| COLLIMATING | • collimating v. Present participle of collimate. • collimating adj. That collimates, or employs collimation. • COLLIMATE v. to make parallel; to adjust accurately the line of sight of (an optical instrument, such as a surveying telescope). |
| COLLIMATION | • collimation n. The act of collimating or something collimated. • collimation n. Aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations. • COLLIMATION n. the act of making parallel. |
| COMPLICITLY | • complicitly adv. In a complicit manner. • COMPLICIT adv. having or showing complicity, that is a party to or involved in wrongdoing, also COMPLICITOUS. |
| EMOLLIATING | • emolliating v. Present participle of emolliate. • EMOLLIATE v. to soften; to render effeminate. |
| EMOLLITIONS | • emollitions n. Plural of emollition. • EMOLLITION n. the act of softening or relaxing. |
| HOMILETICAL | • homiletical adj. Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable. • homiletical adj. Of or relating to homiletics; homiletic; hortatory. • HOMILETICAL adj. relating to homily or the art of preaching, also HOMILETIC. |
| ILLUMINATOR | • illuminator n. Agent noun of illuminate… • ILLUMINATOR n. one who illuminates. |
| IMPOLITICAL | • impolitical adj. Obsolete form of impolitic. • IMPOLITICAL adj. (obsolete) impolitic, also IMPOLITIC, UNPOLITIC. |
| IMPOLITICLY | • impoliticly adv. In an impolitic manner. • IMPOLITIC adv. not politic, also IMPOLITICAL, UNPOLITIC. |
| LIMNOLOGIST | • limnologist n. A specialist in limnology. • LIMNOLOGIST n. one who studies limnology, the study of bodies of fresh water. |
| MAMILLATION | • MAMILLATION n. the state of being mamillate, with nipple-like projections, also MAMMILLATION. |
| MEIOTICALLY | • meiotically adv. Pertaining to, or during, meiosis. • MEIOTIC adv. exhibiting meiosis, deliberate understatement. |
| MIDLITTORAL | • midlittoral adj. (Geography) In the middle part of a seashore. • MIDLITTORAL n. that part of the seashore that lies between high and low neap tidemarks. |
| MITOTICALLY | • mitotically adv. During, or by means of, mitosis. • MITOTIC adv. relating to mitosis, cell division. |
| MOLDABILITY | • moldability n. The property of being moldable. • MOLDABILITY n. the quality of being moldable, also MOULDABILITY. |
| MULTINOMIAL | • multinomial adj. (Mathematics) polynomial. • multinomial n. (Mathematics) polynomial. • MULTINOMIAL n. a mathematical expression that consists of the sum of several terms. |
| POINTILLISM | • pointillism n. In art, the use of small areas of color to construct an image. • POINTILLISM n. a painting technique using separate dots of pure colour rather than blends, also POINTILLISME. |
| TRINOMIALLY | • trinomially adv. In a trinomial manner. • TRINOMIAL adv. of three terms joined by + or -. |