(computing) The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
(law) The displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction.
The purchase of public land by the occupant.
The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
premention
premoisten
premoisten
verb
To moisten in advance.
premonitor
premonitor
noun
One who, or that which, gives premonition.
preominate
preominate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To be a portent or omen of.
(obsolete, rare) To feel foreboding about; to prophesy.
printerdom
printerdom
noun
The world of printers and printing.
prisonment
prisonment
noun
(now rare) Imprisonment.
proambient
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
racemation
racemation
noun
A cluster or bunch, as of grapes.
The cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes.
rationment
rationment
noun
rationing
recoilment
recoilment
noun
(archaic) recoil; act of recoiling
redamation
redemption
redemption
noun
Rescue upon payment of a ransom.
Salvation from sin.
The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
redominate
redominate
verb
To dominate again.
remanation
remanation
noun
The act of returning; reabsorption.
remication
remigation
remoistens
remoistens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of remoisten
remollient
remollient
adj
mollifying; softening
remonetise
remonetise
verb
Alternative spelling of remonetize
remonetize
remonetize
verb
To monetize again.
remontoire
remounting
remounting
noun
The act of mounting something again.
verb
present participle of remount
remutation
remutation
noun
mutation again, or back to a previous form
renominate
renominate
verb
(transitive) To nominate again.
resumption
resumption
noun
(chiefly Australia) eminent domain
The act of resuming or starting something again.
rontgenism
semirotund
semirotund
adj
Somewhat or partly rotund.
sensimotor
skimmerton
skimmerton
noun
Alternative form of skimmington
smothering
smothering
noun
The act by which someone or something is smothered.
verb
present participle of smother
spermation
steironema
storminess
storminess
noun
(countable) The severity of a storm
(uncountable) The state or quality of being stormy
stramonies
stramonies
noun
plural of stramony
taeniiform
taeniiform
adj
Alternative form of taeniform
tambourine
tambourine
noun
A kind of Provençal dance.
A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
A tambourine dove.
verb
To make a sound like a tambourine.
To play the tambourine.
tarmosined
tarsonemid
tarsonemid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Tarsonemidae of mites.
terminator
terminator
noun
(astronomy) The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body.
(biochemistry) A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
(computing) A text character that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission.
(electronics) An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
(science fiction) An intelligent android created to destroy humans.
Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.
tetaniform
tetaniform
Adjective
Resembling tetanus.
theobromin
theobromin
noun
Dated form of theobromine.
thermionic
thermionic
adj
Concerning the emission of electrons from a heated electrode.
tintometer
tintometer
noun
Synonym of colorimeter
tintometry
tonometric
tonometric
adj
Of or pertaining to tonometry.
tormenting
tormenting
adj
Involving or causing torment.
noun
The act by which somebody is tormented.
verb
present participle of torment
tormentive
tourmaline
tourmaline
noun
(mineralogy) A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone.
A transparent gemstone cut from it.
trampoline
trampoline
noun
(programming) Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages.
(uncountable) A competitive sport in which athletes are judged on routines of tricks performed on a trampoline.
A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
verb
(intransitive) To jump as if on a trampoline.
(transitive, programming) To rewrite (computer code) to use trampoline instructions.
tripewoman
tripewoman
noun
(historical) A female seller of tripe.
uniformest
uniformest
adj
superlative form of uniform: most uniform
unimported
unimported
adj
Not imported.
unmortised
unmortised
adj
Not mortised.
urinometer
urinometer
noun
A hydrometer used to measure the specific gravity of urine.
urinometry
urinometry
noun
The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the urinometer.
urohematin
uteromania
uteromania
noun
(medicine, dated) nymphomania; insatiable sexual desire in females