| APPARITION | • apparition n. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. • apparition n. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. • apparition n. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom. |
| APPETISING | • appetising adj. (Chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of appetizing. • appetising v. Present participle of appetise. • APPETISE v. to whet the appetite, also APPETIZE. |
| APPETITION | • appetition n. A desire, longing for, or seeking after of something. • APPETITION n. (archaic) direction of desire. |
| APPETIZING | • appetizing adj. That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite. • appetizing adj. (By extension) Appealing or enticing. • appetizing n. Any food traditionally eaten with a bagel, as an accompaniment, topping or filling; including dairy… |
| APPLETINIS | • appletinis n. Plural of appletini. • APPLETINI n. a cocktail made with vodka and apple juice. |
| APPOINTING | • appointing v. Present participle of appoint. • APPOINT v. to assign to a job. |
| APPOINTIVE | • appointive adj. Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment. • APPOINTIVE adj. subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. |
| APPOSITION | • apposition n. (Grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent… • apposition n. (Grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases. • apposition n. The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other. |
| BITMAPPING | • bitmapping n. (Computing) The use of bitmaps. • BITMAP v. to produce a bitmap display. |
| DISAPPOINT | • disappoint v. (Transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised… • disappoint v. (Transitive) To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for). • disappoint v. (Transitive, dated) To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope). |
| EPITAPHIAN | • epitaphian adj. Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph. • EPITAPHIAN adj. pertaining to an epitaph, also EPITAPHIAL, EPITAPHIC. |
| EPITAPHING | • epitaphing v. Present participle of epitaph. • EPITAPH v. to compose an inscription on a tomb. |
| INAPPOSITE | • inapposite adj. Inappropriate, not suitable for the situation. • INAPPOSITE adj. not apposite. |
| OPPILATING | • oppilating v. Present participle of oppilate. • OPPILATE v. to block up. |
| OPPILATION | • oppilation n. The act of crowding or filling together; a stopping by redundant matter; an obstruction, particularly… • OPPILATION n. a blockage, an obstruction. |
| PERIPETIAN | • PERIPETIAN adj. of or like a peripeteia, a sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation, also PERIPETEIAN. |
| PINNATIPED | • pinnatiped n. (Zoology) Any bird which has the toes bordered by membranes. • PINNATIPED adj. having the toes bordered by membranes; fin-footed, as certain birds. |
| PRINCIPATE | • principate n. (Historical) The early period of the Roman Empire, during which some characteristics of the government… • principate n. The office of one who is principal or preeminent (such as a prince); the quality or status of being… • principate n. A state ruled by a prince; a principality. |
| TAILPIPING | • TAILPIPE v. to tie cans to the exhaust pipe of a vehicle. |