ABSOLUTISTIC | • absolutistic adj. Alternative form of absolutist. • ABSOLUTISTIC adj. relating to absolutism. |
CARBURETTING | • carburetting v. Present participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
CONCUBITANTS | • CONCUBITANT n. someone of a suitable age for marriage. |
CONTRIBUTARY | • contributary adj. Obsolete form of contributory. • CONTRIBUTARY n. (obsolete) a person or thing that contributes, also CONTRIBUTORY. |
COUNTABILITY | • countability n. The quality of being countable. • COUNTABILITY n. the quality of being countable. |
CULTIVATABLE | • cultivatable adj. Cultivable. • CULTIVATABLE adj. that can be cultivated, also CULTIVABLE. |
CUTABILITIES | • CUTABILITY n. the proportion of lean saleable meat yielded by a carcase. |
NOCTAMBULIST | • noctambulist n. (Rare) One who sleepwalks at night; a somnambulist. • NOCTAMBULIST n. a sleepwalker, a somnambulist. |
OBSCURANTIST | • obscurantist n. A practitioner of obscurantism; an obscurant. • obscurantist adj. Of or relating to obscurantism. • OBSCURANTIST n. one who employs deliberate obscurity. |
OBTRUNCATING | • obtruncating v. Present participle of obtruncate. • OBTRUNCATE v. to cut or lop off the head of. |
SCRATCHBUILT | • scratch-built adj. Of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level. • scratch-built adj. Of a structure, e.g. a car, model or toy: built with minimal cost and at short notice, with rudimentary materials. • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
SCRUTABILITY | • scrutability n. The property of being scrutable; openness to inspection. • SCRUTABILITY n. the quality of being scrutable. |
SUBANTARCTIC | • subantarctic adj. Pertaining to a region in the Southern Hemisphere immediately north of Antarctica and covering the many… • SUBANTARCTIC adj. of, relating to, characteristic of, or being a region just outside the antarctic circle. |
SUBSTRACTING | • substracting v. Present participle of substract. • SUBSTRACT v. to subtract; to withdraw, also SUBTRACT. |
SUBSTRACTION | • substraction n. (Obsolete or non-native speakers’ English) Subtraction. • SUBSTRACTION n. subtraction, also SUBTRACTION. |
SUBTRACTIONS | • subtractions n. Plural of subtraction. • SUBTRACTION n. the act of subtracting, also SUBSTRACTION. |
THUMBTACKING | • thumbtacking v. Present participle of thumbtack. • THUMBTACK v. to fasten with a thumbtack. |