CODIFICATION | • codification n. The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws. • codification n. The act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way. • CODIFICATION n. the act of codifying. |
CONSIGNIFIED | • consignified v. Simple past tense and past participle of consignify. • CONSIGNIFY v. to signify or denote in combination with something else. |
DEFILIATIONS | • defiliations n. Plural of defiliation. • DEFILIATION n. depriving a parent of a child. |
DEFINITIONAL | • definitional adj. Of or relating to a definition. • definitional adj. Used to define something. • DEFINITIONAL adj. relating to the act of definition. |
DEIFICATIONS | • deifications n. Plural of deification. • DEIFICATION n. the act or an instance of deifying. |
DIFFUSIONISM | • diffusionism n. The belief that changes in one culture are caused by diffusion of ideas from another, especially the West. • DIFFUSIONISM n. the theory that diffusion is mainly responsible for cultural similarities. |
DIFFUSIONIST | • diffusionist adj. Of or pertaining to diffusionism. • diffusionist n. A proponent of diffusionism. • DIFFUSIONIST n. an anthropologist who emphasizes the role of diffusion in the history of culture rather than independent invention or discovery. |
DISCOMFITING | • discomfiting adj. Tending to discomfit (“embarrass greatly; upset the composure of, disconcert”). • discomfiting v. Present participle of discomfit. • DISCOMFIT v. to disconcert or balk. |
DISINFECTION | • disinfection n. Treatment with disinfectant materials in order to destroy harmful microorganisms. • DISINFECTION n. the act of disinfecting. |
DISINFLATION | • disinflation n. (Economics) A decrease in the inflation rate. • disinflation n. (Economics) Deflation. • DISINFLATION n. a reversal of inflationary pressures. |
DISINFORMING | • disinforming v. Present participle of disinform. • DISINFORM v. to inform incorrectly, also MISINFORM. |
DISPROFITING | • disprofiting v. Present participle of disprofit. • DISPROFIT v. (archaic) to cause to fail to profit. |
EDIFICATIONS | • edifications n. Plural of edification. • EDIFICATION n. an act of edifying. |
FLUIDISATION | • fluidisation n. Alternative form of fluidization. • FLUIDISATION n. the process of fluidising, also FLUIDIZATION. |
FLUIDIZATION | • fluidization n. The act or process of fluidizing. • FLUIDIZATION n. the act of fluidizing, also FLUIDISATION. |
FLUORIDISING | • fluoridising v. Present participle of fluoridise. • FLUORIDISE v. to add fluoride to drinking water, also FLUORIDIZE. |
FLUORIDIZING | • fluoridizing v. Present participle of fluoridize. • FLUORIDIZE v. to add fluoride to drinking water, also FLUORIDISE. |
MODIFICATION | • modification n. (Obsolete, philosophy) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being. • modification n. (Linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => ’m in I’m). • modification n. The result of modifying something; a new or changed form. |
NIDIFICATION | • nidification n. The building of a nest. • NIDIFICATION n. the act, process or technique of building a nest. |
REDEFINITION | • redefinition n. The act or event of redefining. • REDEFINITION n. the act of redefining. |