| ANTIMONIOUS | • antimonious adj. Of or containing antimony. • antimonious adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Containing trivalent antimony. • ANTIMONIOUS adj. containing trivalent antimony. |
| COMMINUTION | • comminution n. (Often mining, waste management) The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles. • comminution n. (Traumatology) The fracture of a bone site in multiple pieces (technically, at least three); crumbling. • COMMINUTION n. the act of comminuting. |
| DISSOLUTION | • dissolution n. The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal. • dissolution n. Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments. • dissolution n. Dissolving, or going into solution. |
| ILLOCUTIONS | • illocutions n. Plural of illocution. • ILLOCUTION n. an act which is performed by a speaker actually speaking the words, as an order or a promise. |
| IMMUNOTOXIC | • immunotoxic adj. (Immunology) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an immunotoxin; toxic to the immune system. • IMMUNOTOXIC adj. relating to an immunotoxin. |
| IMMUNOTOXIN | • immunotoxin n. Any compound that is toxic to the immune system. • IMMUNOTOXIN n. a toxin with immunosuppressive effects. |
| INOCULATION | • inoculation n. (Immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity… • inoculation n. (Microbiology) The introduction of a microorganism into a culture medium. • inoculation n. The insertion of the buds of one plant into another; grafting. |
| INVOLUTIONS | • involutions n. Plural of involution. • INVOLUTION n. the act of involving or infolding. |
| LIPOSUCTION | • liposuction n. (Medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction. • liposuction v. (Medicine) To remove by liposuction. • LIPOSUCTION n. a surgical procedure for the removal of excess, unwanted fat from the body. |
| MOXIBUSTION | • moxibustion n. (Folk medicine) The burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness. • MOXIBUSTION n. cauterization by use of moxa. |
| NONUNIONIST | • nonunionist n. One who is not a unionist. • NONUNIONIST n. a supporter of nonunionism. |
| OBLIQUATION | • obliquation n. The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity. • obliquation n. Deviation from moral rectitude. • OBLIQUATION n. (obsolete) obliqueness. |
| OUTPOINTING | • outpointing v. Present participle of outpoint. • OUTPOINT v. to score more points than. |
| POSITRONIUM | • positronium n. (Physics, chemistry) An exotic atom (specifically, an onium) consisting of a positron (anti-electron)… • POSITRONIUM n. a positron and and an electron bound together in a short-lived unit, similar to a hydrogen atom. |
| SOLUTIONING | • solutioning v. Present participle of solution. • SOLUTION v. to provide with a solution. |
| SOLUTIONIST | • solutionist n. A solver of problems or puzzles. • SOLUTIONIST n. a solver, as of puzzles. |
| SUPPOSITION | • supposition n. Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture. • supposition n. The act or an instance of supposing. • SUPPOSITION n. something that is supposed. |
| TOURBILLION | • tourbillion n. (Archaic) An ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire. • TOURBILLION n. (French) a whirlwind; any whirling object, also TOURBILLON. |
| VORTIGINOUS | • vortiginous adj. Moving rapidly round a centre; vortical. • VORTIGINOUS adj. like a vortex, whirling, also VORTICAL, VORTICOSE, VORTICULAR. |