| ANTITHYROID | • antithyroid adj. (Biochemistry) Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones. • anti-thyroid adj. Alternative spelling of antithyroid. • ANTITHYROID adj. able to counteract excessive thyroid activity. |
| DENITRATION | • denitration n. (Chemistry) The removal of nitrate or other nitrogen compounds, especially from water; denitrification. • DENITRATION n. the removal of nitrogen or its compounds, also DENITRIFICATION. |
| DICTATORIAL | • dictatorial adj. Of or pertaining to a dictator. • dictatorial adj. In the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others. • DICTATORIAL adj. befitting a dictator. |
| DISTRACTION | • distraction n. Something that distracts. • distraction n. The process of being distracted. • distraction n. Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion. |
| EXTRADITION | • extradition n. A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government… • EXTRADITION n. a delivering up of an accused person by one government to another. |
| HISTORIATED | • historiated adj. Adorned with decorative pictures that tell a story. • HISTORIATED adj. decorated with elaborate ornamental designs and figures, also STORIATED. |
| INTIMIDATOR | • intimidator n. One who intimidates. • INTIMIDATOR n. one who intimidates. |
| MIDLITTORAL | • midlittoral adj. (Geography) In the middle part of a seashore. • MIDLITTORAL n. that part of the seashore that lies between high and low neap tidemarks. |
| PAROTIDITIC | • PAROTIDITIC adj. relating to parotiditis, inflammation of the parotid gland. |
| PAROTIDITIS | • parotiditis n. Parotitis. • PAROTIDITIS n. inflammation of the parotid gland, as in mumps, also PAROTITIS. |
| PAROTITIDES | • parotitides n. Plural of parotitis. • PAROTITIS n. inflammation of the parotid glands, as in mumps, also PAROTIDITIS. |
| PARTITIONED | • partitioned adj. Having partitions. • partitioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of partition. • PARTITION v. to divide into shares. |
| PODIATRISTS | • podiatrists n. Plural of podiatrist. • PODIATRIST n. one who practises podiatry. |
| PROPITIATED | • propitiated v. Simple past tense and past participle of propitiate. • PROPITIATE v. to render favourable, to appease. |
| TRADITIONAL | • traditional adj. Of, relating to, or derived from tradition. • traditional adj. Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only. • traditional adj. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned. |
| TRADITIONER | • traditioner n. One who adheres to tradition. • TRADITIONER n. a person who adheres to tradition, also TRADITIONIST. |
| TREPIDATION | • trepidation n. A fearful state; a state of concern or hesitation. • trepidation n. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear. • trepidation n. (Astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to… |
| TRIFOLIATED | • trifoliated adj. (Botany) Having three leaves or leaflets; trifoliate. • TRIFOLIATED adj. having three leaves or leaflets, also TRIFOLIATE. |
| VITRIOLATED | • vitriolated adj. (Obsolete, chemistry) sulfated. • VITRIOLATE v. to convert into, or change to, a vitriol. |