| ANTITHYROID | • antithyroid adj. (Biochemistry) Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones. • anti-thyroid adj. Alternative spelling of antithyroid. • ANTITHYROID adj. able to counteract excessive thyroid activity. |
| CONDOTTIERI | • condottieri n. Plural of condottiere. • CONDOTTIERE n. (Italian) a hired soldier; a mercenary. |
| DENITRATION | • denitration n. (Chemistry) The removal of nitrate or other nitrogen compounds, especially from water; denitrification. • DENITRATION n. the removal of nitrogen or its compounds, also DENITRIFICATION. |
| DISTORTIONS | • distortions n. Plural of distortion. • DISTORTION n. a lack of proportionality in an image resulting from defects in the optical system. |
| DISTRACTION | • distraction n. Something that distracts. • distraction n. The process of being distracted. • distraction n. Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion. |
| DOCTRINISTS | • DOCTRINIST n. one who adheres to doctrines. |
| EXTRADITION | • extradition n. A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government… • EXTRADITION n. a delivering up of an accused person by one government to another. |
| INTERDICTOR | • interdictor n. (Military) An aircraft designed to bomb enemy supply operations. • INTERDICTOR n. one who interdicts. |
| INTIMIDATOR | • intimidator n. One who intimidates. • INTIMIDATOR n. one who intimidates. |
| INTROMITTED | • intromitted v. Simple past tense and past participle of intromit. • INTROMIT v. to introduce or admit. |
| OUTSTRIDING | • outstriding v. Present participle of outstride. • OUTSTRIDE v. to surpass in striding. |
| PARTITIONED | • partitioned adj. Having partitions. • partitioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of partition. • PARTITION v. to divide into shares. |
| ROTUNDITIES | • rotundities n. Plural of rotundity. • ROTUNDITY n. the state of being rotund. |
| TRADITIONAL | • traditional adj. Of, relating to, or derived from tradition. • traditional adj. Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only. • traditional adj. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned. |
| TRADITIONER | • traditioner n. One who adheres to tradition. • TRADITIONER n. a person who adheres to tradition, also TRADITIONIST. |
| TREPIDATION | • trepidation n. A fearful state; a state of concern or hesitation. • trepidation n. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear. • trepidation n. (Astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to… |