| ABDICATING | • abdicating v. Present participle of abdicate. • ABDICATE v. to renounce or surrender formally, as one's power or office. |
| ABDICATION | • abdication n. (Obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. • abdication n. The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. • abdication n. The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power. |
| ABDUCTIONS | • abductions n. Plural of abduction. • ABDUCTION n. the act of abducing or abducting. |
| BACKDATING | • backdating v. Present participle of backdate. • backdating n. The act by which something is backdated. • BACKDATE v. to date to an earlier time. |
| BANDICOOTS | • bandicoots n. Plural of bandicoot. • BANDICOOT v. to remove potatoes from the ground leaving the tops undisturbed. |
| BENEDICITE | • benedicite n. Alternative letter-case form of Benedicite. • Benedicite n. A canticle, the Latin version of which begins with the word benedīcite (“praise ye!”), which may be… • BENEDICITE n. (Latin) a blessing, a grace at table. |
| BENEDICTUS | • Benedictus n. (Western Christianity) The Gospel canticle of Zechariah (Luke 1:68–79), with the incipit Benedictus… • Benedictus n. (Western Christianity) The second part of the Sanctus, beginning, Benedictus qui venit in nomine domini… • Benedictus n. (Music) The music that accompanies either of the above. |
| CNIDOBLAST | • cnidoblast n. (Biology) A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops. • CNIDOBLAST n. a stinging thread cell containing a nematocyst. |
| COUNTERBID | • counterbid n. (Business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party. • counterbid v. To make a counterbid. • COUNTERBID n. a bid made in opposition to another bid. |
| ENDOBIOTIC | • endobiotic adj. (Of a parasite or symbiont) living within the tissues of a host. • endobiotic adj. (Medicine) Originating within an organ or biological system. • endobiotic n. (Medicine) An endogenous substance that influences the functioning of an organ or biological process. |
| INDICTABLE | • indictable adj. (Of an act) Subjecting one to an indictment. • indictable adj. (Of a person) Able or deserving to be indicted. • INDICTABLE adj. that can be indicted. |
| INDICTABLY | • indictably adv. (Law) Subject to indictment. • INDICTABLE adv. that can be indicted. |
| PITCHBENDS | • PITCHBEND n. a device that enables a player to bend the pitch of a note on a synthesiser. |
| SUBDUCTING | • subducting v. Present participle of subduct. • SUBDUCT v. to withdraw; to take away, also SUBDUCE. |
| SUBDUCTION | • subduction n. The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object. • subduction n. (Geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a… • subduction n. The act of subducting or taking away. |