| ACCEPTILATION | • acceptilation n. (Civil law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission. • acceptilation n. (Theology) The doctrine, laid down by Duns Scotus and maintained by the Arminians, that the satisfaction… • ACCEPTILATION n. the remission of a debt without payment or by accepting a nominal payment only. |
| ANTIPSYCHOTIC | • antipsychotic adj. (Pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting psychosis. • antipsychotic n. (Pharmacology) Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis. • ANTIPSYCHOTIC adj. alleviating psychosis. |
| CAPACITATIONS | • capacitations n. Plural of capacitation. • CAPACITATION n. the change undergone by sperm in the female reproductive tract that enables them to penetrate and fertilize an egg. |
| CONCEPTUALIST | • conceptualist n. An artist involved in the conceptualism movement. • conceptualist n. (Philosophy) One who maintains the theory of conceptualism. • CONCEPTUALIST n. an adherent to the tenets of conceptualism or of conceptual art. |
| CONCEPTUALITY | • conceptuality n. The state or quality of being conceptual. • CONCEPTUALITY n. the quality of being conceptual. |
| CONTRACEPTION | • contraception n. The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity. • CONTRACEPTION n. deliberate prevention of conception or impregnation. |
| CONTRACEPTIVE | • contraceptive adj. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse. • contraceptive n. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely. • CONTRACEPTIVE n. something intended to prevent conception. |
| CRYPTOCLASTIC | • CRYPTOCLASTIC adj. of minerals and rocks, composed of microscopic fragments. |
| ECTOPARASITIC | • ectoparasitic adj. Of or pertaining to ectoparasites. • ECTOPARASITIC adj. of or like an ectoparasite. |
| PANTISOCRATIC | • pantisocratic adj. Of or pertaining to a pantisocracy. • PANTISOCRATIC adj. relating to pantisocracy, also PANTISOCRATICAL. |
| PEDANTOCRATIC | • pedantocratic adj. Promoting or relating to pedantocracy. • PEDANTOCRATIC adj. relating to pedantocracy, government by pedants. |
| PLECTOGNATHIC | • plectognathic adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the plectognaths. • PLECTOGNATHIC adj. belonging to an order of bony fishes including filefishes, also PLECTOGNATHOUS. |
| PLUTOCRATICAL | • plutocratical adj. Synonym of plutocratic. • PLUTOCRATICAL adj. relating to the plutocracy, also PLUTOCRATIC. |
| POCOCURANTIST | • pococurantist n. A nonchalant, indifferent person. • POCOCURANTIST n. one who is habitually uninterested. |
| PRECONTRACTED | • precontracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of precontract. • PRECONTRACT v. to contract in advance. |
| PROTEOCLASTIC | • proteoclastic adj. Proteolytic. • PROTEOCLASTIC adj. proteolytic, relating to the splitting of proteins by enzymes. |
| STREPTOCOCCAL | • streptococcal adj. Relating to bacteria of the genus Streptococcus. • STREPTOCOCCAL adj. relating to streptococci, also STREPTOCOCCIC. |
| TACHISTOSCOPE | • tachistoscope n. A device that displays a series of brief images; used by psychologists to investigate perception, memory and learning. • TACHISTOSCOPE n. an instrument for rapidly showing images on a screen to test perception. |
| TROPHALLACTIC | • trophallactic adj. Relating to trophallaxis. • TROPHALLACTIC adj. relating to trophallaxis, mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis. |