| ACONITINE | • aconitine n. (Organic chemistry) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite. • ACONITINE n. a poisonous alkaloid obtained from aconite. |
| ACTIONING | • actioning v. Present participle of action. • ACTION v. to carry out. |
| ANICONISM | • aniconism n. A prohibition against artists depicting religious figures such as divinities, prophets, or anything… • aniconism n. More broadly, a prohibition against all forms of visual artwork and photography. • ANICONISM n. the worship of an object symbolising but not representing a god. |
| ANICONIST | • aniconist n. A proponent of aniconism. • aniconist adj. Pertaining to aniconism. • ANICONIST n. one who practises aniconism, the worship of an object symbolising but not representing a god. |
| ANTIMONIC | • antimonic adj. Of or containing antimony. • antimonic adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Containing pentavalent antimony. • ANTIMONIC adj. containing pentavalent antimony. |
| ANTINOMIC | • antinomic adj. Exhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory. • ANTINOMIC adj. relating to, or of the nature of, an antinomy, a contradiction between two logical conclusions, also ANTINOMICAL. |
| CLINTONIA | • clintonia n. (Botany) Any of the genus Clintonia of herbaceous perennials. • CLINTONIA n. any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries. |
| CONTADINI | • contadini n. Plural of contadino. • CONTADINO n. (Italian) a (male) Italian peasant. |
| INACTIONS | • inactions n. Plural of inaction. • INACTION n. lack of action. |
| INCAUTION | • incaution n. A lack of caution. • INCAUTION n. want of caution. |
| INCOGNITA | • incognita n. A woman who is unknown or in disguise. • incognita n. (Of a woman) The state of being in disguise. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • incognita adj. Of a woman: without being known; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; in disguise. |
| INORGANIC | • inorganic adj. (Chemistry) relating to a compound that does not contain carbon. • inorganic adj. That does not originate in a living organism. • inorganic n. (Chemistry) An inorganic compound. |
| INSOMNIAC | • insomniac n. One who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping; a sufferer from insomnia. • insomniac adj. Suffering from or pertaining to insomnia. • INSOMNIAC n. one who suffers from insomnia. |
| NICOTIANA | • nicotiana n. (Horticulture) Any ornamental plant of the genus Nicotiana. • nicotiana n. Literature dealing with tobacco-smoking. • Nicotiana prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the tobacco plants. |
| NICOTIANS | • NICOTIAN n. a tobacco smoker. |
| NICTATION | • nictation n. An act or instance of winking or blinking; a wink, a blink. • NICTATION n. the act of winking, also NICTITATION. |
| NONACIDIC | • nonacidic adj. Not acidic. • NONACIDIC adj. not acidic. |
| ONANISTIC | • onanistic adj. Of or pertaining to masturbation (onanism). • onanistic adj. In a manner which suggests masturbation; hence, fruitless, self-congratulatory, self-absorbed, pointless. • ONANISTIC adj. relating to onanism. |
| POINCIANA | • poinciana n. A tropical tree, Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated… • poinciana n. A tropical shrub, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, with bright orange-red flowers, originally native to the… • POINCIANA n. a tree of the tropical genus Poinciana, having racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments. |