| ADMIRATION | • admiration n. A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful. • admiration n. (Obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject). • admiration n. (Obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise. |
| AMIANTHOID | • amianthoid adj. Resembling amianthus. • AMIANTHOID adj. of or like amianthus, asbestos with silky fibres, also AMIANTHINE, AMIANTHOIDAL. |
| AMPLIATION | • ampliation n. Enlargement; amplification. • ampliation n. (Law, civil law) A postponement of the decision of a cause for further consideration or reargument. • AMPLIATION n. enlargement; amplification. |
| ANAMNIOTIC | • anamniotic adj. (Anatomy) Without, or not developing, an amnion. • ANAMNIOTIC adj. of or like an anamniote, any vertebrate animal, such as a fish or amphibian, that lacks an amnion. |
| ANIMATIONS | • animations n. Plural of animation. • ANIMATION n. the state of being animated. |
| ANTIMONIAL | • antimonial adj. (Dated, chemistry, pharmacology) Of or pertaining to antimony. • antimonial n. Any drug or medical preparation containing antimony. • ANTIMONIAL n. a drug containing antimony. |
| ANTINOMIAN | • antinomian n. (Christianity, Judaism) One who embraces, encourages, or practices antinomianism. • antinomian adj. Of or pertaining to antinomianism. • antinomian adj. Rejecting higher moral or legal authority. |
| AXIOMATICS | • axiomatics n. The study of all the axioms associated with a particular subject. • AXIOMATICS n. the study of axioms and axiom systems. |
| AXIOMATISE | • axiomatise v. Alternative spelling of axiomatize. • AXIOMATISE v. to make axiomatic, also AXIOMATIZE. |
| AXIOMATIZE | • axiomatize v. To establish a set of axioms that describe or govern certain phenomena. • AXIOMATIZE v. to reduce to a system of axioms, also AXIOMATISE. |
| EMACIATION | • emaciation n. The act of making very lean. • emaciation n. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition. • EMACIATION n. the act of making very lean. |
| IMMANATION | • immanation n. A flowing or entering in. • IMMANATION n. a flowing in. |
| IMPANATION | • impanation n. (Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the… • IMPANATION n. in Eucharistic doctrine, the presence of the body and blood of Christ in the bread (and wine) after consecration. |
| LAMINATION | • lamination n. The process of laminating, joining together thin layers. • lamination n. Something made by laminating. • lamination n. (Topology) A foliation of a closed subset of a manifold by subspaces of one dimension less. |
| MARINATION | • marination n. The process of marinating. • MARINATION n. the act of marinating. |
| MAXIMATION | • MAXIMATION n. the act of maximising, also MAXIMISATION, MAXIMIZATION. |
| MINATORIAL | • minatorial adj. Threatening; minatory. • MINATORIAL adj. menacing, also MINATORY. |
| OMMATIDIAL | • ommatidial adj. Of or pertaining to the ommatidia. • OMMATIDIAL adj. relating to an ommatidium. |
| STAMINODIA | • staminodia n. Plural of staminodium. • STAMINODIUM n. a sterile stamen, also STAMINODE. |