| ANTITOBACCO | • antitobacco adj. Opposed to tobacco, often specifically to either the tobacco industry or public smoking. • ANTITOBACCO adj. opposed to the use of tobacco. |
| AUTOCORRECT | • autocorrect v. To make an autocorrection; to correct something automatically. • autocorrect n. (Computing) A software feature that attempts to correct presumed errors as soon as they are generated. • AUTOCORRECT n. a function that attempts to correct errors made by the user when entering text into an electronic device. |
| COARCTATION | • coarctation n. (Pathology) A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta. • coarctation n. (Obsolete) A confinement to a narrow space. • coarctation n. (Obsolete) A pressure; that which presses. |
| CONCOMITANT | • concomitant adj. Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent. • concomitant adj. (Grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action is occurring… • concomitant n. Something happening or existing at the same time. |
| CONTRACTION | • contraction n. A reversible reduction in size. • contraction n. (Economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth. • contraction n. (Biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use. |
| CONTRACTORS | • contractors n. Plural of contractor. • Contractors prop.n. Plural of Contractor. • CONTRACTOR n. one that contracts to perform work or provide supplies. |
| CORTICATION | • CORTICATION n. the state of being corticate, having a bark. |
| NONCONTACTS | • noncontacts n. Plural of noncontact. • non-contacts n. Plural of non-contact. • NONCONTACT n. the state of not making contact. |
| NONCONTRACT | • noncontract adj. Not of, pertaining to, or operating under a contract. • NONCONTRACT adj. not employed by contract. |
| OCCULTATION | • occultation n. (Astronomy) An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial… • occultation n. The state of being occult (“hidden, undetected”). • occultation n. (Shia Islam Islam) The disappearance of the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, who is believed alive and present… |
| OCTASTICHON | • OCTASTICHON n. a poem or stanza of eight lines, also OCTASTICH. |
| PHONOTACTIC | • phonotactic adj. (Linguistics, phonology) Pertaining to phonotactics. • phonotactic adj. Pertaining to phonotaxis. • PHONOTACTIC adj. relating to phonotactics, the area of phonology concerned with the analysis and description of the permitted sound sequences of a language. |
| PHOTOTACTIC | • phototactic adj. Of or relating to phototaxis. • PHOTOTACTIC adj. exhibiting phototaxis. |
| TOBACCONIST | • tobacconist n. A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items. • tobacconist n. A tobacconist’s shop. • tobacconist n. (Dated) A person who is addicted to smoking tobacco. |