A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
diatropism
diatropism
noun
(biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.
(organic chemistry) An orthogonal arrangement of groups of atoms within a molecule, often associated with aromaticity.
The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of dissimilarity from early childhood protective and parental figures.
diparentum
disparatum
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
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
preadamite
predaytime
predaytime
adj
Before daytime.
prismatoid
prismatoid
noun
(mathematics) Any polyhedron whose vertices all lie in either of two parallel planes
pteromalid
pteromalid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Pteromalidae of parasitic wasps.
puritandom
pyramidate
pyramidist
pyramidist
noun
An expert in Egyptian pyramids.
spermatoid
spermatoid
adj
(biology) Resembling sperm or semen.
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.