| BIFURCATION | • bifurcation n. (Biology) A division into two branches. • bifurcation n. (By extension) Any place where one thing divides into two. • bifurcation n. The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two. |
| BUCCINATORS | • buccinators n. Plural of buccinator. • BUCCINATOR n. a flat cheek muscle used in chewing and blowing. |
| BUCCINATORY | • buccinatory adj. Relating to the buccinator muscle. • BUCCINATORY adj. of or like a buccinator, a muscle of the cheek. |
| CARBURATION | • carburation n. Alternative spelling of carburetion. • CARBURATION n. combination with carbon. |
| CARBURETION | • carburetion n. The process, as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion. • CARBURETION n. the process of carburetting. |
| CONURBATION | • conurbation n. A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl. • CONURBATION n. an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities. |
| CORBICULATE | • corbiculate adj. Having corbiculae. • corbiculate n. Any bee that has a corbicula (pollen basket). • CORBICULATE adj. like a small basket. |
| LUBRICATION | • lubrication n. The application of a substance (a lubricant), between moving surfaces in contact in order to reduce… • LUBRICATION n. the act of lubricating. |
| LUBRICATORS | • lubricators n. Plural of lubricator. • LUBRICATOR n. one who, or that which, lubricates. |
| LUCUBRATION | • lucubration n. Intense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night. • lucubration n. The product of such study; often, writings. • LUCUBRATION n. laborious or intensive study. |
| MULTICARBON | • multicarbon adj. Alternative spelling of multi-carbon. • multi-carbon adj. (Organic chemistry) Describing any compound (or ring within a compound) containing more than one carbon atom. • MULTICARBON adj. containing more than one kind of carbon. |
| OBSCURANTIC | • obscurantic adj. Employing obscurantism. • OBSCURANTIC adj. deliberately obscure. |
| OBSCURATION | • obscuration n. The state of being obscured. • obscuration n. A unit of measurement used in particular for smoke detectors which respond to absorption of light by… • OBSCURATION n. the act of obscuring. |
| ORBICULATED | • orbiculated adj. Alternative form of orbiculate. • ORBICULATED adj. having the shape of a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular, also ORBICULATE. |
| RUBEFACTION | • rubefaction n. The act or process of making red. • RUBEFACTION n. reddening. |
| RUBRICATION | • rubrication n. A form of calligraphy, in medieval manuscripts, in which added text was coloured in red. • RUBRICATION n. the act of rubricating. |
| RUBRICATORS | • rubricators n. Plural of rubricator. • RUBRICATOR n. one who rubricates. |
| SUBCORTICAL | • subcortical adj. (Medicine) Of or pertaining to the subcortex, the portion of the brain located below the cerebral cortex. • SUBCORTICAL adj. of, relating to, involving, or being a part of the brain below the cerebral cortex. |
| SUBTRACTION | • subtraction n. (Arithmetic, uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another. • subtraction n. (Arithmetic, countable) A calculation involving subtracting. • subtraction n. The removal of something. |
| SUBTROPICAL | • subtropical adj. Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions. • subtropical adj. (Meteorology, of a cyclone) Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics… • subtropical n. A subtropical plant. |