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Estivation
- noun - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
- (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
Excitation
- noun - something that agitates and arouses; "he looked forward to the excitements of the day"
- the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
- the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"
Expilation
- - The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.
Expiration
- noun - a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"
- euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
- the act of expelling air from the lungs
Fumigation
- noun - the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it
Gaditanian
- - Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Cadiz.
Gemination
- noun - the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something; "this kind of duplication is wasteful"
- the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
Habitation
- noun - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
- the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony"
- the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
Hesitation
- noun - a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"
- indecision in speech or action
- the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"