| ALLIGATIONS | • alligations n. Plural of alligation. • ALLIGATION n. the calculation of values or properties of a mixture. |
| ANTILOGICAL | • antilogical adj. Going against logic. • ANTILOGICAL adj. opposed to logic. |
| COLLIGATING | • colligating v. Present participle of colligate. • COLLIGATE v. to tie or bind together. |
| COLLIGATION | • colligation n. A binding together. • colligation n. (Logic) The formulation of a general hypothesis which seeks to connect two or more facts. • colligation n. (Linguistics) The co-occurrence of syntactic categories, usually within a sentence. |
| COLLIGATIVE | • colligative adj. (Chemistry, physics) Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present. • COLLIGATIVE adj. depending on the number of particles (as molecules) and not on the nature of the particles. |
| COLLIMATING | • collimating v. Present participle of collimate. • collimating adj. That collimates, or employs collimation. • COLLIMATE v. to make parallel; to adjust accurately the line of sight of (an optical instrument, such as a surveying telescope). |
| EMOLLIATING | • emolliating v. Present participle of emolliate. • EMOLLIATE v. to soften; to render effeminate. |
| ETIOLOGICAL | • etiological adj. Relating to an etiology. • ETIOLOGICAL adj. relating to etiology, the study of causes, also ETIOLOGIC. |
| GAZILLIONTH | • gazillionth adj. (Informal) The ordinal form of the number gazillion. • gazillionth n. (Informal) The person or thing in the gazillionth position. • gazillionth n. (Informal) One of a gazillion equal parts of a whole. |
| LEGISLATION | • legislation n. The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws. • legislation n. Law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body. • LEGISLATION n. the action of legislating. |
| LOBTAILINGS | • LOBTAILING n. the slapping of a whale's tail against the surface of the water. |
| OSCILLATING | • oscillating adj. Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion. • oscillating v. Present participle of oscillate. • OSCILLATE v. to swing to and fro like a pendulum. |
| POLLINATING | • pollinating v. Present participle of pollinate. • pollinating adj. That pollinates, or leads to pollination. • POLLINATE v. to fertilise with pollen, also POLLENATE. |
| SIGILLATION | • sigillation n. A sigillate pattern. • SIGILLATION n. marking with a seal. |