| BENTONITE | • bentonite n. (Mineralogy) Any of several impure clay minerals consisting mostly of montmorillonite. • bentonite n. A porous clay formed by the decomposition of volcanic ash that swells 5 to 6 times its original volume… • BENTONITE n. a kind of clay, used in industry as a filler etc. |
| DETECTION | • detection n. The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised. • detection n. (Obsolete) Synonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy. • detection n. (Electrical engineering) The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave. |
| DETENTION | • detention n. (Uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained. • detention n. (Countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement. • detention n. (Civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession. |
| EPITHETON | • EPITHETON n. an epithet, also APATHATON, EPITHET. |
| NEGOTIATE | • negotiate v. (Intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement. • negotiate v. (Transitive) To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement. • negotiate v. (Transitive) To succeed in coping with, or getting over something. |
| NEOTERIST | • neoterist n. One who introduces new words or phrases. • NEOTERIST n. one who introduces new words or phrases. |
| NOISETTES | • noisettes n. Plural of noisette. • NOISETTE n. (French) a small thick round slice of boneless meat, esp. lamb. |
| ORIENTATE | • orientate v. (UK, New Zealand, Australia, intransitive) To face a given direction. • orientate v. (UK, New Zealand, Australia, reflexive) To determine one’s position relative to the surroundings; to… • orientate v. To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the… |
| POTENTISE | • potentise v. Alternative form of potentize. • POTENTISE v. to render the latent power of (anything) available, also POTENTIZE. |
| POTENTIZE | • potentize v. (Transitive) To make potent; to render the latent power of (anything) available. • POTENTIZE v. to render the latent power of (anything) available, also POTENTISE. |
| RETENTION | • retention n. The act of retaining or something retained. • retention n. The act or power of remembering things. • retention n. A memory; what is retained in the mind. |
| TELEPOINT | • telepoint n. A base station to which users of early mobile phones could connect in order to place (but not receive) calls. • TELEPOINT n. a device located in a public place that activates cordless phones. |
| TENORITES | • tenorites n. Plural of tenorite. • TENORITE n. a triclinic oxide of copper occurring in minute iron-grey scales or black masses. |
| TEOSINTES | • teosintes n. Plural of teosinte. • TEOSINTE n. (Nahuatl) a Mexican grass grown as fodder, allied to maize but with several stems from the base. |
| TEUTONISE | • Teutonise v. Alternative form of Teutonize. • TEUTONISE v. to render German, also TEUTONIZE. |
| TEUTONIZE | • Teutonize v. (Transitive) To make Teutonic. • Teutonize v. (Intransitive) To become Teutonic. • TEUTONIZE v. to render German, also TEUTONISE. |
| THEREINTO | • thereinto adv. (Archaic) Into that place, state etc. • THEREINTO adv. into that or it. |