| ADMIRATION | • admiration n. A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful. • admiration n. (Obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject). • admiration n. (Obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise. |
| ADMIRATIVE | • admirative adj. Characterized by admiration. • admirative n. (An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund… • ADMIRATIVE adj. (archaic) relating to or expressing admiration. |
| ASPIRATING | • aspirating v. Present participle of aspirate. • ASPIRATE v. to pronounce breathily. |
| ASPIRATION | • aspiration n. The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or… • aspiration n. The action of aspirating. • aspiration n. (Phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants. |
| ASPIRATORS | • aspirators n. Plural of aspirator. • ASPIRATOR n. an instrument for removing fluids or solids from cavities of the body. |
| ASPIRATORY | • aspiratory adj. Pertaining to aspiration. • ASPIRATORY adj. of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air. |
| BIOPIRATES | • biopirates n. Plural of biopirate. • BIOPIRATE n. one who practises biopiracy. |
| DEASPIRATE | • deaspirate v. (Transitive, phonetics) To change the pronunciation of a consonant so that it is no longer aspirated. • DEASPIRATE v. to remove the aspirate from. |
| DELIRATION | • deliration n. Aberration of the mind; delirium. • DELIRATION n. madness; aberration. |
| DUUMVIRATE | • duumvirate n. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men. • duumvirate n. (Historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs. • DUUMVIRATE n. government or control by two people. |
| EXPIRATION | • expiration n. The act of expiring. • expiration n. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth. • expiration n. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation. |
| EXPIRATORY | • expiratory adj. Of or pertaining to expiration. • EXPIRATORY adj. pertaining to the expiration of air from the lungs. |
| INSPIRATOR | • inspirator n. An inspirer; one who inspires. • inspirator n. An inhaler; one who inhales. • inspirator n. A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. |
| LEVIRATION | • leviration n. Levirate marriage. • LEVIRATION n. levirate marriage or marriages. |
| PERSPIRATE | • perspirate adj. (Rare) Sweaty; moist with perspiration. • perspirate v. (Dated) To perspire; to sweat. • PERSPIRATE v. to sweat. |
| RESPIRATOR | • respirator n. A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition… • RESPIRATOR n. an appliance which provides artificial respiration. |
| SPIRATIONS | • spirations n. Plural of spiration. • SPIRATION n. the act of breathing. |