(engineering) A type of machine that grinds up solid materials, especially in waste treatment
consortium
consortium
noun
(biology) A group of symbiotic microbes.
(law) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
An association or society.
cronartium
dracontium
dracontium
noun
(pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
fruitwoman
fruitwomen
fulminator
fulminator
noun
One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely
immuration
immuration
noun
A walling up or immuring.
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
importuner
importuner
noun
One who importunes.
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
impuration
impuration
noun
(obsolete) The act of making impure; defilement; obscuration.
informatus
irrumation
irrumation
noun
Vigorous oral sex; the active penetration of a mouth with a penis.
maturation
maturation
noun
(biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.
(medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.
The process of becoming mature.
misfortune
misfortune
noun
(countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.
(uncountable) Bad luck.
mortuarian
morulation
morulation
noun
(biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
mountainer
mountainer
noun
(obsolete) A person who lives in a mountainous area.
mousterian
mousterian
Adjective
Of or from Le Moustier
Characteristic of Paleolithic flint tools found in this region
munitioner
munitioner
noun
(military) A manufacturer of munitions; someone who manufactures munitions; a munitioneer
muratorian
muratorian
Adjective
relating to Italian historian Ludovico Antonio Muratori
muttonbird
muttonbird
noun
Alternative form of mutton bird
nasutiform
natatorium
natatorium
noun
(US) A swimming pool, especially an indoor one; a building housing one or more swimming pools.
noctuiform
noctuiform
adj
Having the form of a noctuid moth.
nominature
nominature
noun
(archaic) nomination
numeration
numeration
noun
Any system of giving names to numbers.
The act of counting or numbering; enumeration.
numerosity
numerosity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is numerous.
(obsolete) Harmonious flow.
(uncountable) The condition of being numerous.
otocranium
outrhyming
outrhyming
verb
present participle of outrhyme
overminute
overminute
adj
Excessively minute.
peritoneum
peritoneum
noun
(anatomy) In mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.
(zoology) In animals, the membrane lining the coelom cavity.
punctiform
punctiform
adj
Having the form of a point.
puritandom
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
remounting
remounting
noun
The act of mounting something again.
verb
present participle of remount
remutation
remutation
noun
mutation again, or back to a previous form
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
rumbustion
rumination
rumination
noun
(figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.
(pathology) An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.
(psychology) Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.
The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud.
ruminators
ruminators
noun
plural of ruminator
sanatorium
sanatorium
noun
An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.
sanctorium
sanitorium
sanitorium
noun
Alternative spelling of sanatorium
scrumption
semirotund
semirotund
adj
Somewhat or partly rotund.
stramonium
stramonium
noun
A narcotic drug obtained from the dried leaves of this plant.
The jimsonweed plant
strontiums
strontiums
noun
plural of strontium
sturniform
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.
tambouring
tambouring
verb
present participle of tambour
tambourins
tambourins
noun
plural of tambourin
tirocinium
tirocinium
noun
Schooling, apprenticeship; novitiate.
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.
turkomania
turkomanic
turmoiling
turmoiling
verb
present participle of turmoil
unaromatic
unaromatic
adj
not aromatic
uniformest
uniformest
adj
superlative form of uniform: most uniform
uniformist
uniformist
noun
A proponent of uniformism.
uniformity
uniformity
noun
A collection of identical things
The absence of alternatives or diversity; sameness.
The state of being uniform, alike and lacking variety.
unimmortal
unimmortal
adj
Not immortal.
unimported
unimported
adj
Not imported.
unmoralist
unmorality
unmorality
noun
(rare) The condition of being unmoral; amorality.
unmortised
unmortised
adj
Not mortised.
unromantic
unromantic
adj
Not romantic
unstormily
untimorous
untimorous
adj
Not timorous.
urinometer
urinometer
noun
A hydrometer used to measure the specific gravity of urine.
urinometry
urinometry
noun
The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the urinometer.
urohematin
uromantist
uteromania
uteromania
noun
(medicine, dated) nymphomania; insatiable sexual desire in females