| COMPACTIFY | • compactify v. (Humorous, intransitive) To become compact or more compact. • compactify v. (Humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact. • compactify v. (Mathematics, transitive) To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact. |
| PARFOCALITY | • parfocality n. The condition of being parfocal. • PARFOCALITY n. the state of being parfocal. |
| 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. |
| PONTIFICALLY | • pontifically adv. In a pontifical manner; in the manner of a pope. • pontifically adv. Whilst pontificating; with pontification. • PONTIFICAL adv. of or like a pontiff. |
| PURIFICATORY | • purificatory adj. That purifies; purificative. • PURIFICATORY adj. serving to purify, also PURIFICATIVE. |
| TYPIFICATION | • typification n. The act of typifying; classification into types. • typification n. Something which typifies or serves as a type. • TYPIFICATION n. the act of typifying. |
| COMPACTIFYING | • compactifying v. Present participle of compactify. • COMPACTIFY v. to render compact. |
| PATRIFOCALITY | • patrifocality n. The state or condition of being patrifocal; patriarchy. • PATRIFOCALITY n. the state of being patrifocal, centred on the father. |
| PONTIFICALITY | • pontificality n. The state and government of the pope; the papacy. • PONTIFICALITY n. the state of being pontifical. |
| SPECIFICATORY | • specificatory adj. Serving to specify something. • SPECIFICATORY adj. serving to specify. |
| TYPIFICATIONS | • typifications n. Plural of typification. • TYPIFICATION n. the act of typifying. |
| YUPPIFICATION | • yuppification n. The act or process of yuppifying. • YUPPIFICATION n. the process of conversion into a yuppy. |
| 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. |
| YUPPIFICATIONS | • YUPPIFICATION n. the process of conversion into a yuppy. |
| HYPERFUNCTIONAL | • hyperfunctional adj. Having, or characterised by, increased function. • HYPERFUNCTIONAL adj. relating to hyperfunction, the overactivity of a gland or other bodily organ. |