| ARCUATION | • arcuation n. The act of bending or curving; the state of being bent; crookedness. • arcuation n. (Botany) A method of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground and covering the small shoots… • ARCUATION n. the state of being shaped like a bow. |
| AUTOCRINE | • autocrine adj. (Biology) Of a hormone, neuropeptide, etc.: acting on the cell that produced it. • AUTOCRINE adj. relating to self-stimulation. |
| CAUTIONER | • cautioner n. A person who cautions. • cautioner n. (Scotland) A surety. • CAUTIONER n. one who cautions. |
| CAUTIONRY | • cautionry n. (Scotland, law) suretyship. • CAUTIONRY n. in Scots law, the act of giving security for another. |
| COINTREAU | • cointreau n. Alternative letter-case form of Cointreau (“serving of Cointreau liqueur”). • Cointreau prop.n. An orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur produced in France. • Cointreau n. A single serving of this liqueur. |
| CURATIONS | • curations n. Plural of curation. • CURATION n. the work of a curator. |
| CURTATION | • curtation n. (Astronomy) The interval of a planet’s orbit in which its curtate or shortened distance is less than… • CURTATION n. a shortening or reduction. |
| CURVATION | • curvation n. The act of curving or bending. • CURVATION n. the state of being curved. |
| FURCATION | • furcation n. The act or process of furcating; a forking or branching out. • FURCATION n. a branching like a fork. |
| INCUBATOR | • incubator n. (Chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction. • incubator n. (Medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby. • incubator n. An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs. |
| NOCTURIAS | • NOCTURIA n. excessive urination during the night. |
| OUTRACING | • outracing v. Present participle of outrace. • OUTRACE v. to run faster than. |
| RECAUTION | • RECAUTION v. to caution again. |
| RUCTATION | • ructation n. (Archaic) A burp. • RUCTATION n. (obsolete) belching, also ERUCTATION. |
| SUCTORIAN | • suctorian n. A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class Phyllopharyngea; a predatory sessile ciliate. • SUCTORIAN n. a cartilaginous fish with a mouth adapted for suction, as the lamprey. |