Nouns denoting natural events. Synonyms: pollenation; pollination. Hypernyms (pollination is a kind of...): fecundation; fertilisation; fertilization; impregnation (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant).ypernyms (pollination is a kind of...): fecundation; fertilisation; fertilization; impregnation (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant).
OBTENTION Dictionary entry overview: What does obtention mean? â¢ OBTENTION (noun) The noun OBTENTION has 1 sense: 1. the act of obtaining Familiarity information: OBTENTION used as a noun is very rare.
1 Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case: a pretentious socialite. 2  Showing or betraying an attitude of superiority: made pretentious remarks about his education. 3  Marked by an extravagant or presumptuous outward show; ostentatious: a pretentious house.