| ABORTIONIST | • abortionist n. (Now sometimes offensive) A person who performs abortions, especially illegally or secretly. • abortionist n. (Chiefly derogatory) A person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion. • ABORTIONIST n. one who induces abortions. |
| 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. |
| ARBITRATION | • arbitration n. The act or process of arbitrating. • arbitration n. A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute. • arbitration n. In general, a form of justice where both parties designate a person whose ruling they will accept formally… |
| ATTRIBUTION | • attribution n. The act of attributing something. • attribution n. An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship. • attribution n. (Law) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the… |
| BAROTITISES | • BAROTITIS n. inflammation and pain in the ear caused by pressure changes, esp. during air travel. |
| BIPARTITION | • bipartition n. Something that is bipartite. • bipartition n. Sharing or partitioning in two. • bipartition v. To partition into two. |
| DISTRIBUTOR | • distributor n. One who or that which distributes. • distributor n. A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine. • distributor n. (Printing, historical) A machine for distributing type. |
| FROSTBITING | • frostbiting v. Present participle of frostbite. • FROSTBITING n. the act of frostbiting. |
| HABILITATOR | • habilitator n. (US, obsolete) One who supplies money to work a mine. • HABILITATOR n. one who habilitates. |
| NIMBOSTRATI | • nimbostrati n. Plural of nimbostratus. • NIMBOSTRATUS n. a type of cloud. |
| OBITUARISTS | • obituarists n. Plural of obituarist. • OBITUARIST n. one who writes obituaries. |
| OBSTRICTION | • obstriction n. The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged. • obstriction n. That which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond. • OBSTRICTION n. (obsolete) obligation. |
| PORTABILITY | • portability n. The quality of being portable. • portability n. (Software) The ability of a program (or software system) to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms. • portability n. The ability of an employee to move between different social security schemes without losing their contributions. |
| RETRIBUTION | • retribution n. Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance. • RETRIBUTION n. retaliation, punishment. |
| ROBOTICISTS | • roboticists n. Plural of roboticist. |
| TIBIOTARSUS | • tibiotarsus n. (Anatomy) The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird, formed by the union… • TIBIOTARSUS n. in birds, a bone formed by the fusion of the tibia and some of the tarsals. |
| TORSIBILITY | • torsibility n. The tendency of a rope etc. to untwist after being twisted. • TORSIBILITY n. the ability to be twisted or subjected to torsion. |
| TRIBOLOGIST | • tribologist n. A specialist in tribology. • TRIBOLOGIST n. a student of tribology. |
| TRIBULATION | • tribulation n. Any adversity; a trying period or event. • Tribulation prop.n. (Christian eschatology) (A period of) persecution before the Second Coming, lasting seven years, which… • TRIBULATION n. distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution. |
| TURBINATION | • turbination n. The act of spinning or whirling. • TURBINATION n. being shaped like a turbinate, a scroll. |