| ANTIMETABOLE | • antimetabole n. (Rhetoric) The technique of reversal, where accentuated by reversal of words, actions or grammatical structure. • ANTIMETABOLE n. repetition of words or ideas in different order e.g. to fail to plan is to plan to fail. |
| BALLOTTEMENT | • ballottement n. (Medicine) A method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether… • ballottement n. (Medicine) An increased amount of fluid in the suprapatellar pouch of the knee. • BALLOTTEMENT n. a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp. confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus. |
| BATTLEFRONTS | • battlefronts n. Plural of battlefront. • BATTLEFRONT n. the military sector in which actual combat takes place. |
| BATTLEGROUND | • battleground n. A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought. • battleground n. (Figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention. • battleground n. (Figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention. |
| BATTLEWAGONS | • battlewagons n. Plural of battlewagon. • battle␣wagons n. Plural of battle wagon. • BATTLEWAGON n. a battleship. |
| BITONALITIES | • BITONALITY n. the use of two musical keys simultaneously. |
| BLETHERATION | • BLETHERATION n. blethering. |
| CONTRACTABLE | • contractable adj. Capable of being contracted (in various senses). • CONTRACTABLE adj. that can be contracted, also CONTRACTIBLE. |
| 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. |
| CONTRASTABLE | • contrastable adj. Capable of being contrasted (with something else); admitting contrast. • CONTRASTABLE adj. able to be contrasted. |
| COUNTERBLAST | • counterblast n. A work that strongly refutes or criticises another. • COUNTERBLAST n. a defiant pronouncement or denunciation. |
| DEBILITATION | • debilitation n. The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness. • DEBILITATION n. the act of debilitating. |
| DETONABILITY | • detonability n. A measure of the readiness with which an explosive will detonate under specified conditions. • DETONABILITY n. the state of being detonable. |
| EXORBITANTLY | • exorbitantly adv. In an exorbitant manner, excessively. • EXORBITANT adv. going beyond the usual limits; (esp. of prices) excessive. |
| INTERORBITAL | • interorbital adj. Between orbitals. • interorbital adj. Between orbits. • interorbital n. (Zoology) Any of the scales between the orbits. |
| JETTISONABLE | • jettisonable adj. Capable of being jettisoned. • JETTISONABLE adj. capable of being jettisoned. |
| NEMATOBLASTS | • nematoblasts n. Plural of nematoblast. • NEMATOBLAST n. a stinging thread cell containing a nematocyst, aka cnidoblast. |
| NOTABILITIES | • notabilities n. Plural of notability. • NOTABILITY n. a notable or prominent person. |
| OBLITERATING | • obliterating v. Present participle of obliterate. • OBLITERATE v. to erase or blot out. |
| OBLITERATION | • obliteration n. The total destruction of something. • obliteration n. The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something. • obliteration n. (Medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the… |