| ADAPTION | • adaption n. Alternative form of adaptation. • ADAPTION n. the act of adapting, also ADAPTATION. |
| ADOPTION | • adoption n. The act of adopting. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • adoption n. The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one’s own child. • adoption n. Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum. |
| CAPTIONS | • captions n. Plural of caption. • CAPTION v. to provide with a title. |
| CAPTIOUS | • captious adj. (Obsolete) That captures; especially, (Of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in… • captious adj. Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky. • CAPTIOUS adj. tending to find fault. |
| COOPTION | • cooption n. A cooptation. • co-option n. Alternative spelling of cooption. • COOPTION n. the act of coopting, also COOPTATION. |
| EMPTIONS | • EMPTION n. the act of buying. |
| ERUPTION | • eruption n. A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano. • eruption n. A sudden release of pressure or tension. • eruption n. An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing. |
| GUMPTION | • gumption n. (Britain) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. • gumption n. (US) Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative. • gumption n. (US) Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm. |
| OPTIONAL | • optional adj. Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective. • optional n. Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course. • optional n. (Programming, sometimes capitalized) In various programming languages, a kind of variable that is assigned… |
| OPTIONED | • optioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of option. • optioned adj. (In combination) Having the specified kind or number of options. • OPTION v. to grant the act of choosing. |
| OPTIONEE | • optionee n. The purchaser of a financial option. • OPTIONEE n. one who holds a legal option. |
| SORPTION | • sorption n. (Sciences) Either of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing. • SORPTION n. absorption and/or adsorption. |
| SWAPTION | • swaption n. (Finance) An instrument granting the owner an option to enter an interest rate swap. • swaption n. (Finance) More generally, an option on any type of swap. • SWAPTION n. a swap option. |