12-letter words containing ecto
- adenectomies — Plural form of adenectomy.
- alveolectomy — The surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis.
- appendectomy — the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
- art director — a person responsible for the sets and costumes in a film
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- cervicectomy — (medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
- clitorectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision.
- coccygectomy — (surgery) Surgical removal of the coccyx.
- collectorate — the office of a collector in India
- cystectomies — Plural form of cystectomy.
- detectophone — a secret listening device, the predecessor of the modern 'bug'
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- directorates — Plural form of directorate.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disconnector — (electrical engineering) A switching device used to open an electric circuit when there is no current through it. They are used to isolate a part of an electrical system to allow the maintenance staff a safe access to it.
- duodenectomy — a complete or incomplete removal of the duodenum
- ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- eigenvectors — Plural form of eigenvector.
- ejector seat — An ejector seat is a special seat which can throw the pilot out of a fast military aircraft in an emergency.
- end effector — The end effector of an actuator is the part that comes into contact with the object being moved or controlled.
- ex-directory — phone number: not listed publicly
- expectorants — Plural form of expectorant.
- expectorated — Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate.
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- gingivectomy — surgical removal of gum tissue.
- hectocotylus — a modified arm of the male of certain cephalopods that is used to transfer sperm to the female.
- hysterectomy — excision of the uterus.
- inspectorate — the office or function of an inspector.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- interjectory — characterized by interjection; interjectional.
- introspector — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- iridectomies — Plural form of iridectomy.
- iridectomize — to perform an iridectomy on.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- lie detector — a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person's answers under questioning.
- lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
- mastectomies — Plural form of mastectomy.
- maxillectomy — Surgical removal of the maxilla.
- meniscectomy — the surgical excision of a meniscus, as of the knee joint.
- mis director — Chief Information Officer
- neotectonics — the study of geologically recent movements of the earth's crust and measurement of its local effects in order to develop techniques for predicting earthquakes.
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- noncollector — a person who does not collect things
- oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- patellectomy — the surgical removal of the patella
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