| APPERCEPTIONS | • apperceptions n. Plural of apperception. • APPERCEPTION n. the mind's perception of itself as a conscious agent. |
| APPROPINQUATE | • appropinquate v. (Rare, literary, transitive, intransitive) To approach; to near. • APPROPINQUATE v. (archaic) to approach, also APPROPINQUE. |
| APPROPRIACIES | • appropriacies n. Plural of appropriacy. • APPROPRIACY n. the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms. |
| APPROPRIATELY | • appropriately adv. In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably. • APPROPRIATE adv. suitable. |
| APPROPRIATIVE | • appropriative adj. Taking or setting apart for oneself; appropriating; constituting appropriation. • APPROPRIATIVE adj. relating to appropriation. |
| HIPPOCREPIANS | • hippocrepians n. Plural of hippocrepian. • HIPPOCREPIAN n. a type of bryozoan that has a lophophore shaped like a horseshoe. |
| INAPPROPRIATE | • inappropriate adj. Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place. • inappropriate adj. (Informal, in particular) Improper; adult; sexual. • INAPPROPRIATE adj. not appropriate, also UNAPPROPRIATE. |
| PAPAPRELATIST | • PAPAPRELATIST n. (Scott) a supporter of popish prelates. |
| PENTAPEPTIDES | • pentapeptides n. Plural of pentapeptide. • PENTAPEPTIDE n. a polypeptide that contains five amino acid residues. |
| PHOSPHOLIPASE | • phospholipase n. (Biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze the phosphate ester bonds of phospholipids. • PHOSPHOLIPASE n. any of several enzymes that hydrolyze lecithins or phosphatidylethanolamines. |
| PREAPPOINTING | • preappointing v. Present participle of preappoint. • PREAPPOINT v. to appoint previously, or beforehand. |
| PROSOPOPOEIAL | • prosopopoeial adj. Prosopopoeic. • prosopopœial adj. Obsolete typography of prosopopoeial. • PROSOPOPOEIAL adj. relating to prosopopeia, personification. |
| PROSOPOPOEIAS | • prosopopoeias n. Plural of prosopopoeia. • prosopopœias n. Plural of prosopopœia. • PROSOPOPOEIA n. a figure of speech in which an imaginary or absent person is represented as speaking or acting, also PROSOPOPEIA. |
| PSEUDEPIGRAPH | • pseudepigraph n. A text that is attributed with a false author. • PSEUDEPIGRAPH n. a book ascribed to Old Testament characters, but not judged genuine by scholars. |
| REAPPROPRIATE | • reappropriate v. To seize and reassign. • reappropriate v. To appropriate again. • reappropriate v. (Sociology) (of a group) To reclaim a term that was previously used to disparage that group. |
| UNAPPROPRIATE | • unappropriate v. (Transitive) To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all. • unappropriate adj. (Rare) Inappropriate; unsuitable. • unappropriate adj. (Obsolete) Not appropriated. |