| 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. |
| 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. |
| STRIDULATION | • stridulation n. A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make… • STRIDULATION n. the shrill sound produced by crickets and other insects. |
| TRANSDUCTION | • transduction n. (Biology) The transfer of genetic material from one cell to another typically between bacterial cells… • transduction n. The process whereby a transducer converts energy from one form to another. • transduction n. (Physiology) The conversion of a stimulus from one form to another. |
| TRANSDUCTORS | • transductors n. Plural of transductor. • TRANSDUCTOR n. an arrangement of windings on a laminated core or cores, part of a device for amplifying current. |
| TRANSUDATION | • transudation n. The process of passing through a membrane, pore or interstice. • TRANSUDATION n. the act of transuding. |
| TRANSUDATORY | • transudatory adj. Of or pertaining to transudation. • TRANSUDATORY adj. relating to transudation. |
| TRIPUDIATION | • tripudiation n. (Formal, obsolete) The act of dancing. • TRIPUDIATION n. dancing for joy. |
| UNCONTRACTED | • uncontracted adj. Not contracted. • UNCONTRACTED adj. not contracted. |