| ASTRINGENCY | • astringency n. An astringent taste. • astringency n. That which acts as an astringent, causing contraction of soft tissue to restrict the flow of blood. • ASTRINGENCY n. being astringent, also ASTRINGENCE. |
| BICENTENARY | • bicentenary n. A 200th anniversary. • BICENTENARY adj. happening every two hundred years. • BICENTENARY n. a two hundred year anniversary, also BICENTENNIAL. |
| CONTRARYING | • contrarying v. Present participle of contrary. • CONTRARY v. to oppose, contradict. |
| CYBERNATING | • cybernating v. Present participle of cybernate. • CYBERNATE v. to control by means of a computer. |
| CYBERNATION | • cybernation n. The control of an industrial operation or task through processing of information with a computer. • cybernation n. A large online community that operates like a nation, or state. • CYBERNATION n. the automatic control of a process or operation (as in manufacturing) by means of computers. |
| ENTRANCEWAY | • entranceway n. Something that provides access to an entrance; an entryway. • ENTRANCEWAY n. an entrance. |
| ENUNCIATORY | • enunciatory adj. Of or pertaining to enunciation. • ENUNCIATORY adj. relating to enunciation, also ENUNCIATIVE. |
| FUNCTIONARY | • functionary n. A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited… • functionary n. A paper-pusher, bean counter. • FUNCTIONARY n. one who serves in a certain function. |
| INCANTATORY | • incantatory adj. Constituting, employing, dealing with, or suitable for use in incantation. • INCANTATORY adj. of or like an incantation. |
| INCERTAINTY | • incertainty n. (Obsolete) Uncertainty. • INCERTAINTY n. (obsolete) uncertainty, also UNCERTAINTY. |
| INCLINATORY | • inclinatory adj. Having the quality of leaning or inclining. • INCLINATORY adj. of the nature of inclination. |
| INTERAGENCY | • interagency adj. Between or among agencies. • interagency n. Intermediate agency. • inter-agency adj. Alternative spelling of interagency. |
| NANOCRYSTAL | • nanocrystal n. A crystalline entity whose size is measured in nanometers; an individual nanometer-sized crystal of such a material. |
| NOCTURNALLY | • nocturnally adv. During the night. • nocturnally adv. Every night. • NOCTURNAL adv. relating to night. |
| NUNCUPATORY | • nuncupatory adj. Nuncupative; oral rather than written. • NUNCUPATORY adj. (obsolete) of a will or testament, made before oral witnesses only, also NUNCUPATIVE. |
| OCTINGENARY | • OCTINGENARY n. an eight-hundredth anniversary, also OCTINGENTENARY, OCTOCENTENARY. |
| TRENCHANTLY | • trenchantly adv. In a trenchant manner. • TRENCHANT adv. incisive, vigorous, also TRENCHAND. |
| TYRANNICIDE | • tyrannicide n. The killing of a tyrant. • tyrannicide n. Someone who kills a tyrant. • TYRANNICIDE n. the killing or killer of a tyrant. |
| UNCERTAINLY | • uncertainly adv. In an uncertain manner. • UNCERTAIN adv. not certain, also INCERTAIN. |
| UNCERTAINTY | • uncertainty n. (Uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction. • uncertainty n. (Countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous. • uncertainty n. (Uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values. |