COMSTOCKERIES | • COMSTOCKERY n. overzealous censorship of material considered obscene, also COMSTOCKISM. |
KERATECTOMIES | • keratectomies n. Plural of keratectomy. • KERATECTOMY n. surgical incision of the cornea. |
KINEMATOGRAPH | • kinematograph n. Alternative form of cinematograph. • KINEMATOGRAPH n. an apparatus for filming, printing and projecting a series of instantaneous photographs so as to give a moving representation of a scene, also CINEMATOGRAPH. |
KURCHATOVIUMS | • KURCHATOVIUM n. a former name for rutherfordium, an artificially produced radioactive transuranic element. |
MARKETISATION | • marketisation n. Alternative spelling of marketization. • MARKETISATION n. the process of bringing to market, also MARKETIZATION. |
MARKETIZATION | • marketization n. The exposure of service industries to market forces. • marketization n. A restructuring process that enables state enterprises to operate as market-oriented firms by changing… • MARKETIZATION n. the process of bringing to market, also MARKETISATION. |
METALWORKINGS | • metalworkings n. Plural of metalworking. • METALWORKING n. the process of working in metal. |
MICROPLANKTON | • microplankton n. Microscopic zooplankton. • MICROPLANKTON n. very small plankton. |
MOTHERFUCKING | • motherfucking adj. (Vulgar) An intensifier, used in the same contexts as fucking, but more intense. • motherfucking adv. (Strongly vulgar) To an extreme degree. • MOTHERFUCKING adj. (vulgar) objectionable; often used as an intensifier or meaningless qualification. |
POIKILOTHERMS | • poikilotherms n. Plural of poikilotherm. • POIKILOTHERM n. an organism that takes on the temperature of its surroundings. |
POIKILOTHERMY | • poikilothermy n. (Biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature… • POIKILOTHERMY n. the state of being cold-blooded, also POIKILOTHERMISM. |
SPORTSMANLIKE | • sportsmanlike adj. Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner. • SPORTSMANLIKE adj. like a sportsman. |
THROMBOKINASE | • thrombokinase n. (Biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood. • THROMBOKINASE n. an enzyme active in the clotting of blood, aka thromboplastin. |
TROUBLEMAKING | • troublemaking adj. Causing trouble. • troublemaking n. Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way. • TROUBLEMAKING n. the act of making trouble. |