| ABDUCTION | • abduction n. Leading away; a carrying away. • abduction n. (Anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or… • abduction n. (Logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. |
| ABLUTIONS | • ablutions n. Plural of ablution. • ablutions n. A building that houses bathing and toilet facilities on a military base. • ablutions n. (Plural only, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located. |
| ABRUPTION | • abruption n. (Archaic) A sudden termination or interruption. • abruption n. A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. • ABRUPTION n. a sudden, violent separation. |
| ABUTILONS | • abutilons n. Plural of abutilon. • ABUTILON n. (Arabic) a flowering plant of the mallow family. |
| BOTULINAL | • botulinal adj. Of or pertaining to botulism or botulin toxins. • BOTULINAL adj. relating to botulin, a powerful bacterial toxin. |
| BUFOTALIN | • bufotalin n. (Organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo)… • BUFOTALIN n. a poisonous substance in the skin and saliva of a common European toad. |
| INCUBATOR | • incubator n. (Chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction. • incubator n. (Medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby. • incubator n. An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs. |
| ISOBUTANE | • isobutane n. (Organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon, a particular isomer of C4H10 found in natural gas. • ISOBUTANE n. a gaseous branched-chain hydrocarbon. |
| OUTBAKING | • outbaking v. Present participle of outbake. • OUTBAKE v. to surpass in baking. |
| SUBACTION | • subaction n. (Obsolete) The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely. • subaction n. An action that makes up part of a more complex action. • SUBACTION n. the act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely. |
| SUBLATION | • sublation n. (Chemistry) A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas… • sublation n. Removal, taking away. • sublation n. (Philosophy) In Hegelian philosophy, the situation where a thesis and antithesis interact. |
| SUBTOPIAN | • subtopian adj. Of or pertaining to subtopia. • SUBTOPIAN adj. of or like subtopia, the suburbs of a city. |
| TABOURING | • tabouring v. Present participle of tabour. • TABOUR v. to beat on a small drum, also TABOR, TABER. |
| TABOURINS | • tabourins n. Plural of tabourin. • TABOURIN n. a small drum longer in body than the tabor, also TABORIN, TABORINE. |
| TAMBOURIN | • tambourin n. Obsolete form of tambourine (percussion instrument). • tambourin n. (Obsolete) An old lively Provençal dance, common on the stage. • TAMBOURIN n. a long, narrow, Provencal drum; a two-beat dance style, accompanied by a tambourin. |