| ABASIA | • abasia n. (Medicine) An inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination. • ABASIA n. the inability to walk due to lack of muscular coordination. |
| ABASIAS | • abasias n. Plural of abasia. • ABASIA n. the inability to walk due to lack of muscular coordination. |
| ABASING | • abasing v. Present participle of abase. • ABASE v. to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem. |
| ANABASIS | • anabasis n. (Historical) A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia. • anabasis n. (Obsolete) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. • ANABASIS n. (Greek) an expedition or an advance, esp. a military one; also, a difficult or dangerous retreat. |
| DIABASIC | • diabasic adj. Pertaining to, or containing, diabase. • DIABASIC adj. of or like diabase, an altered diorite or basalt. |
| CATABASIS | • catabasis n. Alternative spelling of katabasis. • CATABASIS n. the decline of a disease in a population, also KATABASIS. |
| KATABASIS | • katabasis n. (Mythology, literature) A mytheme or trope in which the hero embarks on a journey to the underworld. • katabasis n. (By extension, humorous) Any journey downwards or fall. • katabasis n. A retreat, especially a military one. |
| METABASIS | • metabasis n. (Rhetoric) A change from one subject to another. • metabasis n. (Pathology) Any change in the course of a disease; metabola. • METABASIS n. a transition, e.g. from one subject or point to another. |
| PARABASIS | • parabasis n. (Historical, Ancient Greece) The part of an Ancient Greek comedy in which the actors leave the stage… • PARABASIS n. (Greek) a speech in Greek drama where the chorus advances and addresses the audience. |
| DATABASING | • databasing v. Present participle of database. • DATABASE v. to put data into a database. |
| TETRABASIC | • tetrabasic adj. (Chemistry, of an acid) containing four replaceable hydrogen atoms. • tetrabasic adj. (Chemistry, of a salt) having four atoms of a univalent metal. • TETRABASIC adj. of acids, having four replaceable hydrogen atoms. |
| ULTRABASIC | • ultrabasic adj. (Geology) ultramafic. • ultrabasic n. (Geology) ultramafic. • ULTRABASIC adj. very poor in silica. |
| ULTRABASICS | • ultrabasics n. Plural of ultrabasic. • ULTRABASIC n. a rock very poor in silica. |
| TETRABASICITY | • tetrabasicity n. The quality of being tetrabasic. • TETRABASICITY n. the state of being tetrabasic. |
| TETRABASICITIES | • TETRABASICITY n. the state of being tetrabasic. |