| AQUEDUCTS | • aqueducts n. Plural of aqueduct. • AQUEDUCT n. an artificial channel or pipe for conveying water, most commonly a bridge across a valley. |
| DEDUCTING | • deducting v. Present participle of deduct. • DEDUCT v. to subtract. |
| DEDUCTION | • deduction n. That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed. • deduction n. A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off. • deduction n. (Logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows… |
| DEDUCTIVE | • deductive adj. Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning). • deductive adj. (Logic) Based on inferences from general principles. • DEDUCTIVE adj. of thought or reasoning, concerned with deduction from premises or accepted principles. |
| EDUCTIONS | • eductions n. Plural of eduction. • EDUCTION n. the act of drawing out or bringing into view. |
| PREDEDUCT | • prededuct v. To deduct beforehand. • PREDEDUCT v. to deduct beforehand. |
| REDUCTANT | • reductant n. (Chemistry) Synonym of reducing agent. • REDUCTANT n. a reducing agent. |
| REDUCTASE | • reductase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate. • REDUCTASE n. an enzyme which brings about the reduction of organic compounds. |
| REDUCTION | • reduction n. The act, process, or result of reducing. • reduction n. The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price. • reduction n. (Chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of… |
| REDUCTIVE | • reductive adj. (Scotland law, now rare) Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory. • reductive adj. Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something. • reductive adj. (Chemistry, metallurgy, biology, economics) That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form. |
| REDUCTORS | • REDUCTOR n. an apparatus for the reduction of metallic ions in solution. |
| SEDUCTION | • seduction n. The act of seducing. • seduction n. (Dated, law, in English common law) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried… • SEDUCTION n. the act of seducing. |
| SEDUCTIVE | • seductive adj. Attractive, alluring, tempting. • SEDUCTIVE adj. tending to seduce, also SEDUCIVE. |
| SEDUCTORS | • seductors n. Plural of seductor. • SEDUCTOR n. (obsolete) one who seduces or misleads. |