The automated recognition of individuals based on their behavioural and biological characteristics.
cirrostome
cirsectomy
citromyces
closterium
colbertism
compotiers
compotiers
noun
plural of compotier
concretism
concretism
noun
(art) An abstractionist painting movement that evolved in the 1930s.
reification; the fallacy of treating an abstraction like a real entity
convertism
costmaries
costmaries
noun
plural of costmary
costumiere
costumiers
costumiers
noun
plural of costumier
cottierism
cottierism
noun
The cotter system of land tenure.
coustumier
cremations
cremations
noun
plural of cremation
customizer
customizer
noun
A person or business that provides customization services
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
dosimetric
dosimetric
adj
Of or pertaining to dosimetry.
firstcomer
firstcomer
noun
One who comes first; a person or entity being the first to arrive, or the first in sequence.
gasometric
gasometric
adj
Of or relating to gasometry or gasometrics
isometrics
isometrics
noun
isometric exercise
plural of isometric
isothermic
isothermic
adj
(meteorology) Of equal or constant temperature with respect to space, volume, or pressure.
(physics) (Of a thermodynamic process) during which the temperature remains constant.
massoretic
mediocrist
mediocrist
noun
A mediocre person.
mesocratic
mesocratic
adj
(mineralogy) Neither leucocratic nor melanocratic; having a more or less even mixture of light and dark constituents.
Relating to mesocracy, or rule by the middle class.
noun
(ecology) The second stage of interglacial forest development (Early-Temperate), characterized by a transitional mix of light-demanding and shade-tolerant species.
mesokurtic
mesokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis.
mesometric
mesotronic
mesotropic
microstate
microstate
noun
(physics) The specific detailed microscopic configuration of a system.
A country that has a very small population and land area.
microstome
microstore
microtheos
microtines
microtines
noun
plural of microtine
miscorrect
miscorrect
verb
To correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake.
miscreator
miscreator
noun
(rare) Someone or something which creates things wrongly or badly.
octamerism
octamerism
noun
The condition of being octamerous
osmometric
osmometric
adj
Relating to osmometry
sclerotium
sclerotium
noun
(mycology) A compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a favourable opportunity for growth occurs.
semitropic
semitropic
adj
Alternative form of semitropical
semivector
sociometry
sociometry
noun
The quantitative study of social interactions, and the measurement of preferences etc.
tetrasomic
tetrasomic
adj
(genetics) Having four copies of a particular chromosome
thermotics
thermotics
noun
(archaic) The branch of physics that deals with the science of heat.
(archaic) thermodynamics
viscometer
viscometer
noun
(physics) An instrument used to measure the viscosity of a liquid.