| 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. |
| APOLITICAL | • apolitical adj. Having no interest or involvement in politics; Disinterest in such matters. • apolitical adj. Having no political relevance or function. • apolitical adj. Politically neutral, unbiased, non-aligned, free from party politics. |
| APPARITION | • apparition n. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. • apparition n. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. • apparition n. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom. |
| APRICATION | • aprication n. (Rare) The act of apricating, or basking in the sun. • APRICATION n. basking in the sun. |
| ASPIRATION | • aspiration n. The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or… • aspiration n. The action of aspirating. • aspiration n. (Phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants. |
| CAPITATION | • capitation n. Performing a headcount; the counting of people. • capitation n. A poll tax. • capitation n. A system of remuneration for providers of health care, in which providers enroll patients as permanent… |
| CAPITOLIAN | • Capitolian adj. Capitoline; relating to the Capitol in Ancient Rome. • CAPITOLIAN adj. of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome, also CAPITOLINE. |
| 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. |
| LAPIDATION | • lapidation n. (Law) The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment. • LAPIDATION n. (archaic) the act of stoning. |
| PAGINATION | • pagination n. The act of creating pages for a document, book, etc., or determining when to truncate text on the pages. • pagination n. The act of numbering pages for a document, book, etc. • pagination n. (Computing) The separation of data into batches, so that it can be retrieved with a number of smaller requests. |
| PALLIATION | • palliation n. The alleviation of a disease’s symptoms without a cure; temporary relief. • palliation n. Extenuation; mitigation. • PALLIATION n. the act of palliating. |
| PARABIOTIC | • parabiotic adj. Relating to parabiosis. • PARABIOTIC adj. relating to parabiosis. |
| PARASITOID | • parasitoid n. Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host. • PARASITOID n. an insect parasitic in one phase of the life history, thereafter independent. |
| PATINATION | • patination n. (Sculpture) The application of a patina. • PATINATION n. the formation of a film on copper from exposure. |
| PATRIATION | • patriation n. (Canada) The transfer of a governmental power from a former mother country to a newly independent one. • PATRIATION n. the transference of responsibilities for the Canadian constitution from the British parliament to the Canadian parliament. |
| TRITANOPIA | • tritanopia n. A form of color blindness in which the retina is deficient in or lacks cone cells containing opsins… • TRITANOPIA n. the inability to distinguish properly between blue and yellow. |