ACCLIMATATIONS | • acclimatations n. Plural of acclimatation. • ACCLIMATATION n. acclimatization. |
ACCOUSTREMENTS | • ACCOUSTREMENT n. (obsolete) accoutrement, also ACCOUTERMENT, ACCOUTREMENT, ACCUSTREMENT. |
ACCUSTOMATIONS | • ACCUSTOMATION n. the act of accustoming. |
ACTINOMETRICAL | • ACTINOMETRICAL adj. relating to actinometry, measurement of heating power of the sun's rays, also ACTINOMETRIC. |
ACTINOMYCETOUS | • actinomycetous adj. Of or relating to actinomycetes. • ACTINOMYCETOUS adj. of or like an actinomycete, a filamentous microorganism like both bacteria and fungi. |
ANTIDEMOCRATIC | • antidemocratic adj. Opposed to the tenets of democracy. • anti-democratic adj. Opposing the democratic process or democracy, especially by the use of force. • anti-democratic adj. Enforcing views contrary to that of a majority of the public. |
CATECHUMENATES | • catechumenates n. Plural of catechumenate. • CATECHUMENATE n. the state of being a catechumen. |
CIRCUMNUTATING | • circumnutating v. Present participle of circumnutate. • CIRCUMNUTATE v. to proceed with a spiral motion. |
CIRCUMNUTATION | • circumnutation n. (Botany) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stem of… • CIRCUMNUTATION n. rotation in a nodding position, as the helical path described by the growing point of a plant. |
CIRCUMNUTATORY | • circumnutatory adj. Circumnutating; performing or relating to circumnutation. • CIRCUMNUTATORY adj. showing circumnutation. |
CIRCUMROTATING | • circumrotating v. Present participle of circumrotate. • CIRCUMROTATE v. to rotate as a wheel. |
CIRCUMSTANTIAL | • circumstantial adj. Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential. • circumstantial adj. Abounding with minor circumstances; in great detail; particular. • circumstantial adj. Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial. |
CONCERTMASTERS | • concertmasters n. Plural of concertmaster. • CONCERTMASTER n. the leader of the first violins of an orchestra and by custom usually the assistant to the conductor, also CONCERTMEISTER. |
ELECTROMOTANCE | • electromotance n. Electromotive force. • ELECTROMOTANCE n. the force of an electric current. |
MERCANTILISTIC | • mercantilistic adj. (Economics) Relating to, or characteristic of mercantilism. • MERCANTILISTIC adj. relating to mercantilism. |
MISACCEPTATION | • misacceptation n. Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense. • MISACCEPTATION n. (obsolete) misinterpretation. |
PANCREATECTOMY | • pancreatectomy n. (Surgery) The procedure to remove part or all of the pancreas. • PANCREATECTOMY n. surgical removal of all or part of the pancreas. |
SUBMETACENTRIC | • submetacentric adj. (Cytology) (of a chromosome) having the centromere between one end and the middle, and thus having a… • submetacentric n. A submetacentric chromosome. • SUBMETACENTRIC n. a chromosome having the centromere situated so that one chromosome arm is somewhat shorter than the other. |