| CARBONIFEROUS | • carboniferous adj. Containing or producing carbon. • Carboniferous adj. (Geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian… • Carboniferous prop.n. (Geology) the Carboniferous period. |
| CONFARREATION | • confarreation n. (Ancient Rome) A form of marriage in Ancient Rome that was solemnized with cakes made from far (spelt). • CONFARREATION n. a Roman patrician mode of marriage, in which a spelt cake was offered up. |
| FERROCYANOGEN | • ferrocyanogen n. (Chemistry) The tetravalent radical Fe(CN)6. • FERROCYANOGEN n. the quadrivalent radical of the ferricyanides. |
| FOREORDAINING | • foreordaining v. Present participle of foreordain. • FOREORDAIN v. to ordain or appoint beforehand. |
| IMPERFORATION | • imperforation n. The state of being without perforation. • imperforation n. (Medicine) Absence of perforation in a normally patent structure. • IMPERFORATION n. the state of being imperforate. |
| NEUROFIBROMAS | • neurofibromas n. Plural of neurofibroma. • NEUROFIBROMA n. a tumour of the nervous fibre. |
| OVERFAVOURING | • overfavouring v. Present participle of overfavour. • OVERFAVOUR v. to favour excessively. |
| PREFLORATIONS | • preflorations n. Plural of prefloration. • PREFLORATION n. the manner in which the petals and sepals are folded in the flower-bud. |
| PREFORMATIONS | • preformations n. Plural of preformation. • PREFORMATION n. previous formation. |
| PROLIFERATION | • proliferation n. (Uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation… • proliferation n. (Countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement. • proliferation n. (Countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion. |
| PROOFREADINGS | • proofreadings n. Plural of proofreading. • PROOFREADING n. the process of reading to check for mistakes. |
| REFORESTATION | • reforestation n. The act or process of replanting a forest, especially after clear-cutting. • REFORESTATION n. the action of renewing forest cover, as by natural seeding or by the artificial planting of seeds or young trees. |
| REFORMATIONAL | • reformational adj. Of or pertaining to reformation. • REFORMATIONAL adj. relating to reformation. |
| REFORMULATION | • reformulation n. The act of formulating anew. • reformulation n. A new formulation. • REFORMULATION n. the act of reformulating. |
| TORREFACTIONS | • torrefactions n. Plural of torrefaction. • TORREFACTION n. the act of torrefying. |
| WATERPROOFING | • waterproofing v. Present participle of waterproof. • waterproofing n. The treatment of something to make it waterproof. • waterproofing n. A waterproof material. |