Correctible :: Correctible (a.) Alt. of Correctabl.

Correctify :: Correctify (v. t.) To correct.

Correcting :: Correcting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Correc.

Correction :: Correction (n.) The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement..

Correction :: Correction (n.) The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement..

Correction :: Correction (n.) That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin..

Correction :: Correction (n.) Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach..

Correction :: Correction (n.) An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction..

Correctional :: Correctional (a.) Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution..

Correctioner :: Correctioner (n.) One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction..

Corrective :: Corrective (a.) Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties..

Corrective :: Corrective (a.) Qualifying; limiting.

Corrective :: Corrective (n.) That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct..

Corrective :: Corrective (n.) Limitation; restriction.

Directing :: Directing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Direc.

Direction :: Direction (n.) The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank..

Direction :: Direction (n.) That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants..

Direction :: Direction (n.) The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter..

Direction :: Direction (n.) The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction..

Direction :: Direction (n.) The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.

Direction :: Direction (n.) The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object.

Directive :: Directive (a.) Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way..

Directive :: Directive (a.) Able to be directed; manageable.

Erectile :: Erectile (a.) Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.

Erectility :: Erectility (n.) The quality or state of being erectile.

Erecting :: Erecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erec.

Erection :: Erection (n.) The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage..

Erection :: Erection (n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes..

Erection :: Erection (n.) State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.

Erection :: Erection (n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind.

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