| ADVANCEMENT | • advancement n. The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity. • advancement n. The state of being advanced. • advancement n. How advanced something is. |
| BLANCMANGES | • blancmanges n. Plural of blancmange. • BLANCMANGE n. (French) an opaque jelly made with isinglass or gelatin and milk or (now usually) cornflour and milk, often flavoured and sweetened. |
| CHAIRMANNED | • chairmanned v. Simple past tense and past participle of chairman. • CHAIRMAN v. to act as chairman of. |
| CONTAMINATE | • contaminate v. (Transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter. • contaminate v. (Transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association. • contaminate v. (Transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements. |
| DAMASCENING | • damascening v. Present participle of damascene. • damascening n. Damascene trimmings or ornamentation. • DAMASCENING n. decorative wavy lines and patterns on metal. |
| HAEMOCYANIN | • haemocyanin n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemocyanin. • HAEMOCYANIN n. an oxygen-carrying pigment in arachnids, equivalent to haemoglobin in mammals. |
| MAGNETICIAN | • magnetician n. One versed in the science of magnetism; a magnetist. • MAGNETICIAN n. a scientist specialising in magnetism. |
| MAINTENANCE | • maintenance n. Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service. • maintenance n. (Law) A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a… • maintenance n. (Law, UK) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce. |
| MALIGNANCES | • malignances n. Plural of malignance. • MALIGNANCE n. the state of being malignant, also MALIGNANCY. |
| MECHANICIAN | • mechanician n. (Dated) One skilled in the theory or construction of machines. • mechanician n. (Dated) One skilled in building, using, or repairing machines, or who makes machines or tools. • mechanician n. (Dated) One skilled in mechanics. |
| MERCHANTMAN | • merchantman n. (Obsolete) A merchant. • merchantman n. A cargo ship, engaged in commercial activities, as opposed to a warship. • MERCHANTMAN n. a trading ship. |
| NANOMACHINE | • nanomachine n. Any mechanical device, manufactured using nanotechnology, having a scale measured in nanometres. • nanomachine v. To machine with tolerances measured in nanometres. |
| NECROMANIAC | • NECROMANIAC n. one suffering from necromania. |
| NECROMANIAS | • NECROMANIA n. the erotic love of corpses, also NECROPHILIA, NECROPHILY. |
| NIACINAMIDE | • niacinamide n. (Organic chemistry) The amide of niacin. • NIACINAMIDE n. a compound of the vitamin B complex. |
| NONACADEMIC | • nonacademic adj. Not academic; not related to academia. • nonacademic n. One who is not an academic. • non-academic adj. Alternative form of nonacademic. |
| PANDEMONIAC | • pandemoniac adj. Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a pandemonium. • pandemoniac n. One who delights in pandemonium and often causes it. • pandemoniac n. Something that is characterized by pandemonium. |
| PERMANGANIC | • PERMANGANIC adj. applied to an acid and its anhydride containing more oxygen than manganic acid and anhydride. |
| TECHNOMANIA | • technomania n. (Informal) Enthusiasm for modern technology. • TECHNOMANIA n. an obsession with technology. |
| TRANSMANCHE | • transmanche adj. Cross-channel; pertaining to coastal areas of both southern England and northern France. • TRANSMANCHE adj. (French) relating to the tunnel under the English Channel. |