| APPARITION | • apparition n. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. • apparition n. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. • apparition n. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom. |
| ATTRITION | • attrition n. Grinding down or wearing away by friction. • attrition n. The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not… • attrition n. (Human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation… |
| CONTRITION | • contrition n. The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse. • contrition n. (Obsolete) The act of grinding or rubbing to powder. • CONTRITION n. the state of being contrite. |
| DETRITION | • detrition n. Attrition; erosion by friction. • DETRITION n. a wearing off or away. |
| FUTURITION | • futurition n. Synonym of futurity: the state of being future. • FUTURITION n. future existence; time to come. |
| INNUTRITION | • innutrition n. Lack of nutrition. • INNUTRITION n. lack of nutrition; the failure to give proper nourishment. |
| MALNUTRITION | • malnutrition n. A lack of adequate nourishment. • MALNUTRITION n. inadequate or faulty nutrition. |
| MICTURITION | • micturition n. (Physiology) urination. • MICTURITION n. abnormally frequent urination. |
| NUTRITION | • nutrition n. (Biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance. • nutrition n. That which nourishes; nutriment. • NUTRITION n. the act of nourishing; food. |
| OVERNUTRITION | • overnutrition n. A form of malnutrition in which nutrients are oversupplied relative to the amounts required for normal… • OVERNUTRITION n. excessive nutrition. |
| PARTURITION | • parturition n. The act of giving birth; childbirth. • PARTURITION n. the act of giving birth. |
| PRETERITION | • preterition n. The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting. • preterition n. (Rhetoric) Synonym of paralipsis. • preterition n. (Law) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in his will. |
| SUPERNUTRITION | • supernutrition n. The presence of excessive quantities of nutrients, especially such as leads to hypertrophy or to excessive growth. • supernutrition n. The ingestion of large amounts of nutrients; Hyperalimentation. • supernutrition n. Overeating. |
| UNDERNUTRITION | • undernutrition n. Inadequate nutrition, either due to a lack of food, or to the inability of the body to absorb its nutrients. • UNDERNUTRITION n. deficient bodily nutrition due to inadequate food intake or faulty assimilation. |
| VOMITURITION | • vomiturition n. (Medicine) Repeated ineffectual attempts at vomiting; retching. • VOMITURITION n. violent retching. |