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abbatial |
| adjective
- Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.
Translations: Etymology: Late Latin abbatialis : compare French abbatial.
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accrementitial |
| adjective
- (Physiology): Pertaining to accrementition.
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agential |
| adjective - Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.
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amicitial |
| adjective
- of or relating to private friendship (Source: OED 2nd ed. Vol. 1)
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antenuptial |
| adjective
- Occurring before marriage; prenuptial.
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bestial |
| adjective
- beast, Beast-like
- Of or referring to beasts
- Behavior motivated solely by instinct
- Like a beast in its lack of intelligence; brutish, untaught, irrational; rude, barbarous.
- Like a beast in obeying and gratifying the animal instincts and sensual desires; debased, depraved, lustful, cruel, brutal, beastly, obscene.
Etymology: (l, la, bestialis, bÄstiÄlis).
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cadential |
| adjective
- Of or pertaining to cadence or a cadenza.
- The song was .
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celestial |
| adjective (notcomparable)
- Relating to the heaven in a religious sense.
- Relating to the sky or space.
Translations: Etymology: From cílestis, from caelum "sky", "heaven".
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circumferential |
| adjective
- of or pertaining to a circumference
- circuitous, indirect or roundabout
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circumstantial |
| noun - Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion.
adjective - Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents.
- Incidental; relating to, but not essential.
- Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.
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confidential |
| adjective - (meant to be) kept secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
- The newspaper claims a leaked report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs.
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consequential |
| adjective - following as a result
- having significant consequences; of importance
- something which is important or significant
- someone who is self-important
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court-martial |
| noun (courts-martial)
- (military) A military court of law.
- (military) A trial before such a tribunal.
verb
- To undergo trial in a military court.
Etymology: court + martial
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court martial |
| noun
- A court where cases of military law are heard
Translations: verb (US inflections)
(court martial, l, ing) (i, UK inflections)
- To bring court martial proceedings against somebody
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courts martial |
| noun - (plural of, court martial)
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credential |
| noun
- (especially, in plural) Documentary evidence of one's entitlement to credit or authority etc
adjective
- of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority
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deferential |
| adjective
- respectful and considerate; showing deference
- (anatomy) of, or relating to the vas deferens
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differential |
| noun
- the differential gear in an automobile etc
- a qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things
- (mathematics) an infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation
adjective
- of, or relating to a difference
- dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive
- having differences in speed or direction of motion
- (mathematics) of, or relating to differentiation, or the differential calculus
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electric potential |
| noun
- the potential energy per unit charge at a point in a static electric field; voltage
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electrochemical potential |
| noun electrochemical energy
- the potential energy in an electric cell or battery
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electrode potential |
| noun
- the potential difference of a half-reaction which occurs across a reversible cell made up of any electrode and a standard hydrogen electrode
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equinoctial |
| noun
- the great circle midway between the celestial poles; the celestial equator
adjective
- of, or relating to an equinox
- of, or relating to the celestial or terrestrial equator
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essential |
| noun
- A necessary ingredient.
- A fundamental ingredient.
(rfex)
Translations: adjective
- Being necessary.
- Being of high importance.
- Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
- Don"t mind him being grumpy. That"s the Fred.
(rfex, difference between 1 and 2)
Translations: Etymology: Adjectival derivation of (term, essentia, , being, essence).
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evidential |
| adjective
- Of or providing evidence.
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existential |
| adjective
- Of, or relating to existence
- Based on experience; empirical
- (philosophy) Of, or relating to existentialism
- (linguistics) That part of a sentence indicating existence e.g. "there is"
Translations: Etymology: From existence.
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