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Word Meanings - SUPPRESSION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. Quain. (more info) 1. The act of suppressing,

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Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. Quain. (more info) 1. The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.

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  • NATURALIST
    1. One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals. 2. One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell.
  • NATURAL STEEL
    Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore.
  • STOPPAGE
    The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
  • SUPPRESSOR
    One who suppresses.
  • RETAINMENT
    The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
  • COMPLETE
    Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil. Syn. -- See Whole. (more info) 1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficienty; entire; perfect; consummate.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • CONTRADICTION
    1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying. His fair demands Shall be accomplished without contradiction. Shak. 2. Direct opposition
  • NATURAL
    Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; -- said or certain functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1. (more info)
  • WITHOUT-DOOR
    Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
  • WITHOUTFORTH
    Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer.
  • COMPLETENESS
    The state of being complete.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • RETAIN
    1. To belong; to pertain. A somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness. Boyle. 2. To keep; to continue; to remain. Donne.
  • NATURALNESS
    The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.
  • SUPPRESSION
    Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. Quain. (more info) 1. The act of suppressing,
  • EXPULSION
    1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc. The expulsion of the Tarquins. Shak. 2. The state of being expelled or driven out.
  • QUAINT
    pretty, odd, OF. cointe cultivated, amiable, agreeable, neat, fr. L. cognitus known, p. p. of cognoscere to know; con + noscere (for 1. Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. Clerks be full subtle and full quaint. Chaucer. 2. Characterized
  • NATURALISM
    The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting
  • NATURALLY
    In a natural manner or way; according to the usual course of things; spontaneously.
  • SUPERNATURALNESS
    The quality or state of being supernatural.
  • DASYURINE
    Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures.
  • PRETERNATURALITY
    Preternaturalness. Dr. John Smith.
  • FURFURINE
    A white, crystalline base, obtained indirectly from furfurol.
  • ACQUAINTANCE
    1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him. Contract
  • TAURINE
    Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.
  • ACQUAINTED
    Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.
  • DISACQUAINT
    To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. Herrick.
  • INSUPPRESSIBLE
    That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
  • INACQUAINTANCE
    Want of acquaintance. Good.
  • INCOMPLETE
    Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower. Incomplete equation , an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0. (more info)
  • PREACQUAINTANCE
    Previous acquaintance or knowledge. Harris.
  • INSUPPRESSIVE
    Insuppressible. "The insuppressive mettle of our spirits." Shak.

 

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