| ADULTERATION | • adulteration n. The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another. • ADULTERATION n. the process of adulterating. |
| DECRUSTATION | • decrustation n. The removal of a crust. • DECRUSTATION n. removal of a crust. |
| 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. |
| DESATURATION | • desaturation n. (Chemistry) the conversion of a saturated compound to an unsaturated one by removing hydrogen or other… • desaturation n. (Medicine) a decrease in the level of oxygen saturation in a patient’s haemoglobin. • DESATURATION n. the inverse of saturation, the degree to which a colour departs from white and approaches a pure spectral wavelength. |
| DESTRUCTIONS | • destructions n. Plural of destruction. • DESTRUCTION n. the state or fact of being destroyed. |
| DETRUNCATION | • detruncation n. The act of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body. • DETRUNCATION n. the act of detruncating. |
| DEUTERATIONS | • deuterations n. Plural of deuteration. • DEUTERATION n. the act of deuterating. |
| DISTRIBUTION | • distribution n. An act of distributing or state of being distributed. • distribution n. An apportionment by law (of funds, property). • distribution n. (Business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market… |
| 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. |
| INTRODUCTIVE | • introductive adj. Of, pertaining to, or serving as an introduction. • INTRODUCTIVE adj. serving to introduce, also INTRODUCTORY. |
| INTRODUCTORY | • introductory adj. Introducing; giving a preview or idea of. • INTRODUCTORY adj. serving to introduce, also INTRODUCTIVE. |
| MUTTONBIRDER | • muttonbirder n. One who takes part in muttonbirding, the seasonal harvesting of petrel chicks. • MUTTONBIRDER n. (New Zealand) a person who hunts muttonbirds. |
| OROROTUNDITY | • OROROTUNDITY n. the orotund mode of intonation, also OROTUNDITY. |
| OROTUNDITIES | • orotundities n. Plural of orotundity. • OROTUNDITY n. the orotund mode of intonation, also OROROTUNDITY. |
| OUTINTRIGUED | • outintrigued v. Simple past tense and past participle of outintrigue. • OUTINTRIGUE v. to surpass in intrigue. |
| REDUCTIONIST | • reductionist adj. Of, or relating to reductionism. • reductionist n. An advocate of reductionism. • REDUCTIONIST n. a believer in reductionism. |
| STRIDULATION | • stridulation n. A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make… • STRIDULATION n. the shrill sound produced by crickets and other insects. |
| 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. |
| TRIPUDIATION | • tripudiation n. (Formal, obsolete) The act of dancing. • TRIPUDIATION n. dancing for joy. |