| ABOLITION | • abolition n. The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation. • abolition n. The state of being abolished. • abolition n. (Historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. |
| AVOISIONS | • AVOISION n. a portmanteau coinage to denote blurring between tax avoidance and tax evasion. |
| BIOSOCIAL | • biosocial adj. (Biology, sociology) Of or pertaining to both biological and social features. • BIOSOCIAL adj. relating to the interaction of the biological aspects and social relationships of living organisms. |
| BOLIVIANO | • boliviano n. The unit of currency in Bolivia, divided into 100 centavos. • BOLIVIANO n. (Spanish) a Bolivian dollar. |
| COALITION | • coalition n. A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage. • coalition n. (Rare) The collective noun for a group of cheetahs. • Coalition prop.n. (Australia, politics) Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party. (Liberal-National coalition) |
| COITIONAL | • coitional adj. Relating to sexual intercourse. • COITIONAL adj. relating to coition, also COITAL. |
| DIACODION | • diacodion n. Alternative form of diacodium. • DIACODION n. (obsolete) a syrup of poppies, also DIACODIUM. |
| FILOPODIA | • filopodia n. Plural of filopodium. • FILOPODIUM n. a threadlike pseudopodium consisting of ectoplasm. |
| FOLIATION | • foliation n. (Botany) The process of forming into a leaf or leaves. • foliation n. (Publishing) The process of forming into pages; pagination. • foliation n. (Codicology, publishing) The numbering of the folios of a manuscript or a book. |
| IODATIONS | • iodations n. Plural of iodation. • IODATION n. the act of iodating. |
| ISOLATION | • isolation n. (Chiefly uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people. • isolation n. The act of isolating. • isolation n. (Diplomacy, of a country) The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either… |
| OBVIATION | • obviation n. The act of obviating; deterrence or prevention. • OBVIATION n. the action of obviating something. |
| OCTONARII | • octonarii n. Plural of octonarius. • OCTONARIUS n. in prosody, a line having eight feet, also OCTONARIAN. |
| OXIDATION | • oxidation n. The combination of a substance with oxygen. • oxidation n. (Chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the… • OXIDATION n. the act of oxidizing. |
| SOCIATION | • sociation n. (Botany) A plant community. • sociation n. (Ecology) The stable interactions and influences among the species within a coenose. • sociation n. (Sociology) Interactions and relationships among people. |
| VARIOLOID | • varioloid adj. Of or resembling smallpox. • varioloid n. A milder outbreak of smallpox occurring in a person who has previously been infected. • VARIOLOID n. a disease resembling variola, smallpox. |
| VIOLATION | • violation n. The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated. • VIOLATION n. the act of violating. |
| VOMITORIA | • vomitoria n. Plural of vomitorium. • VOMITORIUM n. (Latin) an opening in a large building by which a crowd is let out, also VOMITORY. |
| ZOOPHILIA | • zoophilia n. Human sexual attraction toward or sexual interaction with non-human animals. • zoophilia n. (Uncommon, chiefly derogatory) Excessive fondness for animals. • ZOOPHILIA n. the love of animals; erotic fondness for animals, also ZOOPHILISM, ZOOPHILY. |