| ATTENTION | • attention n. (Uncountable) Mental focus. • attention n. (Countable) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially… • attention n. (Uncountable, military) A state of alertness in the standing position. |
| ATTENTIVE | • attentive adj. Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely. • attentive adj. Courteous; mindful. • ATTENTIVE adj. full of attention. |
| DETENTION | • detention n. (Uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained. • detention n. (Countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement. • detention n. (Civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession. |
| DETENTIST | • DETENTIST n. a supporter of detente. |
| INTENTION | • intention n. A course of action that a person intends to follow. • intention n. The goal or purpose. • intention n. (Obsolete) Tension; straining, stretching. |
| INTENTIVE | • intentive adj. Paying attention; attentive, heedful. • intentive adj. Intent (Of the mind, thoughts etc.). • intentive adj. (Grammar) Expressing intent. |
| OBTENTION | • obtention n. (Rare, sciences, law) The act of obtaining. • OBTENTION n. the act of obtending. |
| OSTENTING | • ostenting v. Present participle of ostent. • OSTENT v. to show off. |
| PATENTING | • patenting v. Present participle of patent. • PATENT v. to obtain a patent (a government grant protecting the rights of an inventor) on. |
| POTENTIAL | • potential n. Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to). • potential n. (Physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational… • potential n. (Physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified… |
| POTENTISE | • potentise v. Alternative form of potentize. • POTENTISE v. to render the latent power of (anything) available, also POTENTIZE. |
| POTENTIZE | • potentize v. (Transitive) To make potent; to render the latent power of (anything) available. • POTENTIZE v. to render the latent power of (anything) available, also POTENTISE. |
| RETENTION | • retention n. The act of retaining or something retained. • retention n. The act or power of remembering things. • retention n. A memory; what is retained in the mind. |
| RETENTIVE | • retentive adj. Having power to retain. • retentive adj. (Slang, apocope) anal-retentive. • retentive n. (Obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint. |
| SENTENTIA | • SENTENTIA n. (Latin) an aphorism; an opinion. |
| UNTENTIER | • UNTENTY adj. (Scots) careless. |
| UNTENTING | • untenting v. Present participle of untent. • UNTENT v. to remove from a tent. |