| CONDESCENSION | • condescension n. The act of condescending; a manner of behaving in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies… • condescension n. (Usually uncountable, derogatory) A patronizing attitude or behavior. • condescension n. (Archaic, non-derogatory) Courtesy, affability of a superior towards an inferior. |
| CONFEDERATION | • confederation n. A union or alliance of states or political organizations. • confederation n. The act of forming an alliance. • Confederation prop.n. In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, beginning with New Brunswick… |
| DECONDITIONED | • deconditioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of decondition. • DECONDITION v. to cause extinction of (a conditioned response). |
| DECONGESTIONS | • decongestions n. Plural of decongestion. • DECONGESTION n. the process of relieving congestion. |
| DEOXYGENATION | • deoxygenation n. The removal of oxygen atoms or molecules from a material. • DEOXYGENATION n. the act of deoxygenating. |
| DERECOGNITION | • derecognition n. The act or process of derecognizing. • DERECOGNITION n. the withdrawal of recognition. |
| FOREMENTIONED | • forementioned adj. Alternative form of aforementioned. • FOREMENTIONED adj. mentioned before in writing or speech, also AFOREMENTIONED. |
| NONCONFIDENCE | • nonconfidence n. Absence of confidence (especially politically, as in a vote of no confidence). • NONCONFIDENCE n. lack of confidence. |
| NORETHINDRONE | • norethindrone n. (Pharmacology) US form of norethisterone. • NORETHINDRONE n. a synthetic progestational hormone used in birth control pills. |
| OVERCONFIDENT | • overconfident adj. Too confident. • overconfident adj. Presumptuous, cocksure, rude and disrespectful. • OVERCONFIDENT adj. excessively confident. |
| OVERDOMINANCE | • overdominance n. The state of a gene wherein a heterozygote has a higher risk disease than either of its homozygote parents. • overdominance n. Excessive dominance. • OVERDOMINANCE n. the situation where a heterozygote has a phenotype that is better adapted than either homozygote. |
| POSTTENSIONED | • posttensioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of posttension. • post-tensioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of post-tension. • POSTTENSION v. to apply tension to (reinforcing steel) after concrete has set. |
| PREDNISOLONES | • prednisolones n. Plural of prednisolone. • PREDNISOLONE n. a drug similar to cortisone, used as an anti-inflammatory, also PREDNISONE. |
| RECONDITIONED | • reconditioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of recondition. • reconditioned adj. Which has been reconditioned. • RECONDITION v. to restore to good condition. |
| RECONNOITERED | • reconnoitered v. Simple past tense and past participle of reconnoiter. • reconnoitered adj. Of a region or situation that has been surveyed (especially in a military situation). • RECONNOITER v. (US) to make a reconnaissance of, also RECONNOITRE. |
| SCOLOPENDRINE | • scolopendrine adj. (Zoology) Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra. • SCOLOPENDRINE adj. like a centipede of the family Scolopendridae. |
| UNHOMOGENISED | • unhomogenised adj. Alternative form of unhomogenized. • UNHOMOGENISED adj. not homogenised, also UNHOMOGENIZED. |
| UNHOMOGENIZED | • unhomogenized adj. Not homogenized. • UNHOMOGENIZED adj. not homogenized, also UNHOMOGENISED. |
| XENODIAGNOSES | • xenodiagnoses n. Plural of xenodiagnosis. • XENODIAGNOSIS n. the detection of a parasite (as of humans) by feeding a suitable intermediate host (as an insect) on supposedly infected material (as blood) and later examining the host for the parasite. |