| CONTENTATION | • contentation n. (Obsolete) contentment; satisfaction. • CONTENTATION n. (obsolete) being content. |
| CONTESTATION | • contestation n. The act of contesting; emulation. • contestation n. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. • CONTESTATION n. controversy, debate. |
| EXTORTIONATE | • extortionate adj. Of, related to, or typifying extortion (“the practice of obtaining money or other property by the use… • extortionate adj. Greatly exceeding what is moderate or reasonable; exorbitant. • EXTORTIONATE adj. characterized by extortion. |
| OBTESTATIONS | • obtestations n. Plural of obtestation. • OBTESTATION n. the act of obtesting. |
| OSTENTATIONS | • ostentations n. Plural of ostentation. • OSTENTATION n. excessive display. |
| OSTENTATIOUS | • ostentatious adj. Of ostentation. • ostentatious adj. Intended to attract notice. • ostentatious adj. Of tawdry display; kitsch. |
| OSTEOPATHIST | • osteopathist n. An osteopath. • OSTEOPATHIST n. a practitioner of osteopathy, also OSTEOPATH. |
| PHOTOSTATTED | • photostatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of photostat. • PHOTOSTAT v. to make facsimiles by this means. |
| POTENTIATION | • potentiation n. The action of a substance, at a dose that does not itself have an adverse action, in enhancing the effect… • POTENTIATION n. the act of potentiating. |
| POTENTIATORS | • potentiators n. Plural of potentiator. • POTENTIATOR n. one who potentiates. |
| PROTECTORATE | • protectorate n. Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Oliver Cromwell. • protectorate n. The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects… • protectorate n. An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger… |
| PROTESTATION | • protestation n. A formal solemn objection or other declaration. • protestation n. (Law, historical) A declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation… • PROTESTATION n. an avowal or solemn declaration. |
| 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. |
| STEATOMATOUS | • steatomatous adj. (Medicine) Of the nature of steatoma. • STEATOMATOUS adj. relating to a steatoma, a tumour of the sebaceous gland. |
| STROMATOLITE | • stromatolite n. (Geology) A laminated, columnar, rock-like structure constituting a large share of all fossils from… • STROMATOLITE n. a rounded, multilayered structure, found in rocks dating back at least 2800 million years, having present-day equivalents that result from the growth, under special conditions, of blue-green algae. |
| TERATOLOGIST | • teratologist n. (Teratology) A scientist specialising in teratology. • TERATOLOGIST n. a student of teratology. |
| TERATOMATOUS | • teratomatous adj. Relating to a teratoma. • TERATOMATOUS adj. of or like a teratoma. |
| TETRACHOTOMY | • tetrachotomy n. Division of a whole into four parts. • tetrachotomy n. (Logic) Quaternary classification. • tetrachotomy n. Tetralemma. |
| TROPOSCATTER | • troposcatter n. Tropospheric scatter. • TROPOSCATTER n. the propagation of radio waves by using irregularities in the troposphere to scatter the signals beamed up by means of high-powered UHF transmitters and parabolic antennas. |