| ABRASION | • abrasion n. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. • abrasion n. (Obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. • abrasion n. (Geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching… |
| ABRASIVE | • abrasive adj. Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. • abrasive adj. Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation. • abrasive n. A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice… |
| ACRASIAS | • ACRASIA n. (Greek) a loss of self control. |
| ACRASINS | • acrasins n. Plural of acrasin. • ACRASIN n. a substance secreted by a slime mould. |
| AKRASIAS | • AKRASIA n. (Greek) loss of self-control, also ACRASIA. |
| BRASIERS | • brasiers n. Plural of brasier. • Brasiers prop.n. Plural of Brasier. • BRASIER n. one who works in brass. |
| BRASILIN | • brasilin n. Alternative form of brazilin. • BRASILIN n. a dyestuff obtained from brazilwood, also BRASILEIN, BRAZILEIN, BRAZILIN. |
| CERASINS | • cerasins n. Plural of cerasin. • CERASIN n. the insoluble portion of cherry-tree gum. |
| ERASIONS | • erasions n. Plural of erasion. • ERASION n. the act of rubbing out. |
| PARASITE | • parasite n. (Derogatory) A person who lives on other people’s efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. • parasite n. (Derogatory) A sycophant or hanger-on. • parasite n. (Biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit… |
| PHRASIER | • PHRASY adj. inclined to use wordy phrases. |
| PHRASING | • phrasing v. Present participle of phrase. • phrasing n. The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice. • PHRASING n. a style of verbal expression. |
| SARRASIN | • sarrasin n. (Obsolete) A portcullis. • SARRASIN n. (French) buckwheat, also SARRAZIN. |
| XERASIAS | • XERASIA n. abnormal dryness of the hair. |