ATMOMETERS | • atmometers n. Plural of atmometer. • ATMOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the evaporating capacity of air. |
AUTOMATISM | • automatism n. Acting automatically or involuntarily. • automatism n. The power of initiating vital processes from within the cell, organ, or organism, independent of external stimulus. • automatism n. The doctrine that animals are automata, operating according to mechanical laws. |
BOTTOMMOST | • bottommost adj. Alternative form of bottom-most. • bottom-most adj. Lowest, closest to the bottom. • BOTTOMMOST adj. situated at the very bottom. |
COMMITTALS | • committals n. Plural of committal. • COMMITTAL n. the act of committing e.g. to trial. |
COMMITTEES | • committees n. Plural of committee. • COMMITTEE n. a group selected from a more numerous body (or the whole body) to which some special business is committed. |
COMMITTERS | • committers n. Plural of committer. • COMMITTER n. one who commits. |
COMMUTATES | • commutates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commutate. • COMMUTATE v. to change a sentence, esp. the death sentence, for a less severe punishment, also COMMUTE. |
MASTECTOMY | • mastectomy n. The surgical procedure to remove all or part of a breast and sometimes nearby tissues. • MASTECTOMY n. the surgical excision of a breast. |
MATTAMORES | • mattamores n. Plural of mattamore. • MATTAMORE n. a subterranean chamber, also MASSYMORE. |
METASOMATA | • METASOMA n. the posterior part of an arachnid's abdomen. |
METTLESOME | • mettlesome adj. Marked by mettle or bravery; courageous. • METTLESOME adj. full of mettle. |
POSTMORTEM | • postmortem n. Alternative spelling of post mortem. • post-mortem adj. Alternative spelling of post mortem. • post-mortem n. Alternative spelling of post mortem. |
SMARTMOUTH | • smartmouth n. One who makes disrespectful, flippant remarks; a smart-aleck. • smartmouth v. To reply to in a disrespectful, flippant manner. • SMARTMOUTH n. a clever or sarcastic person. |
STEMMATOUS | • STEMMATOUS adj. of or like a stemma. |
TORMENTUMS | • TORMENTUM n. (Latin) a missile hurler. |