| AMNIOTOMIES | • amniotomies n. Plural of amniotomy. • AMNIOTOMY n. surgical removal of the amnion. |
| BIOAERATION | • bioaeration n. A form of the activated sludge process in which air is blown through the raw sewage. • BIOAERATION n. the oxidative treatment of raw sewage by aeration. |
| COALITIONER | • coalitioner n. A coalitionist. • COALITIONER n. a supporter of coalition. |
| DEFOLIATION | • defoliation n. The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. • DEFOLIATION n. the act of defoliating. |
| DEOXIDATION | • deoxidation n. (Chemistry) The process of extracting the oxygen content of a dissolved oxide, or of removing dissolved… • DEOXIDATION n. the act of deoxidizing. |
| EPOXIDATION | • epoxidation n. (Organic chemistry) Any reaction that converts a compound (especially an alkene) into an epoxide. • EPOXIDATION n. a conversion of a usually unsaturated compound into an epoxide. |
| EROTISATION | • EROTISATION n. the act of erotising, also EROTIZATION. |
| EROTIZATION | • erotization n. Alternative form of eroticization. • EROTIZATION n. the act of erotizing, also EROTISATION. |
| ETIOLATIONS | • etiolations n. Plural of etiolation. • ETIOLATION n. the operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant. |
| EXCORIATION | • excoriation n. The act of excoriating or flaying. • excoriation n. The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion. • excoriation n. A severe verbal denouncing. |
| EXFOLIATION | • exfoliation n. The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated. • exfoliation n. The loss of leaves from a plant. • exfoliation n. (Cosmetics) The removal of a layer of dead skin, as in cosmetic preparation. |
| MELIORATION | • melioration n. Archaic form of amelioration. • MELIORATION n. improvement, betterment. |
| NEGOTIATION | • negotiation n. The process of achieving agreement through discussion. • NEGOTIATION n. the act of negotiating. |
| OCTANEDIOIC | • OCTANEDIOIC adj. designating a type of acid found in suberin and castor oil. |
| OPINIONATED | • opinionated v. Simple past tense and past participle of opinionate. • opinionated adj. Having very strong opinions. • opinionated adj. Holding to one’s own opinion obstinately and unreasonably. |
| OPINIONATES | • opinionates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opinionate. • OPINIONATE v. to hold an opinion. |
| ORIENTATION | • orientation n. (Countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone. • orientation n. (Countable) The relative physical position or direction of something. • orientation n. (Uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with… |
| PERIODONTIA | • PERIODONTIA n. the branch of dentistry concerned with periodontal diseases. |
| REOXIDATION | • reoxidation n. A second or subsequent oxidation (e.g. of hemoglobin). • REOXIDATION n. the process of reoxidizing. |