| ABSTRACTING | • abstracting v. Present participle of abstract. • ABSTRACT v. to draw away. |
| ABSTRACTION | • abstraction n. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away. • abstraction n. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one’s senses. • abstraction n. The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics;… |
| ABSTRICTING | • abstricting v. Present participle of abstrict. • ABSTRICT v. to set free spores etc. by constriction of the stalk. |
| ABSTRICTION | • abstriction n. (Biology, mycology) A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore… • ABSTRICTION n. the act of abstricting. |
| BRATTICINGS | • bratticings n. Plural of bratticing. • BRATTICING n. work in the form of brattices; cresting or ornamental work along a ridge. |
| CARBONATITE | • carbonatite n. (Geology) Any intrusive igneous rock having a majority of carbonate minerals. • CARBONATITE n. any igneous rock composed chiefly of carbonates rather than silicates. |
| CONTRIBUTED | • contributed v. Simple past tense and past participle of contribute. • CONTRIBUTE v. to give or supply in common with others. |
| CONTRIBUTES | • contributes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute. • CONTRIBUTE v. to give or supply in common with others. |
| CONTRIBUTOR | • contributor n. A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause. • contributor n. A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution. • contributor n. A person (or thing) instrumental in the creation or growth of something. |
| CROSSBITTEN | • crossbitten v. Past participle of crossbite. • cross-bitten v. Past participle of cross-bite. • CROSSBITE v. to swindle. |
| CRYPTOBIONT | • cryptobiont n. (Biology) Any organism capable of cryptobiosis. • CRYPTOBIONT n. any organism that exhibits cryptobiosis. |
| INTRACTABLE | • intractable adj. Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed. • intractable adj. (Mathematics) (of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved. • intractable adj. (Of a problem) Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. |
| INTRACTABLY | • intractably adv. In an intractable manner; uncontrollably; unmanageably. • INTRACTABLE adv. unmanageable, also UNTRACTABLE. |
| OBSTRICTION | • obstriction n. The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged. • obstriction n. That which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond. • OBSTRICTION n. (obsolete) obligation. |
| OBSTRUCTING | • obstructing v. Present participle of obstruct. • OBSTRUCT v. to get in the way of. |
| OBSTRUCTION | • obstruction n. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed. • obstruction n. Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally. • obstruction n. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death. |
| SUBTRACTING | • subtracting v. Present participle of subtract. • SUBTRACT v. to take away, also SUBSTRACT. |
| SUBTRACTION | • subtraction n. (Arithmetic, uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another. • subtraction n. (Arithmetic, countable) A calculation involving subtracting. • subtraction n. The removal of something. |
| TECTIBRANCH | • tectibranch n. (Zoology) One of the order Tectibranchiata. • TECTIBRANCH n. any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |