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.
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
diremption
diremption
noun
(rare) a ripping apart; a forceful sundering
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
meropodite
meropodite
noun
(biology) A segment of the endopodite of a crustacean between the ischiopodite and the carpopodite
middleport
myoproteid
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
pedometric
pedometric
adj
Relating to pedometrics
Relating to, or measured by, a pedometer
picturedom
preomitted
printerdom
printerdom
noun
The world of printers and printing.
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
redemption
redemption
noun
Rescue upon payment of a ransom.
Salvation from sin.
The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
reimported
reimported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reimport
reptiledom
reptiledom
noun
The state of being a reptile, or of belonging to the world of reptiles; reptiles, collectively.
semitorpid
semitorpid
adj
Somewhat torpid.
spermatoid
spermatoid
adj
(biology) Resembling sperm or semen.
temporised
temporised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of temporise
temporized
temporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of temporize