| COMPOTATION | • compotation n. (Archaic) The social act of drinking together. • COMPOTATION n. an act of carousing in company. |
| CONNOTATION | • connotation n. (Semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation… • connotation n. (Logic) The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation. • CONNOTATION n. the act of connoting. |
| CONTORTIONS | • contortions n. Plural of contortion. • CONTORTION n. the state of being contorted. |
| COOPTATIONS | • cooptations n. Plural of cooptation. • co-optations n. Plural of co-optation. • COOPTATION n. the act of coopting, also COOPTION. |
| COROTATIONS | • corotations n. Plural of corotation. • COROTATION n. the act of rotating in conjunction with another body. |
| DIPROTODONT | • diprotodont n. (Biology) Any marsupial of the order Diprotodontia. • DIPROTODONT n. any marsupial of the Diprotodontia, the suborder including kangaroos, wombats, etc., also DIPROTODON. |
| GLOTTOGONIC | • glottogonic adj. Related to the origin or primordial development of language; related to glottogony. • GLOTTOGONIC adj. relating to the origins of language. |
| GNOTOBIOTES | • gnotobiotes n. Plural of gnotobiote. • GNOTOBIOTE n. a germfree animal. |
| GNOTOBIOTIC | • gnotobiotic adj. Pertaining to gnotobiotics. • GNOTOBIOTIC adj. relating to gnotobiotics, the study of organisms in germfree conditions. |
| NITROCOTTON | • nitrocotton n. Synonym of nitrocellulose. • NITROCOTTON n. guncotton, an explosive made from cotton soaked in nitric and sulphuric acids. |
| NOTODONTIDS | • notodontids n. Plural of notodontid. • NOTODONTID n. a member of the Notodontidae genus of moths. |
| ODONTOLITES | • odontolites n. Plural of odontolite. • ODONTOLITE n. a fossil bone or tooth coloured blue with phosphate of iron, aka bone-turquoise. |
| ONTOLOGISTS | • ontologists n. Plural of ontologist. • ONTOLOGIST n. one who is versed in or treats of ontology. |
| ORTHODONTIA | • orthodontia n. Synonym of orthodontics. • ORTHODONTIA n. the rectification of crookedness in the teeth, also ORTHODONTICS. |
| ORTHODONTIC | • orthodontic adj. Of, or relating to the dental speciality of orthodontics. • ORTHODONTIC adj. relating to orthodontics, the rectification of crookedness in the teeth. |
| OUTSHOOTING | • outshooting v. Present participle of outshoot. • OUTSHOOT v. to surpass in shooting. |
| PROTONATION | • protonation n. (Chemistry) The addition of a proton (hydrogen ion) to an atom, molecule or ion, normally to generate a cation. • PROTONATION n. the acquisition of an additional proton. |
| SOMATOTONIA | • SOMATOTONIA n. a pattern of temperament and body type in which alertness and aggression are combined with mesomorphic build. |
| SOMATOTONIC | • somatotonic adj. Designating a personality type characterised as aggressive and extroverted. • SOMATOTONIC n. a person who has an extroverted and aggressive personality type. |