| ABATIS | • abatis n. A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are… • abatis n. (Historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor. • abatis n. In coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation. |
| ABATING | • abating v. Present participle of abate. • abating n. (Rhetoric) Anesis. • ABATE v. to reduce in intensity. |
| ABATISES | • abatises n. Plural of abatis. • ABATIS n. (French) a barrier made of felled trees, also ABATTIS. |
| ANABATIC | • anabatic adj. (Of a warm air current) rising (up a slope). • anabatic adj. (Medicine) Of or pertaining to anabasis. • anabatic n. Short for anabatic wind. |
| RABATINE | • rabatine n. Alternative form of rabato (“type of collar”). • RABATINE n. (Scott) a low collar. |
| ADIABATIC | • adiabatic adj. (Physics, thermodynamics, of a process) That occurs without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change… • adiabatic adj. (Physics, quantum mechanics, of a process) That involves the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system… • adiabatic n. An adiabatic curve or graph. |
| AQUABATIC | • aquabatic adj. Relating to aquabatics. • AQUABATIC adj. relating to spectacular feats in water. |
| CATABATIC | • catabatic adj. Alternative form of katabatic. • CATABATIC adj. moving downhill, sinking (of winds), also KATABATIC. |
| KATABATIC | • katabatic adj. (Meteorology, of airflow) Downslope on a mountainside. • katabatic n. Short for katabatic wind. • KATABATIC adj. moving downhill, sinking (of winds), also CATABATIC. |
| METABATIC | • metabatic adj. Relating to metabasis. • METABATIC adj. transitional. |
| RABATINES | • rabatines n. Plural of rabatine. • RABATINE n. (Scott) a low collar. |
| UNABATING | • unabating adj. Not abating; ongoing, continuing. • UNABATING adj. not abating. |
| ADIABATICS | • adiabatics n. Plural of adiabatic. • ADIABATIC n. a curve on a graph relating to an adiabatic process, one without transfer of heat. |
| AQUABATICS | • aquabatics n. Acrobatic maneuvers performed underwater. • AQUABATICS n. spectacular feats in water. |
| NONADIABATIC | • nonadiabatic adj. (Physics) Not adiabatic. • NONADIABATIC adj. not adiabatic. |
| ADIABATICALLY | • adiabatically adv. (Sciences) In an adiabatic way. • ADIABATIC adv. without transference of heat. |