A hydrometer, especially one that is used to measure the strength of an acid.
Any of various other devices used to measure acidity, either chemical or electronic.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
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.
actinomere
actinomere
noun
(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism
adipometer
adipometer
noun
A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
aeromantic
aeromantic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of aeromancy.
aerometric
aerometric
adj
Describing any measurement of a physical property of air (or other gases), but especially of temperature, pressure and velocity.
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aforetimes
aforetimes
Adverb
formerly, previously
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
allometric
allometric
adj
(mathematics, of a population) That grows at a rate proportional to a power of another population
Of or pertaining to allometry
ambrosiate
ambrosiate
noun
A crystalline substance, C₂₃H₂₅O₅Br, that is one of the common irritants that can be refined from ragweed (Ambrosia arthemisiifolia).
ameliorant
ameliorant
noun
A substance that helps plants grow by improving the physical condition of the soil.
Anything that improves something else.
ameliorate
ameliorate
verb
(intransitive) To become better; improve.
(transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.
amentiform
amentiform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a catkin.
ammoniuret
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
anatomiser
anatomiser
noun
Alternative form of anatomizer
anatomizer
anatomizer
noun
One who carries out dissection.
angiometer
antichrome
antimodern
antimodern
adj
Opposed to modernity or modernization
noun
A person opposed to modernity or modernization
antireform
antireform
adj
(politics) Opposing reform
aramayoite
aramayoite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing antimony, bismuth, silver, and sulfur.
archistome
areometric
areometric
adj
Relating to, or measured by, an areometer.
armipotent
armipotent
adj
(obsolete) Powerful in battle.
noun
(poetic, archaic) A powerful combatant.
aromatised
aromatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatise
aromatiser
aromatitae
aromatites
aromatized
aromatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatize
aromatizer
aromatizer
noun
One who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic.
artemision
atmometric
atmometric
adj
Relating to atmometry.
atropamine
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
autometric
autometric
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an autometry
barometric
barometric
adj
Made or done with a barometer
Of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure.
beforetime
beforetime
adv
(archaic) Formerly, previously.
bichromate
bichromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Synonym of dichromate
biometrics
biometrics
noun
The automated measurement of biological data.
The automated recognition of individuals based on their behavioural and biological characteristics.
biometries
biometries
noun
plural of biometry
biometrika
biometrist
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
bitterworm
bolometric
bolometric
adj
Of or pertaining to bolometry
as measured using a bolometer
boosterism
boosterism
noun
(US) Promotion of a city, organisation, etc. in order to improve public opinion.
bottomried
bottomries
bottomries
noun
plural of bottomry
brightsome
brightsome
adj
(archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
brimstones
brimstones
noun
plural of brimstone
bromacetic
bromellite
bromellite
noun
(mineralogy) A white oxide mineral containing beryllium.
brominated
brominated
adj
(chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more atoms of hydrogen with bromine.
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with bromine or hydrobromic acid.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brominate
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
cameration
cameration
noun
A vaulting or arching over.
carmeloite
ceilometer
ceilometer
noun
A device that measures the altitude of the cloud base, especially above an airfield.
centimolar
centimolar
adj
(chemistry) Of or relating to centimoles; one hundredth as concentrated as a molar solution.
chirometer
chromatize
chromatize
verb
To treat a metal surface with chromate
chromitite
chromitite
noun
(geology) An igneous rock composed mostly of chromite
cirrostome
cirsectomy
citrometer
citrometer
noun
(dated) A form of hydrometer once used during the preparation of citric acid from lemon juice.
citromyces
clinometer
clinometer
noun
An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).
clinometry
clinometry
noun
(geology) The art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
closterium
coimbatore
coimbatore
Proper noun
The second-largest city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
colbertism
colometric
colometric
adj
(linguistics) Relating to colometry
cometarium
cometarium
noun
(astronomy) An instrument intended to represent the revolution of a comet around the Sun.
commixture
commixture
noun
The act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents; commixtion.
commorient
commorient
adj
Dying together or at the same time.
noun
Someone dying at the same time as someone else.
competitor
competitor
noun
(obsolete) Partner, associate, one working with another toward a common goal.
A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
A person or organization against whom one is competing.
