| 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;… |
| ABSTRICTING | • abstricting v. Present participle of abstrict. • ABSTRICT v. to set free spores etc. by constriction of the stalk. |
| ABSTRICTION | • abstriction n. (Biology, mycology) A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore… • ABSTRICTION n. the act of abstricting. |
| BRATTICINGS | • bratticings n. Plural of bratticing. • BRATTICING n. work in the form of brattices; cresting or ornamental work along a ridge. |
| 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. |
| CARBONETTES | • CARBONETTE n. (New Zealand) a ball of compressed coal dust used as fuel. |
| 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. |
| NONABSTRACT | • nonabstract adj. Not abstract. • NONABSTRACT adj. not abstract. |
| OBTRUNCATED | • obtruncated v. Simple past tense and past participle of obtruncate. • OBTRUNCATE v. to cut or lop off the head of. |
| OBTRUNCATES | • obtruncates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obtruncate. • OBTRUNCATE v. to cut or lop off the head of. |
| SUBCONTRACT | • subcontract v. (Transitive, intransitive) To contract out portions of a larger contracted project. • subcontract n. A portion of a contracted project that is contracted out in turn. • SUBCONTRACT n. a contract between a party to an original contract and a third party. |
| SUBTRACTING | • subtracting v. Present participle of subtract. • SUBTRACT v. to take away, also SUBSTRACT. |
| SUBTRACTION | • subtraction n. (Arithmetic, uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another. • subtraction n. (Arithmetic, countable) A calculation involving subtracting. • subtraction n. The removal of something. |
| TECTIBRANCH | • tectibranch n. (Zoology) One of the order Tectibranchiata. • TECTIBRANCH n. any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |
| UNTRACTABLE | • untractable adj. Intractable. • UNTRACTABLE adj. unmanageable, also INTRACTABLE. |