ACCOMPTANT | • accomptant n. (Obsolete) An accountant. • ACCOMPTANT n. an accountant, also ACCOUNTANT. |
AMPUTATION | • amputation n. Surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc. • amputation n. The loss of a limb, etc. through trauma. • AMPUTATION n. the act of amputating. |
ANATOMISTS | • anatomists n. Plural of anatomist. • ANATOMIST n. one who practises anatomy. |
ANTIMONATE | • antimonate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any salt or ester of antimonic acid; the anion SbO43-. • ANTIMONATE n. a salt of any antimonic acid, also ANTIMONIATE. |
AUTOMATING | • automating v. Present participle of automate. • AUTOMATE v. to convert to automatic control. |
AUTOMATION | • automation n. The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system… • AUTOMATION n. the technique of making an apparatus, a process, or a system operate automatically. |
AUTOMATONS | • automatons n. Plural of automaton. • AUTOMATON n. (Greek) a machine that imitates the movement of a living creature, activated by a concealed mechanism such as clockwork. |
CATAMOUNTS | • catamounts n. Plural of catamount. • CATAMOUNT n. any of various large wild cats, applied esp. to the leopard, panther or ocelot, also CATAMOUNTAIN. |
COMBATANTS | • combatants n. Plural of combatant. • COMBATANT n. one engaged in combat. |
DATAMATION | • DATAMATION n. automatic data processing. |
MACTATIONS | • mactations n. Plural of mactation. • MACTATION n. the killing or slaughter esp. of a sacrificial victim. |
MATURATION | • maturation n. The process of becoming mature. • maturation n. (Biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism. • maturation n. (Medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully. |
MUTATIONAL | • mutational adj. Of, pertaining to, or the result of mutation. • MUTATIONAL adj. relating to a mutation. |
NATATORIUM | • natatorium n. (US) A swimming pool, especially an indoor one; a building housing one or more swimming pools. • NATATORIUM n. (Latin) an indoor swimming-pool. |
ODONTOMATA | • odontomata n. Plural of odontoma. • ODONTOMA n. a tooth tumour. |
PORTMANTUA | • portmantua n. Obsolete form of portmanteau (“case”). • PORTMANTUA n. (obsolete) a portmanteau, also PORTMANTEAU, PORTMANTLE. |
TANTAMOUNT | • tantamount adj. Equivalent in meaning or effect; amounting to the same thing in practical terms, even if being technically distinct. • tantamount v. (Obsolete) To amount to as much; to be equivalent. • tantamount n. (Obsolete) Something which has the same value or amount (as something else). (attributive use passing… |
TRAMONTANA | • tramontana n. (Weather) A dry, cold north wind in Italy and adjacent Mediterranean areas. • Tramontana prop.n. A surname from Italian. • TRAMONTANA n. (Italian) a cold north wind in Italy, also TRAMONTANE, TRANSMONTANE. |
TRAMONTANE | • tramontane adj. Residing in or coming from the far side of a mountain range, especially from north of the Alps. • tramontane adj. (Broadly) Foreign. • tramontane adj. A classical name for the north wind. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
XANTHOMATA | • xanthomata n. Plural of xanthoma. • XANTHOMA n. a skin disease marked by the development of irregular yellowish patches upon the skin, esp. upon the eyelids. |