| ANTITUMORAL | • antitumoral adj. (Oncology) antitumor. • ANTITUMORAL adj. intended to prevent tumors, also ANTITUMOR, ANTITUMOUR, ANTITUMOURAL. |
| BUTTONHOLER | • buttonholer n. One who detains somebody in conversation against their will. • buttonholer n. An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions… • BUTTONHOLER n. a person or sewing-machine attachment that makes buttonholes. |
| CONTEXTURAL | • contextural adj. Relating to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. • CONTEXTURAL adj. relating to contexture, weaving together. |
| CONTRACTUAL | • contractual adj. Of, relating to, or enforced by a contract. • contractual n. A contractualized employee; One who is hired as a temporary worker, especially one who is hired for a single project. • contractual n. (Accounting) A charge for a service that is applied through a contract with another provider. |
| COUNTERPLOT | • counterplot n. A plot made in opposition to another; a counterploy. • counterplot v. (Intransitive, transitive) To form a plot or plan in opposition to the actions of another. • COUNTERPLOT v. to intrigue against. |
| ELUTRIATION | • elutriation n. The process of separating the lighter particles from the heavier ones by means of an upward directed… • ELUTRIATION n. the act of elutriating. |
| FLUSTRATION | • flustration n. (Colloquial) The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry. • FLUSTRATION n. (obsolete) flustering. |
| FORTUNATELY | • fortunately adv. In a fortunate manner. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • fortunately adv. It is (or was, etc) fortunate that. • FORTUNATE adv. happening by good fortune; lucky. |
| GRATULATION | • gratulation n. (Now rare) A feeling of happiness and satisfaction; joy, especially at one’s good fortune. • gratulation n. (Archaic) The expression of pleasure at someone’s else’s success or luck; congratulation. • GRATULATION n. congratulation. |
| LUSTRATIONS | • lustrations n. Plural of lustration. • LUSTRATION n. ritual washing; ablution. |
| LUTEOTROPIN | • luteotropin n. (Biochemistry) Prolactin; a peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates… • LUTEOTROPIN n. another name for the hormone prolactin, also LUTEOTROPHIN. |
| MULTIFRONTS | Sorry, definition not available. |
| NUTRITIONAL | • nutritional adj. Of, pertaining to, or providing nutrition. • NUTRITIONAL adj. relating to nutrition. |
| OUTLUSTRING | • outlustring v. Present participle of outlustre. • OUTLUSTRE v. (Shakespeare) to exceed in lustre, also OUTLUSTER. |
| PLURIPOTENT | • pluripotent adj. (Biology) Able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all. • PLURIPOTENT adj. not fixed as to development potentialities e.g. 'pluripotent stem cells'. |
| RELUCTATION | • reluctation n. (Obsolete) Resistance, struggle. • reluctation n. (Now rare) Reluctance, unwillingness. • RELUCTATION n. (archaic) repugnance. |
| THUNDERBOLT | • thunderbolt n. A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder. • thunderbolt n. (Figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected. • thunderbolt n. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination. |
| TORTURINGLY | • torturingly adv. So as to torture. • torturingly adv. Extremely; painfully. • TORTURING adv. causing severe physical pain. |
| TRIBULATION | • tribulation n. Any adversity; a trying period or event. • Tribulation prop.n. (Christian eschatology) (A period of) persecution before the Second Coming, lasting seven years, which… • TRIBULATION n. distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution. |
| VOLUNTARIST | • voluntarist n. Someone who endorses voluntarism. • VOLUNTARIST n. an adherent of voluntarism. |