A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
attempered
attempered
adj
Having a moderate temperament; sober.
Modified by admixture; well blended.
Of a moderate temperature; mild.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attemper
department
department
noun
(historical) A military subdivision of a country
(in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
(often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
A part, portion, or subdivision.
A specified aspect or quality.
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
dermaptera
dermatopsy
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
dermoptera
diparentum
impetrated
impetrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impetrate
imprecated
imprecated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprecate
mercaptide
mercaptide
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) thiolate
mercaptids
paedometer
paedometer
noun
(medicine) a device used to measure the weight and height of a child.
palmdesert
pandermite
pandermite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous borate of lime, resembling priceite.
parethmoid
parethmoid
adj
(anatomy) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
noun
(anatomy) A parethmoid bone.
pedatiform
pediastrum
pentamerid
permutated
permutated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of permutate
planterdom
platformed
platformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of platform
postmarked
postmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of postmark
preadamite
predaytime
predaytime
adj
Before daytime.
prestamped
prestamped
adj
Having been stamped in advance.
pteromalid
pteromalid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Pteromalidae of parasitic wasps.
pyramidate
spermaduct
spermaduct
noun
A spermatic duct.
spermatoid
spermatoid
adj
(biology) Resembling sperm or semen.
templardom
templeward
tepidarium
tepidarium
noun
(historical) A boiler in which the water was heated.
(historical) A warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust.
Any room containing a warm bath.
torpedoman
torpedoman
noun
A person in charge of the torpedoes on a military vessel.