AMBIVALENCE | • ambivalence n. The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea. • ambivalence n. A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness. • AMBIVALENCE n. simultaneous and contradictory feelings toward something, also AMBIVALENCY. |
AMBIVALENCY | • AMBIVALENCY n. simultaneous and contradictory feelings toward something, also AMBIVALENCE. |
AMBUSCADING | • ambuscading v. Present participle of ambuscade. • AMBUSCADE v. (French) to lay an ambush, also AMBUSCADO. |
CALUMNIABLE | • CALUMNIABLE adj. worthy of being calumniated. |
CANNIBALISM | • cannibalism n. The act of eating another of one’s own species. • cannibalism n. (Figurative) An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind. • cannibalism n. In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are… |
CARAMBOLING | • caramboling v. Present participle of carambole. • CARAMBOLE v. (French) to make a cannon in billiards, also CAROM, CARROM. |
CARBAMIDINE | • carbamidine n. (Organic chemistry) Synonym of guanidine. • CARBAMIDINE n. another name for guanidine. |
CARBYLAMINE | • carbylamine n. (Obsolete, chemistry) an isocyanide. • CARBYLAMINE n. another name for isocyanide. |
CHAMBERLAIN | • chamberlain n. A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged… • chamberlain n. A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title. • chamberlain n. (Obsolete) An upper servant of an inn. |
COMPANIABLE | • companiable adj. (Obsolete) companionable; sociable. • COMPANIABLE adj. sociable, also COMPANIONABLE. |
DIAMONDBACK | • diamondback n. (Common name) Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus… • diamondback n. The saltmarsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malaclemys terrapin). • DIAMONDBACK n. a kind of rattlesnake. |
EMBARCATION | • embarcation n. Alternative form of embarkation. • EMBARCATION n. the act of embarking. |
LACTALBUMIN | • lactalbumin n. (Biochemistry) The albumin content of milk. • LACTALBUMIN n. a protein, present in milk, which contains all of the essential amino acids. |
MACHINEABLE | • machineable adj. Alternative form of machinable. • MACHINEABLE adj. that can be machined, also MACHINABLE. |
MISBALANCED | • misbalanced v. Simple past tense and past participle of misbalance. • MISBALANCE v. to balance mistakenly. |
MISBALANCES | • misbalances v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misbalance. • misbalances n. Plural of misbalance. • MISBALANCE v. to balance mistakenly. |
SALTIMBANCO | • saltimbanco n. A quack doctor, a fraud. • SALTIMBANCO n. (Italian) a mountebank, a quack. |
SCAMBAITING | • scambaiting n. (Internet) The practice of posing as a potential victim of a scam, usually the Nigerian scam, in order… • SCAMBAITING n. the practice of pretending to fall for online scams in order to waste the time of the perpetrators. |