DEXTROROTARY | • dextrorotary adj. Dextrorotatory. • DEXTROROTARY adj. turning to the right, esp. turning plane of polarized light, also DEXTROROTATORY. |
DEXTROROTATION | • dextrorotation n. Rotation in a clockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light. • DEXTROROTATION n. rotation to the right. |
DEXTROROTATIONS | • dextrorotations n. Plural of dextrorotation. • DEXTROROTATION n. rotation to the right. |
DEXTROROTATORY | • dextrorotatory adj. (Chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to… • DEXTROROTATORY adj. turning to the right, esp. turning plane of polarized light, also DEXTROROTARY. |
KARORO | • karoro n. A New Zealand seagull Larus dominicanus. • KARORO n. (Maori) a large seagull with black feathers on its back. |
KAROROS | • KARORO n. (Maori) a large seagull with black feathers on its back. |
OROROTUNDITIES | • OROROTUNDITY n. the orotund mode of intonation, also OROTUNDITY. |
OROROTUNDITY | • OROROTUNDITY n. the orotund mode of intonation, also OROTUNDITY. |
PROROGATE | • prorogate v. To prorogue. • PROROGATE v. to end a session (of Parliament); to postpone (a meeting), also PROROGUE. |
PROROGATED | • prorogated v. Simple past tense and past participle of prorogate. • PROROGATE v. to end a session (of Parliament); to postpone (a meeting), also PROROGUE. |
PROROGATES | • prorogates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prorogate. • PROROGATE v. to end a session (of Parliament); to postpone (a meeting), also PROROGUE. |
PROROGATING | • prorogating v. Present participle of prorogate. • PROROGATE v. to end a session (of Parliament); to postpone (a meeting), also PROROGUE. |
PROROGATION | • prorogation n. Causing something to last longer or remain in effect longer; prolongation, continuance. • prorogation n. (Politics) The action of proroguing an assembly, especially a parliament; discontinuance of meetings… • prorogation n. (Politics) The period of such a discontinuance between two sessions of a legislative body. |
PROROGATIONS | • prorogations n. Plural of prorogation. • PROROGATION n. the act of prorogating, postponing a meeting. |
PROROGUE | • prorogue v. (Transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (An assembly, parliament… • prorogue v. (Transitive, now rare) To defer. • prorogue v. (Obsolete) To prolong or extend. |
PROROGUED | • prorogued v. Simple past tense and past participle of prorogue. • PROROGUE v. to end a session (of Parliament); to postpone (a meeting), also PROROGATE. |
PROROGUES | • prorogues v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prorogue. • PROROGUE v. to end a session (of Parliament); to postpone (a meeting), also PROROGATE. |
PROROGUING | • proroguing v. Present participle of prorogue. • proroguing n. A prolongation or extension. • PROROGUE v. to end a session (of Parliament); to postpone (a meeting), also PROROGATE. |
RETROROCKET | • retrorocket n. A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion. • RETROROCKET n. a rocket whose function is to slow down, fired in a direction opposite to that in which a body, e.g. a spacecraft or an artificial satellite, is travelling. |
RETROROCKETS | • retrorockets n. Plural of retrorocket. • RETROROCKET n. a rocket whose function is to slow down, fired in a direction opposite to that in which a body, e.g. a spacecraft or an artificial satellite, is travelling. |