| CAPRIFICATION | • caprification n. A process for ripening, or pollinating, figs by means of their being punctured artificially, in a manner… • CAPRIFICATION n. a method of promoting the pollination of figs by hanging branches of caprifig flowers so that parasitic gall-wasps living on the female flowers can carry pollen to the wild fig. |
| CARNIFICATION | • carnification n. The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh. • CARNIFICATION n. conversion into flesh. |
| CERTIFICATING | • certificating v. Present participle of certificate. • CERTIFICATE v. to testify to or authorize by a certificate. |
| CERTIFICATION | • certification n. The act of certifying. • certification n. The granting of a certificate. • certification n. A professional qualification that certifies a person’s ability. |
| CIPROFLOXACIN | • ciprofloxacin n. (Pharmacology) A broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic C17H18FN3O3 that is often administered in… • CIPROFLOXACIN n. an antibiotic used against anthrax. |
| CLARIFICATION | • clarification n. The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities;… • clarification n. The act of freeing from obscurities. • CLARIFICATION n. the act of clarifying. |
| CONFECTIONARY | • confectionary adj. Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production. • confectionary adj. Prepared as a confection. • confectionary n. A candy, sweetmeat; a confection. |
| CONFEDERACIES | • confederacies n. Plural of confederacy. • CONFEDERACY n. a league or compact for mutual support or common action. |
| CORNIFICATION | • cornification n. Conversion into, or formation of, horn. • cornification n. A general hardening of the skin. • CORNIFICATION n. conversion into horn or a horny or keratinous substance or tissue. |
| CYCLOPARAFFIN | • cycloparaffin n. (Chemistry) A cycloalkane. • CYCLOPARAFFIN n. a saturated hydrocarbon containing a ring of carbon atoms joined by single bonds, aka cycloalkane. |
| INFRASPECIFIC | • infraspecific adj. (Taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at a rank lower than species, such as subspecies (in certain kingdoms… • INFRASPECIFIC adj. of taxonomic divisions of a lower rank than species. |
| INTRASPECIFIC | • intraspecific adj. Occurring among members of the same species. • INTRASPECIFIC adj. occurring within a species or involving members of one species, also INTRASPECIES. |
| MICROFINANCES | • microfinances n. Plural of microfinance. |
| RECTIFICATION | • rectification n. The action or process of rectifying. • rectification n. (Geometry) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve. • rectification n. (Geometry) The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the… |
| SACCHARIFYING | • saccharifying v. Present participle of saccharify. • SACCHARIFY v. to convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar. |
| SAFECRACKINGS | • safecrackings n. Plural of safecracking. • SAFECRACKING n. the act of breaking open a safe. |
| SCARIFICATION | • scarification n. The act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc. • scarification n. A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron. • scarification n. The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into… |
| SCORIFICATION | • scorification n. The reduction of an ore to scoria, especially as a means of refining or assay. • SCORIFICATION n. the act of scorifying. |