| ABDICATING | • abdicating v. Present participle of abdicate. • ABDICATE v. to renounce or surrender formally, as one's power or office. |
| ABDICATION | • abdication n. (Obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. • abdication n. The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. • abdication n. The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power. |
| ALBINISTIC | • albinistic adj. Of or pertaining to albinism. • ALBINISTIC adj. affected with albinism. |
| ANABOLITIC | • anabolitic adj. (Biochemistry) Relating to anabolism or to anabolites. • ANABOLITIC adj. relating to an anabolite, a product of anabolism. |
| ANTIBIOTIC | • antibiotic n. (Pharmacology) Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms… • antibiotic adj. (Pharmacology) Of or relating to antibiotics. • antibiotic adj. (Obsolete) Of or relating to the theory that extraterrestrial life does not exist. |
| BACITRACIN | • bacitracin n. (Pharmacology) A nonprescription polypeptide antibiotic isolated from a bacillus (Bacillus subtilis… • BACITRACIN n. an antibiotic used for treating bacterial skin infections. |
| BACKBITING | • backbiting n. The action of slandering a person without that person’s knowledge. • backbiting adj. Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person’s knowledge. • backbiting v. Present participle of backbite. |
| BEAUTICIAN | • beautician n. One who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments. • BEAUTICIAN n. a person engaged in hairdressing, facial makeup, manicuring, etc. |
| BILOCATION | • bilocation n. (Forteana) The ability to be, or fact of being, in two places at once. • BILOCATION n. the ability to be in two places at once. |
| BRATTICING | • bratticing v. Present participle of brattice. • bratticing n. The material used for forming brattices. • BRATTICING n. work in the form of brattices; cresting or ornamental work along a ridge. |
| COHABITING | • cohabiting v. Present participle of cohabit. • COHABIT v. to dwell together as husband and wife. |
| CRIBRATION | • cribration n. The separation of the finer parts of drugs from the coarser parts by sifting. • CRIBRATION n. sifting. |
| ICEBOATING | • iceboating n. The act of travelling in a iceboat. • ICEBOATING n. the sport of using an iceboat. |
| INCUBATING | • incubating v. Present participle of incubate. • INCUBATE v. to warm eggs for hatching. |
| INCUBATION | • incubation n. Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life… • incubation n. (Pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development. • incubation n. (Chemistry) A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction. |
| INCUBATIVE | • incubative adj. Of or pertaining to incubation. • INCUBATIVE adj. of or pertaining to incubation. |
| INDICTABLE | • indictable adj. (Of an act) Subjecting one to an indictment. • indictable adj. (Of a person) Able or deserving to be indicted. • INDICTABLE adj. that can be indicted. |
| INDICTABLY | • indictably adv. (Law) Subject to indictment. • INDICTABLE adv. that can be indicted. |
| TIBOUCHINA | • tibouchina n. Any of various species of myrtalean trees of the genus Tibouchina, native to tropical America, many… • Tibouchina prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Melastomataceae – certain flowering plants. • TIBOUCHINA n. a plant of the Tibouchina genus of shrubs, with purple flowers. |
| URBANISTIC | • urbanistic adj. Relating to an urbanist. • URBANISTIC adj. relating to the planning and development of towns. |