ABOLITIONISM | • abolitionism n. Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists. • abolitionism n. (Historical, US) Support for the abolition of slavery. • ABOLITIONISM n. principles or measures fostering abolition esp. of slavery. |
ALEMBICATION | • alembication n. (Archaic) Distillation. • ALEMBICATION n. processing with an alembic. |
AMBITIONLESS | • ambitionless adj. Without ambition or motivation. • AMBITIONLESS adj. without ambition. |
AUTOMOBILING | • automobiling v. Present participle of automobile. • AUTOMOBILE v. to travel by car. |
BOMBILATIONS | • bombilations n. Plural of bombilation. • BOMBILATION n. a buzzing or droning sound, also BOMBINATION. |
EMBOLISATION | • embolisation n. Alternative spelling of embolization. • EMBOLISATION n. the process of embolising, also EMBOLIZATION. |
EMBOLIZATION | • embolization n. (Surgery) A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that effects the selective occlusion of blood… • EMBOLIZATION n. the process of embolizing, also EMBOLISATION. |
IMBIBITIONAL | • imbibitional adj. Relating to imbibition. • IMBIBITIONAL adj. relating to imbibition, the absorption of a liquid by a solid or a gel; the uptake of water by germinating seeds. |
INCOMPATIBLE | • incompatible adj. Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together… • incompatible adj. (Chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines. • incompatible n. (Medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that… |
INCOMPATIBLY | • incompatibly adv. In an incompatible manner. • INCOMPATIBLE adv. incapable of association or harmonious coexistence. |
LOBOTOMISING | • lobotomising v. Present participle of lobotomise. • LOBOTOMISE v. to carry out a lobotomy, also LOBOTOMIZE. |
LOBOTOMIZING | • lobotomizing v. Present participle of lobotomize. • LOBOTOMIZE v. to carry out a lobotomy, also LOBOTOMISE. |
METABOLISING | • metabolising v. Present participle of metabolise. • METABOLISE v. to change by a metabolic process, also METABOLIZE. |
METABOLIZING | • metabolizing v. Present participle of metabolize. • metabolizing adj. That serves to metabolize a specific class of compound. • METABOLIZE v. to change by a metabolic process, also METABOLISE. |
MOBILISATION | • mobilisation n. The act of mobilising. • MOBILISATION n. the act of mobilising, also MOBILIZATION. |
MOBILIZATION | • mobilization n. The act of mobilizing. • mobilization n. The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them… • mobilization n. (Geology) The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place. |
MULTIBILLION | • multibillion adj. Having a value of several billion (in general, at least two billion). • multi-billion adj. Having more than 1,000,000,000; in the billion range. • multi-billion adj. (In the old numbering system, chiefly Britain), more than 1,000,000,000,000; in the old billion range. |
SNOWMOBILIST | • snowmobilist n. Someone who drives a snowmobile. • SNOWMOBILIST n. one who engages in the sport of snowmobiling. |
SUBLIMATIONS | • sublimations n. Plural of sublimation. • SUBLIMATION n. the process by which matter in the solid state passes directly to the gaseous state without first becoming liquid. |
UMBILICATION | • umbilication n. A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the centre of a rounded body. • UMBILICATION n. the state of being umbilicate. |