| APOCOPATIONS | • apocopations n. Plural of apocopation. • APOCOPATION n. the cutting off of the last sound or syllable of a word. |
| APPLICATIONS | • applications n. Plural of application. • APPLICATION n. an act of putting to use. |
| BACKSTOPPING | • backstopping v. Present participle of backstop. • BACKSTOP v. to act as a backstop. |
| CHAMPIONSHIP | • championship n. (Sports) A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions. • championship n. The position of champion, or winner. • championship n. Defense or support of some cause. |
| COMEUPPANCES | • comeuppances n. Plural of comeuppance. • come-uppances n. Plural of come-uppance. • COMEUPPANCE n. a deserved rebuke or penalty. |
| CONTRAPPOSTO | • contrapposto n. (Art) The position of a figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders. • CONTRAPPOSTO n. a pose of the human body with hips, shoulders and head in different planes. |
| COPRINCIPALS | • coprincipals n. Plural of coprincipal. • COPRINCIPAL n. a joint principal. |
| COPROPHAGANS | • coprophagans n. Plural of coprophagan. • COPROPHAGAN n. a beetle that lives in dung. |
| EPISCOPALIAN | • episcopalian adj. Episcopal, pertaining to a bishop of any church. • episcopalian adj. Episcopalian. • episcopalian n. Episcopalian. |
| EPISCOPATING | • episcopating v. Present participle of episcopate. • EPISCOPATE v. to act as a bishop. |
| OPPUGNANCIES | • oppugnancies n. Plural of oppugnancy. • OPPUGNANCY n. (Shakespeare) antagonism. |
| PHYCOPHAEINS | • PHYCOPHAEIN n. a brown pigment found in seaweeds. |
| PILOCARPINES | • pilocarpines n. Plural of pilocarpine. • PILOCARPINE n. an alkaloid obtained from jaborandi leaves, also PILOCARPIN. |
| PLECOPTERANS | • plecopterans n. Plural of plecopteran. • PLECOPTERAN n. a member of the Plecoptera, stoneflies. |
| POLYSYNAPTIC | • polysynaptic adj. (Of a reflex or impulse) of or involving multiple synapses. • POLYSYNAPTIC adj. involving two or more synapses in the central nervous system. |
| POSTSYNAPTIC | • postsynaptic adj. (Cytology) In a synapse, of or pertaining to the neuron that bears receptors for neurotransmitter released… • POSTSYNAPTIC adj. occurring after synapsis. |
| PRAXINOSCOPE | • praxinoscope n. (Historical) An animation device invented in 1877 and used in early image projection. It consisted of… • PRAXINOSCOPE n. an instrument with mirrors in which a series of moving drawings appear as a continuously moving picture; an early form of cinematograph. |
| PREOCCUPANTS | • preoccupants n. Plural of preoccupant. • PREOCCUPANT n. a prior occupant. |
| SUPPLICATION | • supplication n. An act of supplicating; a humble request. • supplication n. A prayer or entreaty to a god. • supplication n. (Historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc. |
| SUPPORTANCES | • SUPPORTANCE n. (Shakespeare) support. |