITORY adj. relating to deglutition, also DEGLUTITIVE. |
ELUTRIATION | • elutriation n. The process of separating the lighter particles from the heavier ones by means of an upward directed… • ELUTRIATION n. the act of elutriating. |
ELUTRIATORS | • elutriators n. Plural of elutriator. • ELUTRIATOR n. an apparatus for elutriating. |
LATERITIOUS | • lateritious adj. (Medicine) Like bricks; of a reddish brick colour. • LATERITIOUS adj. brick-red in color. |
LEPTOKURTIC | • leptokurtic adj. (Statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently… • LEPTOKURTIC adj. in statistics, referring to a distribution showing a particular type of kurtosis. |
LUTEOTROPIC | • luteotropic adj. That stimulates the corpus luteum. • LUTEOTROPIC adj. acting on the corpora lutea, also LUTEOTROPHIC. |
LUTEOTROPIN | • luteotropin n. (Biochemistry) Prolactin; a peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates… • LUTEOTROPIN n. another name for the hormone prolactin, also LUTEOTROPHIN. |
MULTISTOREY | • multistorey adj. Alternative spelling of multi-storey. • multistorey n. Alternative spelling of multi-storey. • multi-storey adj. (Of a building) Having more than one storey. |
OUTGLITTERS | • outglitters v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outglitter. • OUTGLITTER v. to surpass in glittering. |
PLURIPOTENT | • pluripotent adj. (Biology) Able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all. • PLURIPOTENT adj. not fixed as to development potentialities e.g. 'pluripotent stem cells'. |
RATATOUILLE | • ratatouille n. A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant. • RATATOUILLE n. (French) a vegetable dish of aubergines, courgettes, tomatoes, onions, and peppers fried and stewed in oil. |
RELUCTATION | • reluctation n. (Obsolete) Resistance, struggle. • reluctation n. (Now rare) Reluctance, unwillingness. • RELUCTATION n. (archaic) repugnance. |
STAUROLITES | • staurolites n. Plural of staurolite. • STAUROLITE n. a silicate of aluminum and iron, generally found imbedded in mica schist. |
TETRAZOLIUM | • tetrazolium n. (Organic chemistry) A univalent cation derived from a tetrazole. • TETRAZOLIUM n. a monovalent cation or group that is analogous to ammonium. |
TRIPETALOUS | • tripetalous adj. (Botany) Having three petals. • TRIPETALOUS adj. three-petalled. |
ULTRAVIOLET | • ultraviolet adj. Of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation… • ultraviolet n. Ultraviolet colour. • ULTRAVIOLET n. the part of the spectrum beyond the visible spectrum at its violet end. |