Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
acroterium
acroterium
noun
(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
ammoniuret
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
audiometer
audiometer
noun
An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
autodermic
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
autoimmune
autoimmune
adj
(pathology, immunology) Of or pertaining to autoimmunity.
automative
automative
adj
Relating to automation.
automatize
automatize
verb
To cause to be automated; to automate.
To make or become automatic.
autometric
autometric
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an autometry
automobile
automobile
adj
Self-moving; self-propelled.
noun
(US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
automolite
automolite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of gahnite.
automotive
automotive
adj
Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
noun
A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts
autonomies
autonomies
noun
plural of autonomy
autonomize
autonomize
verb
(transitive) To make autonomous.
autotelism
autotelism
noun
(art) In literature or art, the belief that a work, having been created, is a justification in and of itself. Poems with a unified rhetorical device to frame the poem in a singular idea.
The belief that an entity or event has within itself its own meaning or purpose.
autotheism
autotheism
noun
Belief that one is a deity.
Belief that one is possessed by a divine power.
The doctrine of the self-subsistence of God, especially of the second person in the Trinity.
Worship of oneself.
autotomies
autotomies
noun
plural of autotomy
autotomise
autotomise
verb
Alternative form of autotomize
autotomize
autotomize
verb
(transitive) To shed (a body part) by autotomy.
beaumontia
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
cometarium
cometarium
noun
(astronomy) An instrument intended to represent the revolution of a comet around the Sun.
comminuate
emulations
emulations
noun
plural of emulation
emundation
emundation
noun
Cleaning; disinfection.
Rectification; purification, especially of crude drugs.
emuscation
emuscation
noun
(obsolete, rare) The removal of moss.
equiatomic
equiatomic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Containing equal numbers of two or more atoms
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
exhumation
exhumation
noun
The act of digging up that which has been buried.
fieulamort
fumatories
fumatories
noun
plural of fumatory
hematobium
illumonate
laumontite
laumontite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster, with the chemical formula CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles.
majestious
manumotive
manumotive
adj
(archaic) Which can be moved by hand.
metapodium
metapodium
noun
The metatarsus.
The posterior lobe of the foot of some mollusks.
metatoluic
modulative
modulative
adj
Causing or relating to modulation.
mortuaries
mortuaries
noun
plural of mortuary
mountained
mountained
adj
Set about with mountains.
mountainer
mountainer
noun
(obsolete) A person who lives in a mountainous area.
mountainet
mountainet
noun
A relatively small mountain.
mousterian
mousterian
Adjective
Of or from Le Moustier
Characteristic of Paleolithic flint tools found in this region
nominature
nominature
noun
(archaic) nomination
numeration
numeration
noun
Any system of giving names to numbers.
The act of counting or numbering; enumeration.
osmaterium
osmaterium
noun
Alternative form of osmeterium
outbeaming
outbeaming
adj
Shining outward.
outmarried
outmarried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outmarry
outmiracle
outmiracle
verb
(transitive) To surpass in miraculousness.
oxymuriate
oxymuriate
noun
(obsolete) chlorate
praetorium
praetorium
noun
Alternative form of pretorium
remutation
remutation
noun
mutation again, or back to a previous form
rheumatoid
rheumatoid
adj
Presenting analogies with rheumatism.
soumansite
stamineous
stamineous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the stamens; possessing stamens; attached to the stamens.
Consisting of stamens or threads.
tambourine
tambourine
noun
A kind of Provençal dance.
A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
A tambourine dove.
verb
To make a sound like a tambourine.
To play the tambourine.
tautomeric
tautomeric
adj
(chemistry) Of, relating to, formed or characterized by tautomerism.
teutomania
tourmaline
tourmaline
noun
(mineralogy) A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone.
A transparent gemstone cut from it.
tourmalite
urohematin
uteromania
uteromania
noun
(medicine, dated) nymphomania; insatiable sexual desire in females