| EPILATION | • epilation n. The loss of hair. • epilation n. The removal of hair from human or animal skin; depilation. • EPILATION n. the loss or removal of hair. |
| EXPIATION | • expiation n. An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing. • expiation n. (Obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off. • EXPIATION n. the act of expiating. |
| IMPACTION | • impaction n. Compression; the packing together of loose matter. • impaction n. Something packed together tightly; a mass of densely-packed matter. • impaction n. (Medicine) A solid, immobile bulk of stool. |
| INOPINATE | • inopinate adj. (Obsolete) Not expected or looked for. • INOPINATE adj. (obsolete) not thought of; unexpected. |
| OPTICIANS | • opticians n. Plural of optician. • OPTICIAN n. one who deals in optical goods. |
| PANOISTIC | • panoistic adj. (Zoology) Producing ova only; said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells. • PANOISTIC adj. of an ovary, producing ova only, not yolk-forming cells, as opposed to meroistic. |
| PARTITION | • partition n. An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another. • partition n. A part of something that has been divided. • partition n. (Mathematics) An approach to division in which one asks what the size of each part is, rather than (as… |
| PHOTINIAS | • photinias n. Plural of photinia. • PHOTINIA n. any of a genus of evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs of the Rosaceae family. |
| PIANOLIST | • pianolist n. A person who plays the pianola, particularly with skill. • PIANOLIST n. one who plays the Pianola. |
| PINNATION | • pinnation n. (Botany) The organisation of a pinnate leaf. • PINNATION n. the state of being pinnate. |
| PLATINOID | • platinoid adj. Of or resembling platinum. • platinoid n. (Chemistry) Any of several metals that resemble platinum in their chemistry; especially osmium, iridium and palladium. • platinoid n. An alloy of copper, nickel, tungsten, and zinc once used in heating elements. |
| PLICATION | • plication n. (Now chiefly biology, geology) An act of folding. • plication n. (Now chiefly biology, geology) A fold or pleat. • plication n. (Surgery) A surgical procedure in which a body part is strengthened or shortened by pulling together… |
| POLIANITE | • polianite n. (Mineralogy) manganese dioxide, occurring in hard tetragonal crystals. • POLIANITE n. manganese dioxide, occurring in tetragonal crystals nearly as hard as quartz. |
| PRIVATION | • privation n. (Philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed;… • privation n. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life. • privation n. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation. |
| PTOMAINIC | • PTOMAINIC adj. of or like ptomaine, a poisonous alkaloid found in decaying matter. |
| SPIRATION | • spiration n. (Archaic) The act of breathing. • spiration n. (Theology) The procession of the Holy Ghost. • SPIRATION n. the act of breathing. |
| TOPIARIAN | • topiarian adj. Of or pertaining to topiary. • TOPIARIAN adj. of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of trees, hedges, etc. |