| ALTERATION | • alteration n. The act of altering or making different. • alteration n. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition. • ALTERATION n. the act of altering. |
| ALTERNATOR | • alternator n. (Electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means. • ALTERNATOR n. an electric generator for producing alternating current. |
| ANCHOVETTA | • anchovetta n. Alternative spelling of anchoveta. • ANCHOVETTA n. (Spanish) a small fish like an anchovy, also ANCHOVETA. |
| ANNOTATIVE | • annotative adj. Relating to annotation. • ANNOTATIVE adj. characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation. |
| ANTIMONATE | • antimonate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any salt or ester of antimonic acid; the anion SbO43-. • ANTIMONATE n. a salt of any antimonic acid, also ANTIMONIATE. |
| ARCHONTATE | • archontate n. The office or position of an archon. • ARCHONTATE n. an archon's term of office. |
| ASSENTATOR | • assentator n. An obsequious flatterer. • ASSENTATOR n. a flatterer; one assenting insincerely or conniving. |
| ATTENUATOR | • attenuator n. (Physics) Any device that attenuates a signal, but especially an electronic device that reduces the… • ATTENUATOR n. a device for attenuating. |
| CANZONETTA | • canzonetta n. A style of popular Italian secular vocal composition which originated around 1560, or a piece composed in this style. • CANZONETTA n. (Italian) a short canzone, also CANZONET. |
| CATATONIES | • catatonies n. Plural of catatony. • CATATONY n. a state of rigidity experienced periodically by schizophrenics. |
| CATENATION | • catenation n. The act or process of catenating. • catenation n. (Chemistry) The ability of a few elements, most especially carbon, to yield chains and rings by forming… • CATENATION n. connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. |
| ETHANOATES | • ethanoates n. Plural of ethanoate. • ETHANOATE n. an ester of acetic acid, aka acetate. |
| EXALTATION | • exaltation n. The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation. • exaltation n. The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property. • exaltation n. (Astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence. |
| EXAPTATION | • exaptation n. (Biology, evolutionary theory) The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than… • exaptation n. (Linguistics, by extension) The promotion of meaningless or redundant material so that it does new grammatical… |
| OCTAVALENT | • octavalent adj. (Chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 8. • octavalent adj. (Medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 8. • OCTAVALENT adj. having a valency of eight. |
| TETRAGONAL | • tetragonal adj. Having four sides, like a tetragon. • tetragonal adj. (Crystallography) Having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°. • TETRAGONAL adj. of or pertaining to a tetragon. |
| THANATOSES | • thanatoses n. Plural of thanatosis. • THANATOS n. (Greek) in Freudian psychology, the urge for destruction or self-destruction. |
| TRABEATION | • trabeation n. (Architecture) Beams used instead of arches or vaulting. • trabeation n. (Architecture) An entablature. • TRABEATION n. a construct of horizontal beams. |
| TRAMONTANE | • tramontane adj. Residing in or coming from the far side of a mountain range, especially from north of the Alps. • tramontane adj. (Broadly) Foreign. • tramontane adj. A classical name for the north wind. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |