| COMPURGATORY | • compurgatory adj. Compurgatorial. • COMPURGATORY adj. relating to compurgation, the clearing of an accused person by means of oaths. |
| COUNTERPARTY | • counterparty n. (Finance, insurance, law) The other party to a financial transaction. • counter-party n. Alternative spelling of counterparty. • COUNTERPARTY n. a party set up in opposition to another party. |
| FLUOROGRAPHY | • fluorography n. Photofluorography. • fluorography n. Visualisation of radiolabelled material. • FLUOROGRAPHY n. the photography of the image produced on a fluorescent screen by X rays. |
| HYPERAROUSAL | • hyperarousal n. A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety… • HYPERAROUSAL n. a state of extreme arousal. |
| PERTURBATORY | • perturbatory adj. Relating to, or causing, perturbation. • perturbatory n. (Obsolete) The supposed power of deflecting the divining rod by magnetic influence. • PERTURBATORY n. something tending to perturb. |
| PRECARIOUSLY | • precariously adv. In a precarious manner; dangerously. • PRECARIOUS adv. insecure, uncertain. |
| PREOVULATORY | • preovulatory adj. Prior to ovulation. • PREOVULATORY adj. occurring or existing in or typical of the period immediately preceding ovulation. |
| PROCEDURALLY | • procedurally adv. (Manner) According to a procedure; following a procedure. • procedurally adv. (Manner) In a manner that is concerned with procedure. • procedurally adv. (Manner, usually with generated) Following a computer algorithm, often in a randomized way. |
| PROTUBERANCY | • protuberancy n. The quality or state of being protuberant. • protuberancy n. A protuberance. • PROTUBERANCY n. a swelling or bump on the surface, also PROTUBERANCE. |
| PSEUDOMARTYR | • pseudomartyr n. One who dies like a martyr but (e.g. because of heretical religious views) is not a true martyr. • PSEUDOMARTYR n. a false martyr. |
| PURIFICATORY | • purificatory adj. That purifies; purificative. • PURIFICATORY adj. serving to purify, also PURIFICATIVE. |
| PYROGRAVURES | • pyrogravures n. Plural of pyrogravure. • PYROGRAVURE n. design traced by pyrography. |
| PYRRHULOXIAS | • pyrrhuloxias n. Plural of pyrrhuloxia. • PYRRHULOXIA n. a grey-and-pink crested bunting of Central and SW North America, with a short parrot-like bill. |
| RECUPERATORY | • recuperatory adj. Of or relating to recuperation; tending to recovery. • RECUPERATORY adj. assisting in recuperation. |
| UPROARIOUSLY | • uproariously adv. In an uproarious manner. • UPROARIOUS adv. marked by uproar. |
| VITUPERATORY | • vituperatory adj. Vituperative. • VITUPERATORY adj. uttering or given to censure, also VITUPERATIVE. |