| AGITATION | • agitation n. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or… • agitation n. A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone’s peace of mind. • agitation n. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc. |
| ANABIOSIS | • anabiosis n. (Biology) A state of suspended animation, especially during extreme drought; the act of recovering from this state. • ANABIOSIS n. a return to life after apparent death. |
| ANABIOTIC | • anabiotic adj. Relating to, or recovering from, anabiosis. • anabiotic adj. (Medicine, archaic) Serving to resuscitate; restorative. • anabiotic n. (Medicine, archaic) A restorative remedy; a powerful stimulant. |
| ANIMATION | • animation n. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit. • animation n. (Animation, in the sense of a cartoon) The technique of making inanimate objects or drawings appear… • animation n. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness. |
| AVIATIONS | • aviations n. Plural of aviation. • AVIATION n. the aircraft industry. |
| DINOMANIA | • dinomania n. (Informal) Enthusiasm for dinosaurs. • DINOMANIA n. public interest in dinosaurs. |
| INAMORATI | • INAMORATO n. (Italian) a (male) lover; beloved person. |
| INFOMANIA | • infomania n. Impairment of concentration caused by frequent response to text messages, e-mails, and other forms of… • INFOMANIA n. an excessive desire for information. |
| ISLOMANIA | • islomania n. A fascination with islands. • ISLOMANIA n. an obsessional enthusiasm for islands. |
| NICOTIANA | • nicotiana n. (Horticulture) Any ornamental plant of the genus Nicotiana. • nicotiana n. Literature dealing with tobacco-smoking. • Nicotiana prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the tobacco plants. |
| NOTABILIA | • notabilia n. Things worthy of notice. • NOTABILIA n. (Latin) notable sayings; things worthy of notice. |
| PALINOPIA | • palinopia n. Alternative form of palinopsia. • PALINOPIA n. a visual disorder in which the patient perceives a prolonged afterimage, also PALINOPSIA. |
| POINCIANA | • poinciana n. A tropical tree, Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated… • poinciana n. A tropical shrub, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, with bright orange-red flowers, originally native to the… • POINCIANA n. a tree of the tropical genus Poinciana, having racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments. |
| RACIATION | • raciation n. The division of people or other organisms into races. • RACIATION n. the formation locally of new biological groups smaller than species. |
| RADIATION | • radiation n. The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light. • radiation n. The process of radiating waves or particles. • radiation n. The transfer of energy via radiation. |
| SANITORIA | • sanitoria n. Plural of sanitorium. • SANITORIUM n. a hospital, esp. for tuberculosis, also SANATORIUM, SANITARIUM. |
| SATIATION | • satiation n. The state of being satiated or sated, of being full, of being at maximum capacity. • SATIATION n. the state of being satiated, also SATIETY. |
| TAIHOAING | • TAIHOA v. (Maori) to hold on, wait. |
| TOPIARIAN | • topiarian adj. Of or pertaining to topiary. • TOPIARIAN adj. of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of trees, hedges, etc. |
| VARIATION | • variation n. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing. • variation n. A related but distinct thing. • variation n. (Nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. |