| ACCRETION | • accretion n. The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession… • accretion n. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition. • accretion n. Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item. |
| AETIOLOGY | • aetiology n. The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something. • aetiology n. The study of causes or causation. • aetiology n. (Medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation… |
| DELETIONS | • deletions n. Plural of deletion. • DELETION n. the act of deleting. |
| DEPLETION | • depletion n. The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion. • depletion n. The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished. • depletion n. (Medicine, archaic) The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction… |
| ETIOLATED | • etiolated adj. (Chiefly botany, horticulture) Of a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak because of sunlight deprivation… • etiolated adj. (Horticulture) Of a plant: intentionally grown in the dark. • etiolated adj. (By extension) Of an animal or person: having an ashen or pale appearance; also, haggard or thin; physically weak. |
| ETIOLATES | • etiolates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etiolate. • ETIOLATE v. to make pale by preventing exposure to sunlight. |
| ETIOLOGIC | • etiologic adj. Alternative spelling of aetiologic. • ETIOLOGIC adj. relating to etiology, the study of causes, also ETIOLOGICAL. |
| EXCRETION | • excretion n. The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body;… • excretion n. Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces. • EXCRETION n. the act of excreting. |
| FACETIOUS | • facetious adj. Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant. • facetious adj. Pleasantly humorous; jocular. • facetious adj. Of an idea or statement, humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating… |
| IMPLETION | • impletion n. An act of filling; the state of being full. • impletion n. A substance which fills, a filling. • IMPLETION n. filling, fullness. |
| INCRETION | • incretion n. An internal secretion. • INCRETION n. internal secretion. |
| PETIOLATE | • petiolate adj. Petiolated (connected to a stem by means of a petiole). • petiolate n. Such a leaf. • PETIOLATE adj. having a petiole, a leafstalk, also PETIOLATED, PETIOLED. |
| PETIOLULE | • petiolule n. (Botany) The petiole of a pinna or pinnule. • petiolule n. (Botany) A small or partial petiole. • PETIOLULE n. a small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet. |
| REPLETION | • repletion n. The condition of being replete; fullness. • repletion n. (Medicine, archaic) Plethora of the blood. • REPLETION n. the state of being replete. |
| SECRETION | • secretion n. (Countable) any substance that is secreted by an organism. • secretion n. (Uncountable) the act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland. • secretion n. The act of hiding something. |