| CONSOLIDATOR | • consolidator n. Anyone who or anything that consolidates. • consolidator n. (Shipping) a business which groups different orders into one shipment. • consolidator n. (Aviation, travel) a business which buys air travel tickets in bulk, then sells them at discounted prices. |
| DECOLORATION | • decoloration n. Alternative spelling of decolouration. • DECOLORATION n. removal or absence of colour. |
| DOLORIFEROUS | • doloriferous adj. (Obsolete) Producing pain. • DOLORIFEROUS adj. bearing grief or pain, also DOLORIFIC. |
| DOUROUCOULIS | • douroucoulis n. Plural of douroucouli. • DOUROUCOULI n. a small, nocturnal, South American monkey, also DURUKULI. |
| HYDROBIOLOGY | • hydrobiology n. (Biology) The study of the biology of the organisms that inhabit bodies of water. • HYDROBIOLOGY n. the study of aquatic organisms. |
| HYDROCOLLOID | • hydrocolloid n. Any material that forms a colloid (especially a gel) when mixed with water. • hydrocolloid n. Such a material, made from agar, used to make dental impressions. • HYDROCOLLOID n. a substance that yields a gel with water. |
| LOXODROMICAL | • loxodromical adj. Synonym of loxodromic. • LOXODROMICAL adj. pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines, also LOXODROMIC. |
| MONOCHLORIDE | • monochloride n. (Chemistry) Any chloride containing a single chlorine atom in each molecule. • MONOCHLORIDE n. a chloride containing one atom of chlorine per molecule. |
| OVERFLOODING | • overflooding v. Present participle of overflood. • OVERFLOOD v. to flood excessively. |
| PROTOCOLISED | • protocolised v. Simple past tense and past participle of protocolise. • PROTOCOLISE v. to make a protocol of, also PROTOCOLIZE. |
| PROTOCOLIZED | • protocolized v. Simple past tense and past participle of protocolize. • PROTOCOLIZE v. to make a protocol of, also PROTOCOLISE. |
| RADIOBIOLOGY | • radiobiology n. (Biology) The study of the effects of ionizing radiation on living organisms. • radiobiology n. (Biochemistry) The use of radioactive labels to study biological processes. • RADIOBIOLOGY n. a branch of biology dealing with the effects of radiation or radioactive materials on biological systems. |
| RADIOECOLOGY | • radioecology n. The study of the fate and effects of radioactive materials in the environment. • RADIOECOLOGY n. the study of the effects of radiation and radioactive substances on ecological communities. |