| AUTOINFECTION | • autoinfection n. The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete… • AUTOINFECTION n. reinfection with larvae produced by parasitic worms already in the body. |
| CONFRATERNITY | • confraternity n. (Countable) A group with a common interest. • confraternity n. (Countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood. • confraternity n. (Uncountable) Brotherly friendship. |
| CONFRONTATION | • confrontation n. The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face. • confrontation n. A conflict between armed forces. • CONFRONTATION n. the act of confronting. |
| DISINFECTANTS | • disinfectants n. Plural of disinfectant. • DISINFECTANT n. an agent that frees from infection. |
| FIANCHETTOING | • fianchettoing v. Present participle of fianchetto. • FIANCHETTO v. to develop the bishop. |
| FRACTIONATING | • fractionating v. Present participle of fractionate. • FRACTIONATE v. to separate a mixture into different portions esp. by a fractional process. |
| FRACTIONATION | • fractionation n. (Chemistry) A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller… • fractionation n. (Radiotherapy) The division of a total dose of radiation into fractions. • fractionation n. (Cryptography) A preliminary stage of encryption that divides each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols. |
| FUNCTIONALIST | • functionalist n. One who believes in functionalism. • functionalist adj. Relating to functionalism. • FUNCTIONALIST n. an exponent of functionalism. |
| FUNCTIONALITY | • functionality n. (Uncountable) The ability to do a task, performance, or execution; a set of functions that something… • functionality n. (US, law, uncountable) In United States trademark law, the tendency of a product design to serve a function… • functionality n. (Organic chemistry, countable) The presence of a functional group. |
| FUNCTIONATING | • functionating v. Present participle of functionate. • FUNCTIONATE v. to perform a function. |
| NITRIFICATION | • nitrification n. The process of nitrifying. • NITRIFICATION n. the oxidation (as by bacteria) of ammonium salts to nitrites and the further oxidation of nitrites to nitrates. |
| NOTIFICATIONS | • notifications n. Plural of notification. • NOTIFICATION n. the act or an instance of notifying. |
| PONTIFICATING | • pontificating v. Present participle of pontificate. • PONTIFICATE v. to speak in a pompous and dogmatic manner. |
| PONTIFICATION | • pontification n. The act of pontificating. • PONTIFICATION n. the act of pontificating, speaking in a pompous and dogmatic manner. |
| TRANSFECTIONS | • transfections n. Plural of transfection. • TRANSFECTION n. the infection of a cell with pure viral nucleic acid. |
| UNTACTFULNESS | • untactfulness n. The quality of being untactful; absence of tact. |