| ANTIDILUTION | • antidilution adj. (Finance) Preventing share dilution. • ANTIDILUTION adj. opposed to dilution. |
| ASTOUNDMENTS | • ASTOUNDMENT n. (archaic) great surprise. |
| COUNTERTREND | • countertrend n. A trend that opposes mainstream or popular trends. • COUNTERTREND n. an opposing trend. |
| DENATURATION | • denaturation n. The deliberate addition of a noxious substance to alcohol to make it unfit to drink. • denaturation n. (Biochemistry) The change of folding structure of a protein (and thus of physical properties) caused… • DENATURATION n. the act of denaturing. |
| DETRUNCATION | • detruncation n. The act of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body. • DETRUNCATION n. the act of detruncating. |
| DOUGHNUTTING | • doughnutting n. (UK) A method of fare evasion by buying tickets only covering the beginning and the end of a journey. • DOUGHNUTTING n. the act of surrounding a speaker to give the impression of a packed house. |
| FUNCTIONATED | • functionated v. Simple past tense and past participle of functionate. • FUNCTIONATE v. to perform a function. |
| INTRODUCTION | • introduction n. The act or process of introducing. • introduction n. A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another. • introduction n. An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material. |
| NONAUTOMATED | • nonautomated adj. Not automated. • NONAUTOMATED adj. not automated. |
| THUNDERSTONE | • thunderstone n. (Archaic) A thunderbolt. • thunderstone n. A stone or fossil thought to be, or be caused by, a thunderbolt striking the earth. • thunderstone n. A belemnite. |
| TRANSDUCTION | • transduction n. (Biology) The transfer of genetic material from one cell to another typically between bacterial cells… • transduction n. The process whereby a transducer converts energy from one form to another. • transduction n. (Physiology) The conversion of a stimulus from one form to another. |
| TRANSUDATION | • transudation n. The process of passing through a membrane, pore or interstice. • TRANSUDATION n. the act of transuding. |
| UNCONTRACTED | • uncontracted adj. Not contracted. • UNCONTRACTED adj. not contracted. |