| ACCEPTATIONS | • acceptations n. Plural of acceptation. • ACCEPTATION n. a kind reception; the sense in which a word, etc., is understood. |
| CAPACITATION | • capacitation n. Enablement; giving the capacity to do something. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • capacitation n. (Zoology) The process of altering sperm to allow them to fertilize eggs. • CAPACITATION n. the change undergone by sperm in the female reproductive tract that enables them to penetrate and fertilize an egg. |
| CATADIOPTRIC | • catadioptric adj. (Optics) Of or pertaining to optical systems that employ both refractive (dioptric) and reflective (catoptric)… • CATADIOPTRIC adj. relating to or employing both reflection and refraction, as in the construction of some long-focal-length photographic lenses, also CATADIOPTRICAL. |
| CATAPHORETIC | • cataphoretic adj. Relating to cataphoresis. • CATAPHORETIC adj. relating to cataphoresis, the movement, due to application of electricity, of particles through a fluid. |
| CATASTROPHIC | • catastrophic adj. Of or pertaining to a catastrophe. • catastrophic adj. Disastrous; ruinous. • catastrophic adj. From which recovery is impossible. |
| COMPATRIOTIC | • compatriotic adj. Of or relating to compatriots. • COMPATRIOTIC adj. of or like a compatriot. |
| KLEPTOCRATIC | • kleptocratic adj. Pertaining to a kleptocracy; characterised by rulers or leaders who are thieves. • KLEPTOCRATIC adj. of or like a kleptocracy, a government characterized by rampant greed and corruption. |
| OCTASTROPHIC | • OCTASTROPHIC adj. consisting of eight strophes. |
| OCTUPLICATES | • octuplicates n. Plural of octuplicate. • OCTUPLICATE n. one of eight corresponding things. |
| OPTOACOUSTIC | • optoacoustic adj. (Physics) Describing any of several interactions between light and sound. • OPTOACOUSTIC adj. relating to or combining both vision and hearing. |
| PHAGOCYTOTIC | • phagocytotic adj. Relating to phagocytosis. • PHAGOCYTOTIC adj. relating to phagocytosis. |
| PHONOTACTICS | • phonotactics n. (Linguistics, phonology) A branch of phonology that deals with the restrictions a language applies to… • PHONOTACTICS n. the area of phonology concerned with the analysis and description of the permitted sound sequences of a language. |
| PHOTOACTINIC | • photoactinic adj. (Obsolete, physics, chemistry) photochemical. • PHOTOACTINIC adj. emitting actinic radiation. |
| PHYLLOTACTIC | • phyllotactic adj. Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy. • PHYLLOTACTIC adj. of or relating to phyllotaxis, the arrangement of leaves on the stem, also PHYLLOTACTICAL. |
| POSTACCIDENT | • postaccident adj. Occurring after an accident. • POSTACCIDENT adj. taking place after an accident. |
| PRECONTRACTS | • precontracts n. Plural of precontract. • PRECONTRACT v. to contract in advance. |
| TROPHOTACTIC | • TROPHOTACTIC adj. relating to trophotaxis, chemotaxis and chemotropism where the stimulating substance is food. |
| ULTRACOMPACT | • ultracompact adj. Extremely compact; of utmost compactness. • ULTRACOMPACT adj. extremely compact. |