| APPREHENSION | • apprehension n. (Rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing. • apprehension n. (Law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. • apprehension n. Perception; the act of understanding using one’s intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment. |
| ASCENSIONIST | • ascensionist n. One who carries out ascents, such as a balloonist or mountaineer. • ASCENSIONIST n. a person who has completed a mountain ascent, esp. a notable one. |
| COEXTENSIONS | • coextensions n. Plural of coextension. • COEXTENSION n. the act of coextending. |
| DECLENSIONAL | • declensional adj. (Grammar) Pertaining to declension. • DECLENSIONAL adj. relating to declension. |
| DESCENSIONAL | • descensional adj. Relating to descension. • DESCENSIONAL adj. characterised by descension. |
| DIMENSIONING | • dimensioning v. Present participle of dimension. • DIMENSION v. to give the length, breadth and thickness of. |
| EXTENSIONIST | • extensionist n. One who favours or advocates extension. • EXTENSIONIST n. an advocate of extension; a university extension lecturer or student. |
| HYPERTENSION | • hypertension n. (Pathology) The disease or disorder of abnormally high blood pressure. • HYPERTENSION n. abnormally or excessively high pressure of arterial blood. |
| HYPOTENSIONS | • hypotensions n. Plural of hypotension. • HYPOTENSION n. abnormally low blood pressure. |
| INEXTENSIONS | • INEXTENSION n. lack of extension. |
| NORMOTENSION | • normotension n. Blood pressure that is within the normal range. • NORMOTENSION n. normal blood pressure. |
| PENSIONARIES | • pensionaries n. Plural of pensionary. • PENSIONARY n. someone maintained by a pension. |
| POSTTENSIONS | • posttensions v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of posttension. • post-tensions v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of post-tension. • POSTTENSION v. to apply tension to (reinforcing steel) after concrete has set. |
| PRETENSIONED | • pretensioned adj. Tensioned prior to some other operation. • PRETENSION v. to tension in advance. |
| REASCENSIONS | • reascensions n. Plural of reascension. • REASCENSION n. the act of ascending again esp. to heaven. |
| REPREHENSION | • reprehension n. The act, or an expression, of criticism, censure or condemnation; reprimand. • REPREHENSION n. the act of reprehending. |
| RESUSPENSION | • resuspension n. A second or subsequent suspension. • resuspension n. (Ecology, chemistry, physics) The renewed suspension of a precipitated sediment, such as stirring up… |
| TENSIOMETERS | • tensiometers n. Plural of tensiometer. • TENSIOMETER n. an instrument for measuring tension. |
| TENSIOMETRIC | • tensiometric adj. Relating to tensiometry. • TENSIOMETRIC adj. relating to measurement by tensiometer, an instrument for measuring tension. |