| METATE | • metate n. A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains. • METATE n. (Nahuatl) in Mexico etc., a stone with a concave surface used in conjunction with a mano for grinding maize. |
| ACETATE | • acetate n. (Organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid. • acetate n. Cellulose acetate. • acetate n. A transparent sheet used for overlays. |
| HEBETATE | • hebetate adj. Obtuse; dull. • hebetate adj. (Botany) Having a dull or blunt and soft point. • hebetate v. (Transitive) To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt. |
| VEGETATE | • vegetate v. (Of a plant) To grow or sprout. • vegetate v. (Of a wart etc) To spread abnormally. • vegetate v. (Informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. |
| REVEGETATE | • revegetate v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To grow again (Of a plant, leaf etc.). • revegetate v. (Transitive, chiefly ecology) To produce new vegetation on (a barren ground or area); to colonize (barren ground). • revegetate v. (Intransitive, of barren ground) To become recolonized by plants. |
| SUBACETATE | • subacetate n. (Chemistry) An acetate containing an excess of the basic constituent. • SUBACETATE n. an acetate in smaller proportion. |
| TRIACETATE | • triacetate n. (Countable, chemistry) Any compound containing three acetate groups. • triacetate n. (Uncountable) A fibre manufactured from cellulose triacetate. • TRIACETATE n. a kind of textile fibre. |
| OXALACETATE | • oxalacetate n. Alternative form of oxaloacetate. • OXALACETATE n. a salt or ester of oxaloacetic acid, also OXALOACETATE. |
| SUPERFETATE | • superfetate v. To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring. • SUPERFETATE v. to conceive when a fetus is already in the uterus. |
| INTERPRETATE | • INTERPRETATE v. (archaic) to interpret. |
| OXALOACETATE | • oxaloacetate n. (Organic chemistry) any salt or ester of oxaloacetic acid. • OXALOACETATE n. a salt or ester of oxaloacetic acid, also OXALACETATE. |
| FLUOROACETATE | • fluoroacetate n. (Chemistry) Any salt of fluoroacetic acid. • FLUOROACETATE n. an organofluorine compound. |