| APPLICATORY | • applicatory adj. Able to be applied or used, practical. • APPLICATORY adj. capable of being applied. |
| APPROPRIACY | • appropriacy n. The extent to which something is suitable or appropriate for a certain circumstance, occasion, etc; appropriateness. • 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. |
| APPROVINGLY | • approvingly adv. In an approving manner. • APPROVING adv. APPROVE, to regard favourably. |
| CAPPERNOITY | • CAPPERNOITY n. (Scots) the head, noddle, also CAPERNOITIE, CAPERNOITY. |
| PARATYPHOID | • paratyphoid adj. Resembling typhoid. • paratyphoid n. Paratyphoid fever. • PARATYPHOID n. a disease resembling typhoid but caused by different bacillus. |
| PICTOGRAPHY | • pictography n. Writing in pictographs; hieroglyphics. • PICTOGRAPHY n. the use of pictographs. |
| POLYCARPIES | • POLYCARPY n. the condition of being able to produce fruit and flowers several times in successive years or seasons. |
| POLYGRAPHIC | • polygraphic adj. Pertaining to, relating to polygraphy. • polygraphic adj. Done or made with a polygraph. • POLYGRAPHIC adj. relating to a polygraph. |
| POSTPRIMARY | • postprimary adj. After primary school. • postprimary adj. (Politics) After a primary election. • POSTPRIMARY adj. taking place after primary (election). |
| PRESBYOPIAS | • presbyopias n. Plural of presbyopia. • PRESBYOPIA n. long-sightedness in old age, also PRESBYOPY. |
| PROPHYLAXIS | • prophylaxis n. (Medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease. • prophylaxis n. (Chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent’s plan or tactic. • PROPHYLAXIS n. preventive treatment against diseases, etc. |
| PROPRIETARY | • proprietary adj. Of or relating to property or ownership. • proprietary adj. Owning something; having ownership. • proprietary adj. Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret. |
| PROPYLAMINE | • propylamine n. (Organic chemistry) Either of two amines derived from propane, but especially the primary amine CH3… • PROPYLAMINE n. an amine of propyl. |
| PYROGRAPHIC | • pyrographic adj. Relating to pyrography. • PYROGRAPHIC adj. relating to pyrography. |
| PYROPHOBIAS | • PYROPHOBIA n. fear of fire. |
| SAPROPHYTIC | • saprophytic adj. Relating to saprophytes. • SAPROPHYTIC adj. relating to a saprophyte. |
| SPIROGRAPHY | • spirography n. (Medicine) The measurement of breathing movements. • SPIROGRAPHY n. the recording of breathing movements. |
| TYPOGRAPHIA | • typographia n. Miscellaneous materials relating to printers and printing. • TYPOGRAPHIA n. matter relating to printing or printers. |
| TYPOGRAPHIC | • typographic adj. Relating to typography. • TYPOGRAPHIC adj. relating to typography, the art of printing or using type, also TYPOGRAPHICAL. |