| ACTIVATING | • activating v. Present participle of activate. • ACTIVATE v. to set in motion. |
| ACTIVATION | • activation n. Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity. • activation n. (Physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons. • activation n. (Biochemistry) The process by which molecules are made able to react. |
| ADVENTITIA | • adventitia n. (Anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ. • ADVENTITIA n. the outermost covering of an organ or part, esp. of a blood vessel. |
| ANNOTATIVE | • annotative adj. Relating to annotation. • ANNOTATIVE adj. characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation. |
| ANTICAVITY | • anticavity adj. Serving to prevent cavities in the teeth. |
| CAVITATING | • cavitating v. Present participle of cavitate. • CAVITATE v. to form cavities. |
| CAVITATION | • cavitation n. The formation of pits on a surface. • cavitation n. (Fluid dynamics) The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse, especially in a… • cavitation n. (Biology) The formation of cavities in an organ, especially in lung tissue as a result of tuberculosis. |
| CRAVATTING | • cravatting v. Present participle of cravat. • CRAVAT v. to dress in a cravat. |
| INACTIVATE | • inactivate v. (Transitive) To make inactive. • INACTIVATE v. to make inactive. |
| INTRAVITAL | • intravital adj. Within or among living cells; for example, subcutaneous. • intravital adj. Occurring during life. • INTRAVITAL adj. performed upon or found in a living organism, also INTRAVITAM. |
| INTRAVITAM | • intravitam adv. (Biology) During the life of an organism. • INTRAVITAM adj. performed upon or found in a living organism, also INTRAVITAL. |
| LOVASTATIN | • lovastatin n. (Pharmacology) A statin that inhibits the synthesis of cholesterol. • LOVASTATIN n. a drug used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. |
| ROTAVATING | • rotavating v. Present participle of rotavate. • ROTAVATE v. to till by means of a hand-operated machine, also ROTOVATE. |
| STARVATION | • starvation n. A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition. • starvation n. (Figurative) Severe shortage of resources. • starvation n. (Computer science) A state where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources to process its work. |
| VATICINATE | • vaticinate v. (Transitive, intransitive, chiefly formal) To predict or foretell future events; to prophesy or presage. • VATICINATE v. to prophesy, predict. |
| VINARTERTA | • vinarterta n. (Canada) A dessert of cake with layers of prune filling. |