| ADULTERATION | • adulteration n. The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another. • ADULTERATION n. the process of adulterating. |
| ADULTERATORS | • adulterators n. Plural of adulterator. • ADULTERATOR n. one who adulterates a commodity. |
| AUDIOMETRIST | • audiometrist n. A technician who carries out audiometry. • AUDIOMETRIST n. one who measures differences in hearing, also AUDIOMETRICIAN. |
| AUTODESTRUCT | • autodestruct v. (Intransitive, chiefly science fiction) To destroy itself by design (as of a mechanical system). • autodestruct n. (Chiefly science fiction) A feature of a system whereby it destroys itself. • AUTODESTRUCT v. to self-destruct. |
| 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. |
| CONSTUPRATED | • constuprated v. Simple past tense and past participle of constuprate. • CONSTUPRATE v. (obsolete) to ravish. |
| COUNTERACTED | • counteracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of counteract. • COUNTERACT v. to act counter or in opposition to. |
| COUNTERTRADE | • countertrade n. (International trade) Exchange of goods or services that are paid for, in whole or part, with other goods or services. • countertrade v. To engage in exchanges of this kind. • COUNTERTRADE v. to trade by barter. |
| DECRUSTATION | • decrustation n. The removal of a crust. • DECRUSTATION n. removal of a crust. |
| DENATURATION | • denaturation n. The deliberate addition of a noxious substance to alcohol to make it unfit to drink. • denaturation n. (Biochemistry) The change of folding structure of a protein (and thus of physical properties) caused… • DENATURATION n. the act of denaturing. |
| DESATURATION | • desaturation n. (Chemistry) the conversion of a saturated compound to an unsaturated one by removing hydrogen or other… • desaturation n. (Medicine) a decrease in the level of oxygen saturation in a patient’s haemoglobin. • DESATURATION n. the inverse of saturation, the degree to which a colour departs from white and approaches a pure spectral wavelength. |
| DETRUNCATION | • detruncation n. The act of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body. • DETRUNCATION n. the act of detruncating. |
| DEUTERATIONS | • deuterations n. Plural of deuteration. • DEUTERATION n. the act of deuterating. |
| FLUTTERBOARD | • flutterboard n. (US) A buoyancy board made of foam, used to support the body when in water. • FLUTTERBOARD n. a kind of swimming aid, a kickboard. |
| OUTTRAVELLED | • outtravelled v. Simple past tense and past participle of outtravel. • OUTTRAVEL v. to exceed in speed or distance traveled. |
| POSTGRADUATE | • postgraduate n. A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course. • postgraduate adj. Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course. • post-graduate adj. Alternative form of postgraduate. |
| PROTUBERATED | • protuberated v. Simple past tense and past participle of protuberate. • PROTUBERATE v. to bulge out. |
| STOUTHEARTED | • stouthearted adj. Brave, courageous and plucky. • stouthearted adj. Stubborn, resolute. • stout-hearted adj. Alternative form of stouthearted. |
| TREPIDATIOUS | • trepidatious adj. In a state of trepidation; fearful. |
| UNCONTRACTED | • uncontracted adj. Not contracted. • UNCONTRACTED adj. not contracted. |