| ABRANCHIATE | • abranchiate adj. (Zoology) Without gills. • abranchiate n. (Zoology) An organism that does not have gills. • ABRANCHIATE adj. lacking gills, also ABRANCHIAL. |
| ANTIMONIATE | • antimoniate n. (Inorganic chemistry) The anion of pentavalent antimony Sb(OH)4- or any salt containing this anion… • ANTIMONIATE n. a salt of any antimonic acid, also ANTIMONATE. |
| APPROPRIATE | • appropriate adj. Suitable or fit; proper. • appropriate adj. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially… • appropriate adj. (Obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved. |
| BENEFICIATE | • beneficiate v. (Mining, obsolete) To reduce (ores). • BENEFICIATE v. to treat ores to remove impurities. |
| CONTORNIATE | • contorniate n. A bronze medal or medallion with a deep furrow on the contour or edge, supposed to have been struck… • contorniate adj. Having a furrow of this kind. • CONTORNIATE n. a coin or medal with a deep groove round the disc. |
| DOMICILIATE | • domiciliate v. (Intransitive) To establish a permanent residence. • domiciliate v. (Transitive) To establish a permanent residence for (someone). • domiciliate v. (Transitive, figuratively) To settle (oneself) into a mode of thinking or the like. |
| EXPROPRIATE | • expropriate v. (Transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use. • EXPROPRIATE v. to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. |
| GLOCHIDIATE | • glochidiate adj. (Botany) Having barbs. • GLOCHIDIATE adj. like a glochidium, the larva of a freshwater mussel that develops as a parasite on fish. |
| IMPROPRIATE | • impropriate v. (Transitive, obsolete) To appropriate for private use. • impropriate v. (Transitive) In ecclesiastical law, to place (ecclesiastical property) under control or management of a layperson. • impropriate adj. Of ecclesiastical property: placed under the control or management of a layperson. |
| INSTANTIATE | • instantiate v. (Transitive) To represent#Verb (a concept#Noun, theme#Noun, or principle#Noun) by an instance#Noun. • instantiate v. (Transitive, object-oriented programming) To create an object (an instance) of a specific class. • INSTANTIATE v. to represent (an abstraction) by a concrete instance. |
| MARGRAVIATE | • margraviate n. Alternative form of margravate. • MARGRAVIATE n. the jurisdiction or position of a margrave, also MARGRAVATE. |
| NONINITIATE | • noninitiate n. One who has not yet been initiated, as… • NONINITIATE n. one who is not an initiate. |
| OVERDEVIATE | • OVERDEVIATE v. to deviate excessively. |
| RENEGOTIATE | • renegotiate v. To negotiate new terms to replace old ones. • RENEGOTIATE v. to negotiate again (as to adjust interest rates or repayments or to get more money). |
| SCAMMONIATE | • scammoniate adj. (Obsolete, rare) Made from scammony. • SCAMMONIATE adj. of or like scammony, a species of bindweed or convolvulus. |
| STIPENDIATE | • stipendiate v. (Transitive, archaic or obsolete) To provide (someone) with a stipend, or salary; to pay, to support. • STIPENDIATE v. to provide with a salary. |