13-letter words containing eter
- heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
- heteropterous — belonging or pertaining to the Heteroptera, in some classifications a suborder of hemipterous insects comprising the true bugs.
- heterosexuals — Plural form of heterosexual.
- heterosporous — having more than one kind of spore.
- heterostracan — any of several ostracoderms of the order Heterostraci, from the Silurian and Devonian Periods, having the anterior part of the body enclosed in bony plates.
- heterostrophy — the condition of being heterostrophic
- heterostylism — the condition of being heterostyled
- heterothallic — having mycelia of two unlike types, both of which must participate in the sexual process. Compare homothallic (def 1).
- heterothermal — having a different or varying temperature
- heterothermic — Relating to, or exhibiting, heterothermy.
- heterotrophic — capable of utilizing only organic materials as a source of food.
- heterozygosis — the state of being a heterozygote.
- heterozygotes — a hybrid containing genes for two unlike forms of a characteristic, and therefore not breeding true to type.
- heterozygotic — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- illuminometer — an instrument for measuring illumination.
- inclinometers — Plural form of inclinometer.
- indeterminacy — the condition or quality of being indeterminate; indetermination.
- indeterminant — Not accurately determined or determinable.
- indeterminate — not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
- indeterminism — the doctrine that human actions, though influenced somewhat by preexisting psychological and other conditions, are not entirely governed by them but retain a certain freedom and spontaneity.
- infiltrometer — a device used to measure the infiltration capacity of a soil.
- katharometers — Plural form of katharometer.
- magnetometers — Plural form of magnetometer.
- metering pump — A metering pump is a device used to pump precise amounts of liquids over a period of time.
- nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
- non-detergent — any of a group of synthetic, organic, liquid or water-soluble cleaning agents that, unlike soap, are not prepared from fats and oils, are not inactivated by hard water, and have wetting-agent and emulsifying-agent properties.
- olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
- orifice meter — a plate having a central hole that is placed across the flow of a liquid, usually between flanges in a pipeline. The pressure difference generated by the flow velocity through the hole enables the flow quantity to be measured
- overdetermine — Determine, account for, or cause (something) in more than one way or with more conditions than are necessary.
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- parameter ram — (PRAM) A small memory in a Macintosh with a battery power supply which stores system parameters (desktop pattern, selectable memory configuration, etc.) when the computer is turned off.
- parameterised — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
- peter's pence — an annual tax or tribute, originally of a penny, paid by certain English property owners to the papal see until the Reformation.
- pneumatometer — an instrument for measuring either the quantity of air inhaled or exhaled during a single inspiration or expiration or the force of inspiration or expiration.
- postage meter — an office machine used in bulk mailing that imprints prepaid postage and a dated postmark.
- potentiometer — a device for measuring electromotive force or potential difference by comparison with a known voltage.
- predetermined — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
- predeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, often quantitative in meaning, that may be placed before an article or other determiner, as all in all the paintings or half in half her salary.
- preteriteness — the state of being preterite
- pretermission — to let pass without notice; disregard.
- preternatural — out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal: preternatural powers.
- preterperfect — the past perfect (grammatical) tense
- pyrheliometer — an instrument for measuring the total intensity of the sun's energy radiation.
- reflectometer — a device for measuring reflectance.
- refractometer — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
- saccharimeter — an optical instrument for determining the strength of sugar solutions by measuring the rotation of the plane of polarized light they produce.
- saccharometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of sugar in a solution, as by determining the specific gravity of the solution.
- saint peter's — a basilica in Vatican City: dome designed by Michelangelo.
- scatterometer — a radar sensor for measuring the backscatter of light from the ocean's surface