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
contermine
convertism
corymbiate
costmaries
costmaries
noun
plural of costmary
costumiere
costumiers
costumiers
noun
plural of costumier
coterminal
coterminal
adj
(category theory) Describing an object in a category, such that there is precisely one morphism that maps that object to every object in the category.
(geometry, of two angles) Differing only by a whole number of complete circles.
(university education, of a student) Simultaneously studying towards two or more separate degrees.
Coterminous: having the same scope or range, or meeting at the ends.
noun
(aviation) One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.
cottierism
cottierism
noun
The cotter system of land tenure.
coustumier
craniotome
craniotome
noun
A surgical instrument used in craniotomy to remove part of the skull.
cremations
cremations
noun
plural of cremation
crematoria
crematoria
noun
plural of crematorium
cromaltite
customizer
customizer
noun
A person or business that provides customization services
cytioderma
deiformity
deiformity
noun
(obsolete) Resemblance to deity.
demidoctor
demivotary
democratic
democratic
adj
(US, politics) Alternative letter-case form of Democratic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting the Democratic Party”)
Exhibiting social equality; egalitarian.
Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.
noun
(chiefly in the plural, dated) Synonym of democrat (“a supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France)”)
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
dermatobia
dermatomic
dermatomic
adj
(pathology) Relating to a dermatome
dermatosis
dermatosis
noun
(medicine) Any disease of the skin.
dermestoid
dermestoid
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.
diagometer
diagometer
noun
A kind of electroscope in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conductive power.
dichromate
dichromate
noun
(chemistry) any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
dimetrodon
dimetrodon
noun
A carnivorous synapsid, of the genus †Dimetrodon, from the Permian period
dimorphite
dimorphite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal orange mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.
diremption
diremption
noun
(rare) a ripping apart; a forceful sundering
dogmatiser
dogmatiser
noun
Alternative form of dogmatizer
dogmatizer
dogmatizer
noun
One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter.
dosimeters
dosimeters
noun
plural of dosimeter
dosimetric
dosimetric
adj
Of or pertaining to dosimetry.
ectodermic
ectodermic
adj
(biology) Of or relating to the ectoderm.
ectromelia
ectromelia
noun
(medicine) A congenital defect resulting in the lack of one or more of the limbs.
ectromelic
ectromelic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to ectromelia.
eliminator
eliminator
noun
One who, or that which, eliminates.
elotherium
elytriform
elytriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form or structure of an elytron.
embargoist
embargoist
noun
One who imposes an embargo.
embioptera
emigration
emigration
noun
A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.
The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
emigratory
emigratory
adj
Synonym of migratory
emmetropia
emmetropia
noun
The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
emmetropic
emmetropic
adj
Pertaining to emmetropia.
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
enantiomer
enantiomer
noun
(chemistry) One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer. Almost always, a pair of enantiomers contain at least one chiral center, and a sample of either enantiomer will be optically active.
endometria
endometria
noun
plural of endometrium
enormities
enormities
noun
plural of enormity
entodermic
entodermic
adj
entodermal
enviroment
epitomator
epitomator
noun
An epitomist
epitomiser
epitomiser
noun
Alternative form of epitomizer
epitomizer
epitomizer
noun
An epitomist.
ergometric
ergometric
adj
Relating to ergometry.
ergonomist
ergonomist
noun
An expert in ergonomics.
ergotamine
ergotamine
noun
(organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology) An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.
erotomania
erotomania
noun
A disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person.
Excessive sexual inclination or desire.
estimators
estimators
noun
plural of estimator
etheriform
etheriform
adj
Having the form of ether.
eudiometer
eudiometer
noun
A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.
eudiometry
eudiometry
noun
(chemistry, now chiefly historical) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
eumoiriety
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
examinator
examinator
noun
An examiner.
exothermic
exothermic
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) That releases heat during its formation, and absorbs it during its decomposition.
(chemistry, of a reaction) That releases energy in the form of heat.
(zoology) Of an animal: whose body temperature is regulated by external factors; cold-blooded.
exotropism
fieulamort
firstcomer
firstcomer
noun
One who comes first; a person or entity being the first to arrive, or the first in sequence.
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
foraminate
foraminate
adj
Having foramina or openings.
formaliter
formicated
formicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formicate