(medicine) The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
desquamatory
desquamatory
adj
(surgery) Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones.
diplomatique
eequinoctium
equidominant
equidominant
adj
equally dominant
equimomental
equimomental
adj
Having equal moments of inertia.
equitemporal
equitemporal
adj
Of equal time.
magniloquent
magniloquent
adj
Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or esoteric words.
metasequoias
metasequoias
noun
plural of metasequoia
methaqualone
methaqualone
noun
(pharmacology) A sedative drug that has effects similar to barbiturates. Also used recreationally.
milquetoasts
milquetoasts
noun
plural of milquetoast
misquotation
misquotation
noun
An incorrect quotation.
mosquitobill
mosquitocide
mosquitocide
noun
Any substance that kills mosquitos.
mosquitofish
mosquitofish
noun
Any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus Gambusia.
mousquetaire
mousquetaire
noun
(historical) A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century.
(historical) A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing.
(historical) A woman's cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century.
multiloquent
multiloquent
adj
Talkative.
multiloquous
multiloquous
adj
Very talkative.
musquashroot
somniloquent
somniloquent
adj
Synonym of somniloquous (“talking while asleep”)
somniloquist
somniloquist
noun
A person who talks in his/her sleep.
squamulation
squamulation
noun
(zoology) The condition of being squamulate; the presence of small scales.
thymoquinone
thymoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpenoid quinone, found in caraway, coriander and nutmeg, that has antioxidant activity
