| ABLACTATION | • ablactation n. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. • ablactation n. (Obsolete, horticulture) Inarching. • ABLACTATION n. the weaning of a child from its mother's milk. |
| ABSTRACTING | • abstracting v. Present participle of abstract. • ABSTRACT v. to draw away. |
| ABSTRACTION | • abstraction n. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away. • abstraction n. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one’s senses. • abstraction n. The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics;… |
| ABSTRACTIVE | • abstractive adj. Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. • abstractive adj. Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction. • ABSTRACTIVE adj. able or tending to abstract. |
| ANTITOBACCO | • antitobacco adj. Opposed to tobacco, often specifically to either the tobacco industry or public smoking. • ANTITOBACCO adj. opposed to the use of tobacco. |
| BAITCASTERS | • baitcasters n. Plural of baitcaster. |
| BALLICATTER | • ballicatter n. Alternative form of ballicater. • BALLICATTER n. in Newfoundland, ice that forms along a shore from waves and freezing spray. |
| BIOCATALYST | • biocatalyst n. (Biochemistry) A biochemical catalyst; normally an enzyme. • BIOCATALYST n. a substance, e.g. an enzyme, that produces or speeds up a biochemical reaction. |
| BLASTEMATIC | • blastematic adj. (Biology) Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal. • BLASTEMATIC adj. of or like a blastema. |
| CARBONATITE | • carbonatite n. (Geology) Any intrusive igneous rock having a majority of carbonate minerals. • CARBONATITE n. any igneous rock composed chiefly of carbonates rather than silicates. |
| CASTABILITY | • castability n. The quality or degree of being castable. • CASTABILITY n. the ability to be cast. |
| CATABOLITES | • catabolites n. Plural of catabolite. • CATABOLITE n. a product of catabolism, destructive chemical processes in living creatures. |
| COHABITANTS | • cohabitants n. Plural of cohabitant. • COHABITANT n. one who dwells with another, or in the same place or country. |
| INTRACTABLE | • intractable adj. Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed. • intractable adj. (Mathematics) (of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved. • intractable adj. (Of a problem) Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. |
| INTRACTABLY | • intractably adv. In an intractable manner; uncontrollably; unmanageably. • INTRACTABLE adv. unmanageable, also UNTRACTABLE. |
| TABEFACTION | • tabefaction n. (Archaic) A gradual loss of flesh due to disease. • TABEFACTION n. wasting away, emaciation. |