| ANTICATHODE | • anticathode n. (Electrochemistry) The opposite of a cathode, an anode. • anticathode n. (Electronics) The target at which electrons from the cathode in a CRT or x-ray tube are directed. • ANTICATHODE n. the target of an X-ray tube, on which the cathode rays are focused and from which X-rays are emitted. |
| BUSTICATING | • busticating v. Present participle of busticate. • BUSTICATE v. (colloquial) to break. |
| CORTICATION | • CORTICATION n. the state of being corticate, having a bark. |
| DECORTICATE | • decorticate v. (Transitive) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something. • decorticate v. (Transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc. • decorticate adj. Having had the cortex removed. |
| DOMESTICATE | • domesticate v. (Transitive) To make domestic. • domesticate v. (Transitive) To make (more) fit for domestic life. • domesticate v. (Transitive) To adapt to live with humans. |
| ELASTICATED | • elasticated adj. Of clothing or part of a garment, containing a strip or strips of elastic, especially in the waistband… • ELASTICATE v. to make elastic. |
| ELASTICATES | • elasticates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elasticate. • ELASTICATE v. to make elastic. |
| EXCORTICATE | • excorticate v. (Obsolete) To strip of bark or skin. • EXCORTICATE v. to strip the bark off of. |
| HERETICATED | • hereticated v. Simple past tense and past participle of hereticate. • HERETICATE v. to denounce as heretical. |
| HERETICATES | • hereticates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hereticate. • HERETICATE v. to denounce as heretical. |
| MASTICATING | • masticating v. Present participle of masticate. • MASTICATE v. to chew; to knead mechanically. |
| MASTICATION | • mastication n. (Physiology) The process of chewing. • mastication n. The process of crushing as though chewed. • MASTICATION n. the act of masticating. |
| MASTICATORS | • masticators n. Plural of masticator. • MASTICATOR n. one who masticates. |
| MASTICATORY | • masticatory n. (Chiefly medicine) Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase… • masticatory adj. Of, or relating to mastication. • masticatory adj. Used for chewing. |
| PLASTICATED | • plasticated v. Simple past tense and past participle of plasticate. • PLASTICATED adj. covered with a layer of plastic. |
| RUSTICATING | • rusticating v. Present participle of rusticate. • RUSTICATING n. the act of rusticating. |
| RUSTICATION | • rustication n. The act of rusticating (intransitive verb sense). • rustication n. The act of being rusticated (transitive verb sense). • rustication n. (UK, military) The process of posting a person or relocating a unit from London (or a command HQ) to… |
| RUSTICATORS | • rusticators n. Plural of rusticator. • RUSTICATOR n. one who rusticates. |
| TOSTICATION | • tostication n. (Archaic) fuddlement; perplexity. • TOSTICATION n. perplexity. |
| URTICATIONS | • urtications n. Plural of urtication. • URTICATION n. the act of whipping or stinging with nettles, sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis. |