ACTUALITE | • ACTUALITE n. (French) the real state of affairs. |
ALTITUDES | • altitudes n. Plural of altitude. • ALTITUDE n. height above sea level. |
AUNTLIEST | • auntliest adj. Superlative form of auntly: most auntly. • AUNTLY adj. like an aunt. |
AUTOTELIC | • autotelic adj. (Psychology, of an activity, process, person or personality) Containing its own meaning or purpose;… • autotelic adj. Of or pertaining to the quality of (a thing’s) being autotelic. • autotelic adj. (Art, of a work of art or literature) Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained. |
CULTIVATE | • cultivate v. To grow plants, notably crops. • cultivate v. (Figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend. • cultivate v. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting. |
ELUTRIATE | • elutriate v. To decant; to purify something by straining it. • elutriate v. To separate large and small particles through an upwardly flowing liquid or vapid stream. • ELUTRIATE v. to separate by washing into finer portions. |
FAULTIEST | • faultiest adj. Superlative form of faulty: most faulty. • FAULTY adj. imperfect. |
FISTULATE | • fistulate v. (Obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To make or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe. • fistulate adj. Hollowed like a fistula. • FISTULATE adj. hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed, also FISTULAR, FISTULOSE, FISTULOUS. |
LATITUDES | • latitudes n. Plural of latitude. • LATITUDE n. freedom from narrow restrictions. |
LITERATUS | • literatus n. (Chiefly in the plural) A learned person; one acquainted with literature. • LITERATUS n. (Latin) a learned man; a man acquainted with literature. |
MUTILATED | • mutilated v. Simple past tense and past participle of mutilate. • mutilated adj. Having undergone mutilation. • MUTILATE v. to injure by cutting off limbs. |
MUTILATES | • mutilates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mutilate. • MUTILATE v. to injure by cutting off limbs. |
PLATITUDE | • platitude n. (Countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed… • platitude n. (Countable) A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting. • platitude n. (Uncountable) Flatness; lack of change, activity, or deviation. |
RUTILATED | • rutilated v. Simple past tense and past participle of rutilate. • RUTILATED adj. of quartz, containing needles of rutile. |
STIMULATE | • stimulate v. To encourage into action. • stimulate v. To arouse an organism to functional activity. • STIMULATE v. to excite, to inspire enthusiasm in. |
STIPULATE | • stipulate v. (Transitive) To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement. • stipulate v. (Transitive) To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement. • stipulate v. (US, transitive, formal, law) To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge. |
TRIBULATE | • tribulate v. (Transitive) To trouble greatly; to afflict with tribulation. • TRIBULATE v. to cause to endure tribulation. |
ULTIMATED | • ultimated v. Simple past tense and past participle of ultimate. • ULTIMATE v. to bring or come to an end; to finish. |
ULTIMATES | • ultimates n. Plural of ultimate. • ULTIMATE v. to bring or come to an end; to finish. |
VAULTIEST | • VAULTY adj. (Shakespeare) like a vault. |