| CAPRIFICATION | • caprification n. A process for ripening, or pollinating, figs by means of their being punctured artificially, in a manner… • CAPRIFICATION n. a method of promoting the pollination of figs by hanging branches of caprifig flowers so that parasitic gall-wasps living on the female flowers can carry pollen to the wild fig. |
| CIPROFLOXACIN | • ciprofloxacin n. (Pharmacology) A broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic C17H18FN3O3 that is often administered in… • CIPROFLOXACIN n. an antibiotic used against anthrax. |
| CRAFTSPERSONS | • craftspersons n. Plural of craftsperson. • CRAFTSPERSON n. a craftsman or craftswoman. |
| CYCLOPARAFFIN | • cycloparaffin n. (Chemistry) A cycloalkane. • CYCLOPARAFFIN n. a saturated hydrocarbon containing a ring of carbon atoms joined by single bonds, aka cycloalkane. |
| FRANCOPHOBIAS | • FRANCOPHOBIA n. fear of France or the French. |
| PARFOCALISING | • PARFOCALISE v. to make parfocal, also PARFOCALIZE. |
| PARFOCALIZING | • parfocalizing v. Present participle of parfocalize. • PARFOCALIZE v. to make parfocal, also PARFOCALISE. |
| PERFECTATIONS | • PERFECTATION n. making perfect. |
| PERFECTIONATE | • perfectionate v. (Transitive, now rare) To make perfect or complete; to perfect. • PERFECTIONATE v. to bring to perfection. |
| PETRIFACTIONS | • petrifactions n. Plural of petrifaction. • PETRIFACTION n. the process of petrifying. |
| PETRIFICATION | • petrification n. The process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original… • petrification n. (Figurative) obduracy; callousness. • petrification n. Sheer terror; great fright. |
| PONTIFICATORS | • pontificators n. Plural of pontificator. • PONTIFICATOR n. one who pontificates, speaks in a pompous and dogmatic manner. |
| PORNIFICATION | • pornification n. Conversion to the style or level of pornography. • PORNIFICATION n. the introduction of pornographic elements into a film etc. |
| PROLIFICATION | • prolification n. (Dated) The generation of young. • prolification n. (Dated, botany) Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemmae. • PROLIFICATION n. the production of young; development of a shoot by continued growth of a flower. |
| PURIFICATIONS | • purifications n. Plural of purification. • PURIFICATION n. the act or an instance of purifying or of being purified. |
| PUTREFACTIONS | • putrefactions n. Plural of putrefaction. • PUTREFACTION n. rotting. |
| PUTRIFICATION | • putrification n. Putrefaction. • PUTRIFICATION n. the act or state of putrefying. |
| UNREPROACHFUL | • unreproachful adj. Not reproachful. • UNREPROACHFUL adj. not reproachful. |