| CARMINATIVE | • carminative adj. Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract. • carminative n. (Medicine) A drug or substance that induces the releasing of gas from the digestive tract. • CARMINATIVE adj. able to relieve flatulence. |
| CONTERMINAL | • conterminal adj. Conterminous. • conterminal adj. (Entomology) Connected end to end. • CONTERMINAL adj. adjacent, end to end, also CONTERMINANT, CONTERMINATE, CONTERMINOUS, COTERMINOUS. |
| DETERMINACY | • determinacy n. The ability to be completely determined in a definite way; the quality of being determinate. • determinacy n. (Mathematics) (game theory) The study of the circumstances under which a game has a winning strategy. • DETERMINACY n. the state of being determinate. |
| DETERMINANT | • determinant n. A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something. • determinant n. (Linear algebra) A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the… • determinant n. (Biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate. |
| DETERMINATE | • determinate adj. Distinct, clearly defined. • determinate adj. Fixed, set, unvarying. • determinate adj. (Biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed. |
| EXTERMINATE | • exterminate v. (Transitive) To kill all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally. • exterminate v. (Figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; finish completely. • EXTERMINATE v. to get rid of completely usually by killing off, also EXTERMINE. |
| GERMINATING | • germinating v. Present participle of germinate. • GERMINATE v. to sprout, to cause to sprout. |
| GERMINATION | • germination n. The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development… • GERMINATION n. the process by which a seedling emerges and develops from a seed. |
| GERMINATIVE | • germinative adj. Of or pertaining to germination. • germinative adj. Having the ability to germinate. • GERMINATIVE adj. serving to germinate. |
| GERMINATORS | • germinators n. Plural of germinator. • GERMINATOR n. one who germinates. |
| NONTERMINAL | • nonterminal adj. Alternative spelling of non-terminal. • nonterminal n. Alternative spelling of non-terminal. • non-terminal adj. Not terminal. |
| PRETERMINAL | • preterminal adj. Before the end. • PRETERMINAL adj. occurring or being in the period prior to death. |
| SUBTERMINAL | • subterminal adj. Positioned near an end. • subterminal adj. Less than terminal. • SUBTERMINAL adj. of a band or stripe, situated before the tip of the tail. |
| TERMINATING | • terminating v. Present participle of terminate. • terminating adj. Coming to an end. • terminating adj. (Mathematics) Of a decimal: having a finite number of digits. |
| TERMINATION | • termination n. The process of terminating or the state of being terminated. • termination n. The process of firing an employee; ending one’s employment at a business for any reason. • termination n. An end in time; a conclusion. |
| TERMINATIVE | • terminative adj. Of, or relating to the termination of something. • terminative adj. (Linguistics) of, or relating to the terminative case. • terminative n. The terminative case. |
| TERMINATORS | • terminators n. Plural of terminator. • TERMINATOR n. something that terminates. |
| TERMINATORY | • terminatory adj. Of or relating to the termination of something; terminative. • TERMINATORY adj. serving as a terminator. |
| VERMINATING | • verminating v. Present participle of verminate. • VERMINATE v. to breed vermin. |
| VERMINATION | • vermination n. (Archaic) The generation or breeding of vermin. • vermination n. (Archaic) A griping of the bowels. • VERMINATION n. worm infestation; worm breeding. |