| ALTERNATION | • alternation n. The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being… • alternation n. (Religion) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. • alternation n. (Phonology) Ablaut. | 
| ANACREONTIC | • anacreontic adj. (Prosody) Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically)… • anacreontic adj. Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous. • anacreontic n. (Poetry) A short lyrical piece about love and wine. | 
| ANAEROBIONT | • ANAEROBIONT n. an organism not requiring oxygen for its life processes, also ANAEROBE, ANAEROBIUM. | 
| ANAGNORISES | • anagnorises n. Plural of anagnorisis. • ANAGNORISIS n. (Greek) the moment of recognition or discovery (in a play, etc.). | 
| CANCERATION | • canceration n. The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer. • CANCERATION n. the act of cancerating. | 
| CARNATIONED | • carnationed adj. (Poetic) Of a rosy pink colour. • carnationed adj. Adorned with a carnation. • CARNATIONED adj. ruddy. | 
| ENARRATIONS | • enarrations n. Plural of enarration. • ENARRATION n. (archaic) a detailed exposition. | 
| ENDOCRANIAL | • endocranial adj. Within the cranium. • endocranial adj. Of or pertaining to the endocranium. • ENDOCRANIAL adj. relating to the endocranium. | 
| EXCARNATION | • excarnation n. The act of removing flesh. • excarnation n. The burial practice of removing (or causing to be removed) the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving… • EXCARNATION n. the act of excarnating, removing the flesh from. | 
| NECROMANIAC | • NECROMANIAC n. one suffering from necromania. | 
| NECROMANIAS | • NECROMANIA n. the erotic love of corpses, also NECROPHILIA, NECROPHILY. | 
| NONABRASIVE | • nonabrasive adj. Not abrasive. • nonabrasive n. A substance that is not abrasive. • NONABRASIVE adj. not abrasive. | 
| NONMATERIAL | • nonmaterial adj. Not material; apart from matter. • non-material adj. Alternative form of nonmaterial. • NONMATERIAL adj. not material. | 
| PRAENOMINAL | • praenominal adj. Relating to a praenomen. • prænominal adj. Obsolete form of praenominal. • PRAENOMINAL adj. of or relating to a praenomen. | 
| REANIMATION | • reanimation n. The act of reanimating; a second or subsequent animation. • REANIMATION n. the act of reanimating. | 
| RECANTATION | • recantation n. The act of recanting or something recanted. • RECANTATION n. the act of recanting. | 
| TREPANATION | • trepanation n. The practice of drilling a hole in the skull as a physical, mental, or spiritual treatment. • TREPANATION n. a surgical cutting open of the skull, also TREPHINATION. |