| HYPERFOCAL | • hyperfocal adj. (Photography) Describing the distance on which a camera must be focused in order to achieve the maximum… • HYPERFOCAL adj. referring to the minimum distance from a lens at which all objects can be focussed clearly. |
| PROFLIGACY | • profligacy n. (Countable) Careless wastefulness. • profligacy n. (Uncountable) Shameless and immoral behaviour. • PROFLIGACY n. the state of being profligate. |
| PARFOCALITY | • parfocality n. The condition of being parfocal. • PARFOCALITY n. the state of being parfocal. |
| PROLIFICACY | • prolificacy n. Great fertility. • prolificacy n. Producing of a large number of literary or artistic works. • PROLIFICACY n. the state of being prolific, also PROLIFICITY. |
| FRACTOGRAPHY | • fractography n. The study of fracture surfaces of materials. • FRACTOGRAPHY n. the microscopic study of fractures in metal surfaces. |
| PACIFICATORY | • pacificatory adj. Promoting peace; conciliatory. • PACIFICATORY adj. tending to make peace. |
| PROLIFICALLY | • prolifically adv. In a prolific manner, or to a prolific extent; abundantly. • PROLIFICAL adv. producing young or fruit abundantly. |
| PURIFICATORY | • purificatory adj. That purifies; purificative. • PURIFICATORY adj. serving to purify, also PURIFICATIVE. |
| CYCLOPARAFFIN | • cycloparaffin n. (Chemistry) A cycloalkane. • CYCLOPARAFFIN n. a saturated hydrocarbon containing a ring of carbon atoms joined by single bonds, aka cycloalkane. |
| PATRIFOCALITY | • patrifocality n. The state or condition of being patrifocal; patriarchy. • PATRIFOCALITY n. the state of being patrifocal, centred on the father. |
| REPROACHFULLY | • reproachfully adv. In a reproachful manner. • REPROACHFUL adv. reproving. |
| SOPORIFICALLY | • soporifically adv. In a soporific manner. • SOPORIFIC adv. tending to produce sleep. |
| SPECIFICATORY | • specificatory adj. Serving to specify something. • SPECIFICATORY adj. serving to specify. |
| CYCLOPARAFFINS | • cycloparaffins n. Plural of cycloparaffin. • CYCLOPARAFFIN n. a saturated hydrocarbon containing a ring of carbon atoms joined by single bonds, aka cycloalkane. |
| REFLECTOGRAPHY | • reflectography n. An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting… • REFLECTOGRAPHY n. a technique used to detect underdrawing, etc. in a painting, in which infrared light is bounced off the lowest, gessoed layer and the resulting image viewed on a TV monitor. |
| HYPERFUNCTIONAL | • hyperfunctional adj. Having, or characterised by, increased function. • HYPERFUNCTIONAL adj. relating to hyperfunction, the overactivity of a gland or other bodily organ. |