| AIRPROOFED | • airproofed adj. That has been made airtight. • AIRPROOF v. to make impermeable to air. |
| CAROTENOID | • carotenoid n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls. • carotenoid adj. (Organic chemistry) Of or relating to such a class of pigments. • CAROTENOID n. any of a group of pigments similar to carotenes, found in plant and some animal tissues, also CAROTINOID. |
| COORDINATE | • coordinate adj. Of the same rank; equal. • coordinate n. (Mathematics, cartography, astronomy) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc… • coordinate n. Something that is equal to another thing. |
| DECORATION | • decoration n. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. • decoration n. Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation. • decoration n. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order… |
| DEFOLIATOR | • defoliator n. Something or someone that defoliates. • DEFOLIATOR n. a defoliating agent. |
| DEROGATION | • derogation n. An act which belittles; disparagement. • derogation n. (Law) The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law. • DEROGATION n. a taking from, a detraction. |
| DONATORIES | • donatories n. Plural of donatory. • DONATORY n. a donee of the crown; one to whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over, also DONATARY. |
| DREARIHOOD | • drearihood n. (Archaic, poetic) affliction; dreariness. • DREARIHOOD n. (Spenser) affliction; dreariness, also DREARIHEAD, DRERIHEAD. |
| FOREORDAIN | • foreordain v. (Transitive) To predestine or preordain. • FOREORDAIN v. to ordain or appoint beforehand. |
| MODERATION | • moderation n. The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes. • moderation n. An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way. • moderation n. The process of moderating a discussion. |
| OESTRADIOL | • oestradiol n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of estradiol. • OESTRADIOL n. a natural oestrogen also synthesised for use in cancer treatment. |
| ORTHOPEDIA | • orthopedia n. (Medicine) The branch of medicine which deals with the prevention and correction of deformities in bodies;… • ORTHOPEDIA n. the art or process of curing deformities arising from (originally childhood) disease or injury, also ORTHOPAEDICS, ORTHOPAEDY, ORTHOPEDICS, ORTHOPEDY. |
| PICAROONED | • picarooned v. Simple past tense and past participle of picaroon. • PICAROON v. to act as a pirate. |
| RADIOPHONE | • radiophone n. A photophone. • radiophone n. A radiotelephone. • RADIOPHONE n. an instrument for producing sound by radiant energy. |
| RADIOSCOPE | • radioscope n. An instrument for detecting or studying X-rays. • RADIOSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing objects using X-rays. |
| RADIOSONDE | • radiosonde n. A miniature radio carried aloft (e.g. by an uncrewed balloon, an airdrop from a crewed aircraft, or… • RADIOSONDE n. a radio transmitter, borne into and from upper atmosphere by balloon and parachute, sending out information on atmospheric conditions. |
| READOPTION | • readoption n. Being adopted back into a family or group. • readoption n. Adoption again; the act of readopting. • READOPTION n. the act of adopting again. |
| WAITERHOOD | • waiterhood n. The role or status of a waiter. • WAITERHOOD n. the state of being a waiter. |
| ZOODENDRIA | • zoodendria n. Plural of zoodendrium. • ZOODENDRIUM n. the branched stalk connecting the members of the colony in certain colonial Infusoria. |