| CATECHUMENATE | • catechumenate n. The state or condition of a catechumen; the time during which one is a catechumen. • CATECHUMENATE n. the state of being a catechumen. |
| COMPASSIONATE | • compassionate adj. Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone). • compassionate adj. Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family. • compassionate adj. (Obsolete) Inviting or asking for pity. |
| CONTORTIONATE | • contortionate adj. Contorted or contorting. • CONTORTIONATE adj. relating to contortion, also CONTORTIONAL. |
| DECONTAMINATE | • decontaminate v. (Transitive) To remove contamination from (something), rendering it safe. • DECONTAMINATE v. to rid of contamination. |
| DEHYDROGENATE | • dehydrogenate v. (Chemistry, transitive) To remove hydrogen from (a substance). • DEHYDROGENATE v. to remove the hydrogen from. |
| DISILLUMINATE | • disilluminate v. (Transitive) To destroy the light of; to darken. • DISILLUMINATE v. to destroy the light of, to darken. |
| DISPASSIONATE | • dispassionate adj. Not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice. • DISPASSIONATE adj. not influenced by strong feeling. |
| IMPARIPINNATE | • imparipinnate adj. (Botany) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex. • IMPARIPINNATE adj. pinnate with the rachis terminated by a single leaflet or tendril. |
| INDETERMINATE | • indeterminate adj. Not accurately determined or determinable. • indeterminate adj. Imprecise or vague. • indeterminate adj. (Mathematical analysis, of certain forms of limit) Not definitively or precisely determined, because… |
| INSUBORDINATE | • insubordinate adj. Rebellious or defiant to authority. • insubordinate adj. Contumacious. • insubordinate n. A person who defies authority. |
| INTERLAMINATE | • interlaminate v. (Transitive) To arrange in alternating laminae or layers. • INTERLAMINATE v. to insert between layers. |
| PERFECTIONATE | • perfectionate v. (Transitive, now rare) To make perfect or complete; to perfect. • PERFECTIONATE v. to bring to perfection. |
| POLYCARBONATE | • polycarbonate n. (Chemistry) Any of a range of polymers of aromatic carbonates; they are used to make light, flexible… • POLYCARBONATE n. any of a range of strong thermoplastics. |
| POSSESSIONATE | • POSSESSIONATE adj. holding or allowed to hold possessions, as opposed to mendicant. • POSSESSIONATE n. a possessionate monk. |
| PROCRASTINATE | • procrastinate v. (Intransitive) To delay taking action; to wait until later. • procrastinate v. (Transitive) To put off; to delay (something). • PROCRASTINATE v. to put off intentionally and habitually. |
| PROPORTIONATE | • proportionate adj. In proportion; proportional; commensurable. • proportionate adj. Harmonious and symmetrical. • proportionate v. (Transitive) To make proportionate. |
| RECONTAMINATE | • recontaminate v. To contaminate again, especially after cleaning of original contamination. • RECONTAMINATE v. to contaminate again. |
| SUPERORDINATE | • superordinate adj. Greater in degree, rank or position. • superordinate adj. (Logic) The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the… • superordinate adj. (Linguistics, of a word or phrase) hypernymic. |
| UNDETERMINATE | • undeterminate adj. (Archaic) Not determinate; unsettled or uncertain. • UNDETERMINATE adj. not determinate. |