| ADOPTION | • adoption n. The act of adopting. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • adoption n. The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one’s own child. • adoption n. Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum. |
| AMMONOID | • ammonoid n. An extinct cephalopod of the subclass Ammonoidea (including ammonites). • ammonoid adj. Characteristic of an ammonite. • AMMONOID n. the coiled shell of an extinct mollusk, also AMMONITE. |
| ANCONOID | • anconoid adj. Anconal; resembling the elbow. • ANCONOID adj. pertaining to the elbow. |
| ASCONOID | • asconoid adj. (Biology, of a sponge) Having the form of a simple ascon. • ASCONOID adj. like an ascon, a type of sponge. |
| CODOMAIN | • codomain n. (Mathematics, mathematical analysis) The target set into which a function is formally defined to map… • CODOMAIN n. in mathematics, the range, the set of output values of a function (the domain is the set of inputs). |
| CONOIDAL | • conoidal adj. Having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape. • CONOIDAL adj. nearly, but not exactly, conical, also CONOIDIC, CONOIDICAL. |
| DONATION | • donation n. A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause. • donation n. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. • DONATION n. something donated. |
| DOORNAIL | • doornail n. A nail with a wide head, traditionally used in the construction and ornamentation of wooden doors. • door-nail n. Alternative form of doornail. • door␣nail n. Alternative form of doornail. |
| DOTATION | • dotation n. The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman. • dotation n. Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation. • DOTATION n. an endowment. |
| IODATION | • iodation n. The process of iodating. • IODATION n. the act of iodating. |
| ISOPODAN | • isopodan adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the isopods. • isopodan n. (Zoology) An isopod. • ISOPODAN n. a kind of crustacean, also ISOPOD. |
| MAINDOOR | • MAINDOOR n. the principal door of an establishment. |
| MONOACID | • monoacid n. (Chemistry) Any acid that has only one replaceable hydrogen ion. • MONOACID n. a compound having one hydrogen atom replaceable by a negative or acid atom or radical, also MONACID. |
| NODATION | • nodation n. The act of making a knot. • nodation n. The state of being knotted. • NODATION n. the act of making a knot, or state of being knotted. |
| POIGNADO | • POIGNADO n. (obsolete) a small dagger, also PONIARD, POINADO. |
| RIGADOON | • rigadoon n. (Dance) A quickstep dance for two people. • rigadoon n. (Music) The music for this dance. • rigadoon n. (Historical) Formerly in the French army, the beat of a drum while culprits were being marched to punishment. |
| TANDOORI | • tandoori adj. (Of food) Cooked in a tandoor. • tandoori n. (Of food) A dish that was cooked in a tandoor. • TANDOORI n. (Hindi) a type of Indian cooking in which meat, vegetables etc. are baked over charcoal in a clay oven, also TANDOOR. |
| VINDALOO | • vindaloo n. A blend of chilis, tamarind, ginger, cumin, and mustard seeds, originally from Goa. • vindaloo n. A hot curry made with this spice. • VINDALOO n. (Portuguese) a curried dish made with meat, garlic and wine. |