| ALPHATESTING | • alpha␣testing n. (Software, testing) A process where a software application approaching full functionality is made available… • ALPHATEST v. to carry out an alpha test of an experimental product, such as computer software. |
| EXCHANGEABLE | • exchangeable adj. Able to be exchanged. • exchangeable adj. (Finance) Having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security. • exchangeable n. (Finance) Any financial instrument with an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security. |
| EXCHANGEABLY | • exchangeably adv. By way of exchange. • EXCHANGEABLE adv. capable of being exchanged. |
| EXHILARATING | • exhilarating v. Present participle of exhilarate. • exhilarating adj. Refreshingly thrilling. • EXHILARATE v. to make cheerful and excited. |
| FARTHINGALES | • farthingales n. Plural of farthingale. • FARTHINGALE n. a skirt spreader. |
| FLANNELGRAPH | • flannelgraph n. A board covered with flannel fabric used as a backdrop when telling stories to children, the characters… • FLANNELGRAPH n. a display board covered with flannel or felt, on which letters, pictures, etc. backed with material will stick when pressed against it. |
| GENETHLIACAL | • genethliacal adj. (Archaic) Genethliac; relating to the casting of horoscopes based on one’s birth. • GENETHLIACAL adj. (obsolete) pertaining to nativities; showing position of stars at one's birth. |
| HALOGENATING | • halogenating v. Present participle of halogenate. • HALOGENATE v. to combine with a halogen. |
| HALOGENATION | • halogenation n. (Chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom… • HALOGENATION n. the act of halogenating. |
| HENDECAGONAL | • hendecagonal adj. (Geometry) Having eleven sides and angles; similar to a hendecagon. • HENDECAGONAL adj. of or like a hendecagon, an eleven-sided polygon. |
| MANSLAUGHTER | • manslaughter n. (Obsolete) The slaying of a human being. • manslaughter n. (Law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some… • MANSLAUGHTER n. the unlawful killing of a human being without express or implied malice. |
| SLAUGHTERMAN | • slaughterman n. A man employed to slaughter animals in a slaughterhouse. • SLAUGHTERMAN n. one whose occupation it is to kill for food. |
| SPHACELATING | • sphacelating v. Present participle of sphacelate. • SPHACELATE v. to cause or affect with gangrene or mortification. |
| TRAGELAPHINE | • tragelaphine adj. Of pertaining to or resembling the bovid tribe Tragelaphini (sometimes considered a subfamily, Tragelaphinae)… • tragelaphine n. Any such antelopes in the bovid tribe Tragelaphini. • TRAGELAPHINE adj. relating to the tragelaph, a kind of African antelope. |
| ULTRAHEATING | • ultraheating v. Present participle of ultraheat. • ULTRAHEAT v. to heat to very high temperatures, as used for sterilisation. |
| UNCHANGEABLE | • unchangeable adj. Not changeable; incapable of being changed or of changing; immutable. • unchangeable n. Something that cannot be changed. • UNCHANGEABLE adj. not changing or to be changed. |
| UNCHANGEABLY | • unchangeably adv. In a way that cannot be varied, or changed. • UNCHANGEABLE adv. not changing or to be changed. |