| ANTARTHRITIC | • antarthritic n. (Pharmacology) An agent that prevents or alleviates arthritis. • antarthritic adj. (Pharmacology) Preventing or alleviating arthritis. • ANTARTHRITIC adj. used against arthritis. |
| ATTRACTANCES | • ATTRACTANCE n. the state of being attracted, also ATTRACTANCY. |
| ATTRACTINGLY | • attractingly adv. In such a way as to attract. • ATTRACTING adv. ATTRACT, to cause to approach or adhere. |
| CLARINETTIST | • clarinettist n. Alternative spelling of clarinetist. • CLARINETTIST n. one who plays the clarinet, also CLARINETIST. |
| CONTRANATANT | • CONTRANATANT adj. swimming upstream. |
| CONTRASTIEST | • CONTRASTY adj. of eg a photograph, showing strong contrasts. |
| CONTRITURATE | • CONTRITURATE v. to pulverize. |
| COUNTERSTATE | • counterstate n. A geopolitical state that opposes another, or is set up to challenge its authority. • counterstate v. To utter a counterstatement; to deliver an opposing reply. • COUNTERSTATE v. to state in opposition. |
| INTERACTANTS | • interactants n. Plural of interactant. • INTERACTANT n. one that interacts. |
| QUATTROCENTO | • quattrocento n. The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period. • QUATTROCENTO n. (Italian) the fifteenth century in Italy; the Italian style of art, architecture, etc. of this period. |
| REATTACHMENT | • reattachment n. The act of reattaching; a second or subsequent attachment. • REATTACHMENT n. the act of reattaching. |
| RETINOTECTAL | • retinotectal adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the retina and the optic tectum. • RETINOTECTAL adj. of, relating to, or being the nerve fibers connecting the retina and the tectum of the midbrain. |
| RETRACTATION | • retractation n. Retraction (of something previously said). • RETRACTATION n. revoking, recantation. |
| SCATTERATION | • scatteration n. A scattered arrangement. • SCATTERATION n. the act of scattering. |
| TETRACTINALS | • TETRACTINAL n. a sponge spicule having four rays, also TETRACTINE. |
| TRACTORATION | • tractoration n. (Dated, medicine) Perkinism. • TRACTORATION n. (historical) the use of metal bars to give relief to diseased parts of the body. |
| TRANSDUCTANT | • transductant n. A bacterial cell into which genetic material has been transduced. • TRANSDUCTANT n. an agent that effects transduction. |
| UNATTRACTIVE | • unattractive adj. Not handsome or beautiful or appealing. • unattractive adj. Lacking the power to attract interest. • unattractive n. An aesthetically unattractive person. |