| AGGRADATION | • aggradation n. (Geology) Increase in land elevation due to the deposition of sediment. • AGGRADATION n. the act of aggrading. |
| CUSPIDATION | • CUSPIDATION n. decoration with cusps. |
| CYANIDATION | • cyanidation n. (Metallurgy) The extraction of gold or silver from their ores using the cyanide process. • CYANIDATION n. the act of cyaniding. |
| DEGRADATION | • degradation n. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one’s standing… • degradation n. The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual… • degradation n. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration. |
| DEOXIDATION | • deoxidation n. (Chemistry) The process of extracting the oxygen content of a dissolved oxide, or of removing dissolved… • DEOXIDATION n. the act of deoxidizing. |
| DEPREDATION | • depredation n. An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder. • depredation n. A raid or predatory attack. • DEPREDATION n. the act of depredating. |
| ELUCIDATION | • elucidation n. A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration. • ELUCIDATION n. the act of elucidating. |
| EPOXIDATION | • epoxidation n. (Organic chemistry) Any reaction that converts a compound (especially an alkene) into an epoxide. • EPOXIDATION n. a conversion of a usually unsaturated compound into an epoxide. |
| FECUNDATION | • fecundation n. The process whereby a new organism is produced by fertilization. • FECUNDATION n. the act of making fecund. |
| INFEUDATION | • infeudation n. The act, under the feudal system, of putting someone into possession of a fee or fief; enfeoffment. • INFEUDATION n. the granting of feoff; transfer of tithes to layman. |
| LIQUIDATION | • liquidation n. The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash. • liquidation n. The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business. • liquidation n. (Euphemistic) Murder of dehumanized victims. |
| RECORDATION | • recordation n. (Law) The act of giving legal status to a document by making it an official public record. • RECORDATION n. remembrance, recording. |
| REOXIDATION | • reoxidation n. A second or subsequent oxidation (e.g. of hemoglobin). • REOXIDATION n. the process of reoxidizing. |
| RETARDATION | • retardation n. The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance. • retardation n. The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness. • retardation n. (Colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extreme stupidity. |
| TREPIDATION | • trepidation n. A fearful state; a state of concern or hesitation. • trepidation n. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear. • trepidation n. (Astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to… |
| UPGRADATION | • upgradation n. (Computing, nonstandard, proscribed, chiefly India) Upgrade; upgrading. • UPGRADATION n. the act of upgrading. |