BETATTERED | • BETATTER v. to tatter. |
FOETATIONS | • foetations n. Plural of foetation. • FOETATION n. the formation of a foetus in the womb, also FETATION. |
HEBETATING | • hebetating v. Present participle of hebetate. • HEBETATE v. to make dull or obtuse. |
HEBETATION | • hebetation n. The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid. • hebetation n. The state of being blunted or dulled. • HEBETATION n. the act of making blunt, dull, or stupid. |
HEBETATIVE | • HEBETATIVE adj. making blunt or dull. |
METATARSAL | • metatarsal adj. Of the metatarsus. • metatarsal n. Any of the bones of the metatarsus. • METATARSAL n. a bone of the metatarsus. |
METATARSUS | • metatarsus n. The part of the foot between the toes and the ankle, especially its five bones. • METATARSUS n. that part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and the phalanges. |
METATHEORY | • metatheory n. A theory about a theory. • metatheory n. Examination of the theory or theories relating to a certain field of study or endeavour. • METATHEORY n. philosophical discussion of the foundations, structure, or results of some theory, such as metamathematics. |
METATHESES | • metatheses n. Plural of metathesis. • METATHESIS n. the transposition within a word of letters, sounds, or syllables, as in the change from Old English brid to modern English bird or in the confusion of modren for modern. |
METATHESIS | • metathesis n. (Phonetics, prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/. • metathesis n. (Inorganic chemistry) The double decomposition of inorganic salts. • metathesis n. (Organic chemistry) The breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped. |
METATHETIC | • metathetic adj. (Linguistics) Exhibiting metathesis. • METATHETIC adj. relating to metathesis, also METATHETICAL. |
METATHORAX | • metathorax n. (Entomology) The hindmost of the three sections of the thorax of an insect, carrying the posterior pair… • METATHORAX n. the last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. |
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. |
VEGETATING | • vegetating v. Present participle of vegetate. • VEGETATING n. living like a vegetable. |
VEGETATION | • vegetation n. (Uncountable) Plants, taken collectively. • vegetation n. (Pathology, countable) An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth. • vegetation n. The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth. |
VEGETATIVE | • vegetative adj. Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth. • vegetative adj. (Biology) Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than… • vegetative adj. Physically inactive. |