(Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
(Western Christianity) The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest.
(chemistry) Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance.
(literary or humorous, usually in the plural) Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up.
(plural only, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located.
The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution.
abutilon
abutilon
noun
Any of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern.
abutting
abutting
adj
Facing each other, front to front.
noun
abutment
verb
present participle of abut
antiblue
antiblue
adj
(US, colloquial) Anti-police.
(particle physics) Describing one of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to blue in a quark.
bratianu
braunite
braunite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate mineral containing divalent and trivalent manganese and forming grey-black tetragonal crystals.
butanoic
butanoic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives
cubanite
cubanite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing copper, iron, and sulfur.
cubation
cubation
noun
(mathematics) The act of finding the volume or cubic content of a body; the result thus found.
(obsolete) The act of lying down; a reclining.
dubitant
incubate
incubate
verb
(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
(transitive, figurative) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.
intubate
intubate
verb
(transitive, medicine) To insert a tube into.
istanbul
jubilant
jubilant
adj
In a state of elation.
nubilate
nubilate
verb
(obsolete) To cloud.
subgiant
subgiant
noun
(astronomy) A star that has left the main sequence but has not yet become a true giant star.
subitane
subitany
subitany
adj
(obsolete) sudden; hasty
tablinum
tablinum
noun
(historical) An anteroom in a house of ancient Rome, opening out of the atrium opposite the main entry and often containing the family statues and archives.
tabourin
tabourin
noun
Alternative form of taborine
titubant
titubant
adj
stumbling, staggering; with the movement of one who is tipsy
tribunal
tribunal
noun
(Philippines, historical) A kind of village hall used to transact business, to quarter troops and travellers, and to confine prisoners.
(law) An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
turbinal
turbinal
adj
(anatomy) Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.
Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex.
unbaited
unbaited
adj
Not loaded with bait.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbait
unbating
unitable
unitable
adj
Capable of being united.
untribal
urbanist
urbanist
noun
A person who studies cities and their growth.
An urban planner.
urbanite
urbanite
noun
One of a demographic class of young, socially-conscious, urban professionals.
Rock-like recycled building material from man-made sources.
Someone who lives in a city or similar urban area.