| ABSTRACTIONS | • abstractions n. Plural of abstraction. • ABSTRACTION n. the act of abstracting. |
| ABSTRICTIONS | • abstrictions n. Plural of abstriction. • ABSTRICTION n. the act of abstricting. |
| BACKSTARTING | • BACKSTARTING n. a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription. |
| BESCATTERING | • bescattering v. Present participle of bescatter. • BESCATTER v. (archaic) to scatter over. |
| CARBONATITES | • carbonatites n. Plural of carbonatite. • CARBONATITE n. any igneous rock composed chiefly of carbonates rather than silicates. |
| CARBURETTING | • carburetting v. Present participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
| CONTRACTIBLE | • contractible adj. Capable of contraction. • contractible adj. (Mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation. • CONTRACTIBLE adj. that can be contracted, also CONTRACTABLE. |
| CONTRACTIBLY | • CONTRACTIBLE adv. that can be contracted, also CONTRACTABLE. |
| CONTRIBUTARY | • contributary adj. Obsolete form of contributory. • CONTRIBUTARY n. (obsolete) a person or thing that contributes, also CONTRIBUTORY. |
| OBSCURANTIST | • obscurantist n. A practitioner of obscurantism; an obscurant. • obscurantist adj. Of or relating to obscurantism. • OBSCURANTIST n. one who employs deliberate obscurity. |
| OBSTETRICIAN | • obstetrician n. (Medicine) A physician who specializes in childbirth. • OBSTETRICIAN n. one who specialises in the care of women during pregnancy. |
| OBTRUNCATING | • obtruncating v. Present participle of obtruncate. • OBTRUNCATE v. to cut or lop off the head of. |
| SCATTERBRAIN | • scatterbrain n. A flighty, disorganized or forgetful person. • SCATTERBRAIN n. a giddy heedless person. |
| SUBANTARCTIC | • subantarctic adj. Pertaining to a region in the Southern Hemisphere immediately north of Antarctica and covering the many… • SUBANTARCTIC adj. of, relating to, characteristic of, or being a region just outside the antarctic circle. |
| SUBSTRACTING | • substracting v. Present participle of substract. • SUBSTRACT v. to subtract; to withdraw, also SUBTRACT. |
| SUBSTRACTION | • substraction n. (Obsolete or non-native speakers’ English) Subtraction. • SUBSTRACTION n. subtraction, also SUBTRACTION. |
| SUBTRACTIONS | • subtractions n. Plural of subtraction. • SUBTRACTION n. the act of subtracting, also SUBSTRACTION. |
| TECTIBRANCHS | • tectibranchs n. Plural of tectibranch. • TECTIBRANCH n. any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |