| 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. |
| CRAFTSPERSONS | • craftspersons n. Plural of craftsperson. • CRAFTSPERSON n. a craftsman or craftswoman. |
| PARFOCALITIES | • PARFOCALITY n. the state of being parfocal. |
| PATRIFOCALITY | • patrifocality n. The state or condition of being patrifocal; patriarchy. • PATRIFOCALITY n. the state of being patrifocal, centred on the father. |
| 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. |
| PRAEFECTORIAL | • praefectorial adj. Alternative form of prefectorial. • PRAEFECTORIAL adj. of or like a praefect. |
| PREFABRICATOR | • prefabricator n. One who prefabricates. • PREFABRICATOR n. one who prefabricates. |
| 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. |
| REFLECTOGRAPH | • reflectograph n. An image produced by reflectography. • REFLECTOGRAPH n. an image produced by reflectography. |
| SIMPLIFICATOR | • simplificator n. One who simplifies. • SIMPLIFICATOR n. one who simplifies. |
| SPECIFICATORY | • specificatory adj. Serving to specify something. • SPECIFICATORY adj. serving to specify. |