ANTISPASMODIC | • antispasmodic adj. (Pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug. • antispasmodic n. (Pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms. • ANTISPASMODIC n. an agent capable of preventing or relieving spasms or convulsions. |
CONTEMPORISED | • contemporised v. Simple past tense and past participle of contemporise. • CONTEMPORISE v. to make contemporary, also CONTEMPORIZE. |
DECOMPOSITION | • decomposition n. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost. • decomposition n. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis. • decomposition n. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts. |
DIPLOMATISING | • diplomatising v. Present participle of diplomatise. • DIPLOMATISE v. to practise, or bring about by, diplomacy, also DIPLOMATIZE. |
DISEMPLOYMENT | • disemployment n. The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment. • DISEMPLOYMENT n. the act of disemploying. |
IDEMPOTENCIES | • IDEMPOTENCY n. the state of being idempotent. |
LEONTOPODIUMS | • LEONTOPODIUM n. any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, that includes edelweiss. |
MISPOSITIONED | • mispositioned adj. Wrongly positioned. • MISPOSITION v. to position wrongly. |
PALINDROMISTS | • palindromists n. Plural of palindromist. • PALINDROMIST n. one who composes palindromes. |
PHOTODYNAMICS | • photodynamics n. The study of the activating effects of light on living organisms. • PHOTODYNAMICS n. the branch of biology concerned with the effects of light on the actions of plants and animals. |
PNEUMONITIDES | • pneumonitides n. Plural of pneumonitis. • PNEUMONITIS n. inflammation of the lungs. |
POSTMODERNISM | • postmodernism n. Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement. • postmodernism n. An attitude of skepticism or irony toward modernist ideologies, often questioning the assumptions of… • POSTMODERNISM n. a movement succeeding modernism. |
POSTMODERNIST | • postmodernist adj. Postmodern. • postmodernist n. An advocate or follower of postmodernism. • POSTMODERNIST n. a follower of postmodernism. |
POSTMODERNITY | • postmodernity n. The state or condition of being postmodern. • postmodernity n. Something postmodern. |
POSTMODIFYING | • postmodifying v. Present participle of postmodify. • POSTMODIFY v. to modify the sense of (a word or phrase) by being placed after it. |
PREDOMINATORS | • predominators n. Plural of predominator. • PREDOMINATOR n. one who predominates. |
PTERIDOMANIAS | • PTERIDOMANIA n. a passion for ferns. |
REDEMPTIONERS | • redemptioners n. Plural of redemptioner. • REDEMPTIONER n. an immigrant to America in the 18th and 19th centuries who obtained passage by becoming an indentured servant. |
SEMIDEPONENTS | • semideponents n. Plural of semideponent. • semi-deponents n. Plural of semi-deponent. • SEMIDEPONENT n. a semideponent verb. |
SUPERDOMINANT | • superdominant adj. (Law) Having an overwhelming proportion of market share, so as to be almost a monopoly. • superdominant adj. Having a disproportionate degree of influence or salience. • superdominant adj. (Biology) Holding a position of absolute dominance. |