| ALLOCUTION | • allocution n. A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful. • allocution n. (Chiefly US, law) The question put to a convicted defendant by a judge after the rendering of the verdict… • allocution n. (Chiefly US, law) The legal right of a victim, in some jurisdictions, to make a statement to a court… |
| ALLONYMOUS | • allonymous adj. Misattributed: appearing or (especially) knowingly published under the name of a different person from… • ALLONYMOUS adj. relating to an allonym. |
| COLLOGUING | • colloguing v. Present participle of collogue. • COLLOGUE v. to converse confidentially; to conspire with. |
| COLLOQUING | • colloquing v. Present participle of colloque. • COLLOQUE v. (French) to hold a colloquy. |
| COLLUSIONS | • collusions n. Plural of collusion. • COLLUSION n. a secret agreement to deceive, e.g. one made between the opposing parties in a lawsuit. |
| CONVOLVULI | • convolvuli n. Plural of convolvulus. • CONVOLVULUS n. (Latin) a genus of climbing plants. |
| COUNCILLOR | • councillor n. A member of a council. • councillor n. In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor. • COUNCILLOR n. a member of a council, also COUNCILOR. |
| COUNSELLOR | • counsellor n. (British spelling, Canadian spelling) Alternative spelling of counselor. • COUNSELLOR n. one who gives counsel, also COUNSELOR. |
| ILLOCUTION | • illocution n. (Linguistics) The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used. • ILLOCUTION n. an act which is performed by a speaker actually speaking the words, as an order or a promise. |
| LOBULATION | • lobulation n. (Pathology) The presence of lobules (in a place where there are normally none). • LOBULATION n. the state of being lobulate. |
| LOCULATION | • loculation n. (Medicine) The localized failure of a region to drain fluids, resulting in an enlarged mass. • LOCULATION n. the state of being locular. |
| MONOHULLED | • monohulled adj. (Nautical) Having a single hull. |
| OUTPOLLING | • outpolling v. Present participle of outpoll. • OUTPOLL v. to get more votes than. |
| OUTROLLING | • outrolling v. Present participle of outroll. • outrolling n. The action or result of something rolling outward. • OUTROLL v. to roll out. |
| OUTSWOLLEN | • outswollen v. Past participle of outswell. • OUTSWELL v. to exceed in swelling. |
| POLLUSIONS | • pollusions n. Plural of pollusion. • POLLUSION n. (Shakespeare) blunder for allusion. |
| POLLUTIONS | • pollutions n. Plural of pollution. • POLLUTION n. making dirty, defilement. |
| SOLUTIONAL | • solutional adj. Relating to a solution (to a problem). • solutional adj. Relating to, or formed by, the process of dissolving. • SOLUTIONAL adj. relating to a solution. |
| TOURBILLON | • tourbillon n. A rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock or watch, that attempts to compensate for the… • tourbillon n. A whirlwind. • tourbillon n. A kind of firework that gyrates in the air. |
| UNFOLLOWED | • unfollowed adj. Not followed. • unfollowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of unfollow. • UNFOLLOW v. to decline to receive messages from (a person who is posting on a social media site). |