| DIRECTORATE | • directorate n. An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department. • directorate n. A body of directors. • DIRECTORATE n. the office of director. |
| DOCTORATING | • doctorating v. Present participle of doctorate. • DOCTORATE v. to take a doctorate. |
| ELECTORALLY | • electorally adv. In an electoral manner. • electorally adv. With regard to elections. • ELECTORAL adv. relating to elections or electors, also ELECTORIAL. |
| ELECTORATES | • electorates n. Plural of electorate. • ELECTORATE n. the territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of a German elector. |
| EXPECTORANT | • expectorant n. (Medicine) An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs. • expectorant adj. (Medicine) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm. • EXPECTORANT n. an agent that promotes the discharge or expulsion of mucus from the respiratory tract. |
| EXPECTORATE | • expectorate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs. • expectorate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To spit. • EXPECTORATE v. to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting. |
| INSPECTORAL | • inspectoral adj. Alternative form of inspectorial. • INSPECTORAL adj. relating to inspection. |
| MIDLITTORAL | • midlittoral adj. (Geography) In the middle part of a seashore. • MIDLITTORAL n. that part of the seashore that lies between high and low neap tidemarks. |
| PASTORALISM | • pastoralism n. The state of being pastoral. • pastoralism n. Animal husbandry; the raising and herding of farm animals. • PASTORALISM n. pastoral character, fashion, cult or mode of writing. |
| PASTORALIST | • pastoralist adj. Having features common to pastoralism. • pastoralist n. (Agriculture) A person involved in pastoralism, whose primary occupation is the raising of livestock. • PASTORALIST n. a proponent of pastoralism. |
| PRECEPTORAL | • PRECEPTORAL adj. like a preceptor. |
| PREDOCTORAL | • predoctoral adj. (Education) Prior to receiving a doctorate. • PREDOCTORAL adj. of, relating to, or engaged in academic study leading to the doctoral degree. |
| PROCTORAGES | • PROCTORAGE n. management by a proctor. |
| PROTECTORAL | • protectoral adj. Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial. • PROTECTORAL adj. of or relating to a protector or protectorate. |
| RESTORATION | • restoration n. The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something. • restoration n. The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down. • restoration n. (Theology) The receiving of a sinner to divine favor. |
| RESTORATIVE | • restorative adj. Serving to restore. • restorative n. Something with restoring properties. • restorative n. (Euphemistic) An alcoholic drink, especially with tonic. |
| SELECTORATE | • selectorate n. The group of people involved in making a selection, e.g. to select a party’s candidate for an election. • selectorate n. (UK) The members of a political party with voting rights. • SELECTORATE n. as in selectorate theory, a political term. |
| SUBLITTORAL | • sublittoral adj. Under the shore. • sublittoral n. The area below the shore; the sublittoral region. • SUBLITTORAL n. the area lying between the shoreline and the edge of the continental shelf. |