| ANTIMETABOLE | • antimetabole n. (Rhetoric) The technique of reversal, where accentuated by reversal of words, actions or grammatical structure. • ANTIMETABOLE n. repetition of words or ideas in different order e.g. to fail to plan is to plan to fail. |
| BITONALITIES | • BITONALITY n. the use of two musical keys simultaneously. |
| BLETHERATION | • BLETHERATION n. blethering. |
| BLOODLETTING | • bloodletting n. (Historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to… • bloodletting n. (By extension) The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect. • bloodletting n. A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence. |
| CONTEMPTIBLE | • contemptible adj. Deserving contempt. • CONTEMPTIBLE adj. worthy of contempt. |
| CONTEMPTIBLY | • contemptibly adv. In a contemptible manner. • CONTEMPTIBLE adv. worthy of contempt. |
| CONTRACTIBLE | • contractible adj. Capable of contraction. • contractible adj. (Mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation. • CONTRACTIBLE adj. that can be contracted, also CONTRACTABLE. |
| DEBILITATION | • debilitation n. The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness. • DEBILITATION n. the act of debilitating. |
| DETONABILITY | • detonability n. A measure of the readiness with which an explosive will detonate under specified conditions. • DETONABILITY n. the state of being detonable. |
| EXORBITANTLY | • exorbitantly adv. In an exorbitant manner, excessively. • EXORBITANT adv. going beyond the usual limits; (esp. of prices) excessive. |
| INTERORBITAL | • interorbital adj. Between orbitals. • interorbital adj. Between orbits. • interorbital n. (Zoology) Any of the scales between the orbits. |
| JETTISONABLE | • jettisonable adj. Capable of being jettisoned. • JETTISONABLE adj. capable of being jettisoned. |
| LETTERBOXING | • letterboxing v. Present participle of letterbox. • letterboxing n. A hobby in which participants attempt to locate small boxes containing rubber stamps by following clues. • LETTERBOXING n. showing a film on television in its original wide screen format. |
| NOTABILITIES | • notabilities n. Plural of notability. • NOTABILITY n. a notable or prominent person. |
| OBLITERATING | • obliterating v. Present participle of obliterate. • OBLITERATE v. to erase or blot out. |
| OBLITERATION | • obliteration n. The total destruction of something. • obliteration n. The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something. • obliteration n. (Medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the… |