| CONTRADICT | • contradict v. To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements). • contradict v. To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement. • contradict v. To be contrary to (something). |
| CORTICATED | • corticated adj. Corticate. • CORTICATED adj. having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part, e.g. bark, also CORTICATE. |
| DETRACTION | • detraction n. The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution. • detraction n. A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander. • detraction n. (Roman Catholicism) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person. |
| DILATATORS | • dilatators n. Plural of dilatator. • DILATATOR n. a muscle which dilates any part. |
| DISTRACTOR | • distractor n. Alternative spelling of distracter. • DISTRACTOR n. any of the incorrect choices in a multiple choice question. |
| ETIDRONATE | • etidronate n. (Organic chemistry, medicine) Any salt or ester of etidronic acid, but especially the sodium salt, which… |
| MEDITATORS | • meditators n. Plural of meditator. • MEDITATOR n. one who meditates. |
| ORIENTATED | • orientated v. Simple past tense and past participle of orientate. • orientated adj. Alternative form of oriented (adj) (sometimes proscribed). • ORIENTATE v. to determine the position of, relatively to fixed or known directions, also ORIENT. |
| OUTTRADING | • outtrading v. Present participle of outtrade. • OUTTRADE v. to get the better of in a trade. |
| PODIATRIST | • podiatrist n. (Medicine) A health care practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments. • PODIATRIST n. one who practises podiatry. |
| PORTRAITED | • portraited v. Simple past tense and past participle of portrait. • PORTRAIT v. to make a portrait of. |
| SIDEROSTAT | • siderostat n. (Astronomy) A heliostat that may be used with stars as well as the sun. • SIDEROSTAT n. a mirror, or telescope with a mirror, for reflecting the rays of a star in a constant direction. |
| TETRAPLOID | • tetraploid adj. (Genetics) Having four sets of chromosomes. • tetraploid n. A tetraploid cell. • tetraploid n. A tetraploid organism. |
| TETRAPODIC | • TETRAPODIC adj. of verse, having four metrical feet. |
| TRACHYTOID | • trachytoid adj. (Mineralogy) Resembling trachyte. • TRACHYTOID adj. resembling trachyte. |
| TRADITIONS | • traditions n. Plural of tradition. • TRADITION n. the passing from generation to generation of tales, beliefs, practices, etc. |
| TRADITORES | • traditores n. Plural of traditor. • TRADITOR n. an early Christian who surrendered sacred books and vessels or betrayed fellow-Christians in times of persecution to save his or her own life. |
| TRADUCTION | • traduction n. (Uncountable) The act of converting text from one language to another. • traduction n. (Countable) A malign or defamatory statement. • traduction n. (Uncountable) An act of defaming, maligning or slandering. |
| TREMATOIDS | • trematoids n. Plural of trematoid. • TREMATOID n. a kind of parasitic flatworm, also TREMATODE. |
| TRILOBATED | • trilobated adj. Having three lobes. • TRILOBATED adj. having three lobes, also TRILOBATE. |