Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.
The act of throwing up froth or scum.
epignathous
epignathous
adj
(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one
euphoriants
euphoriants
noun
plural of euphoriant
katipuneros
outpatients
outpatients
noun
plural of outpatient
outpleasing
outpleasing
verb
present participle of outplease
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
peculations
peculations
noun
plural of peculation
pneumatosic
pneumatosis
pneumatosis
noun
(medicine) the abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in the body.
precautions
precautions
noun
plural of precaution
reputations
reputations
noun
plural of reputation
speculation
speculation
noun
(business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
(obsolete) An act of looking at something; examination, observation.
(obsolete) The faculty of sight.
(philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
(programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.
superlation
superlation
noun
(obsolete) exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety
supernation
supernation
noun
An alliance or union of several nations into a nationlike entity.
