| 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. |
| ARVICOLINE | • arvicoline adj. That inhabits meadows; rural. • arvicoline n. Any rodent of the subfamily Arvicolinae. • ARVICOLINE adj. relating to the water-vole genus Arvicola. |
| 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. |
| INCHOATIVE | • inchoative adj. At the beginning, still in an unformed state. • inchoative adj. (Grammar) Aspectually indicating that a state is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered. • inchoative adj. (Grammar) Inflected in or relating to the inchoative aspect. |
| INVOCATING | • invocating v. Present participle of invocate. • INVOCATE v. to appeal to for help, also INVOKE. |
| INVOCATION | • invocation n. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer… • invocation n. (Chiefly law) A call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order. • invocation n. (Law) An act of invoking or claiming a legal right. |
| INVOCATIVE | • INVOCATIVE adj. serving to invoke. |
| NOVICIATES | • noviciates n. Plural of noviciate. • NOVICIATE n. the state of being a (religious) novice, also NOVITIATE. |
| PICOWAVING | • PICOWAVE v. to irradiate (food) with gamma rays. |
| PROVINCIAL | • provincial adj. Of or pertaining to a province. • provincial adj. Constituting a province. • provincial adj. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. |
| VESICATION | • vesication n. The formation of vesicles; blistering. • VESICATION n. the process of vesicating, or of raising blisters. |
| VICTORIANA | • Victoriana n. Items related to the Victorian era, especially collectibles. • VICTORIANA n. bricabrac and other characteristic possessions or creations of the Victorian age. |
| VINDICATOR | • vindicator n. A person who vindicates. • VINDICATOR n. one who vindicates. |
| VOCALISING | • vocalising v. (Britain) present participle of vocalise. • VOCALISE v. to produce with the voice, also VOCALIZE. |
| VOCALIZING | • vocalizing v. Present participle of vocalize. • vocalizing n. Vocalization. • VOCALIZE v. to produce with the voice, also VOCALISE. |