| IMPERFORATE | • imperforate adj. Not perforated, as… • imperforate n. (Philately) A postage stamp that has not been perforated. • IMPERFORATE adj. not perforated into perforated rows, used of stamps and sheets of stamps, also IMPERFORATED. |
| IMPERFORABLE | • imperforable adj. Incapable of being perforated. • IMPERFORABLE adj. not able to be perforated. |
| IMPERFORATED | • imperforated adj. Not perforated; having no opening or aperture; imperforate. • IMPERFORATED adj. not perforated into perforated rows, used of stamps and sheets of stamps, also IMPERFORATE. |
| PERFORMATIVE | • performative adj. (Philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said. • performative adj. Being done as a performance in order to create an impression. • performative n. A performative utterance. |
| PREAMPLIFIER | • preamplifier n. A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level input signal; its output is the input to a higher-level amplifier. • PREAMPLIFIER n. an amplifier designed to amplify extremely weak electrical signals before they are fed to additional amplifier circuits. |
| PREFORMATIVE | • preformative n. Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word. • preformative adj. Of or pertaining to preformation. • preformative adj. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later. |
| STEPFAMILIES | • stepfamilies n. Plural of stepfamily. • STEPFAMILY n. a family acquired by a second marriage. |
| EXEMPLIFIABLE | • exemplifiable adj. That can be exemplified. • EXEMPLIFIABLE adj. that can be exemplified. |
| OVERAMPLIFIED | • overamplified adj. Excessively amplified. • overamplified v. Past participle of overamplify. • OVERAMPLIFIED adj. excessively amplified. |
| PERFORMATIVES | • performatives n. Plural of performative. • PERFORMATIVE n. such a statement, as opposed to constative. |
| PREAMPLIFIERS | • preamplifiers n. Plural of preamplifier. • PREAMPLIFIER n. an amplifier designed to amplify extremely weak electrical signals before they are fed to additional amplifier circuits. |
| PREFORMATIVES | • preformatives n. Plural of preformative. • PREFORMATIVE n. a prefixture in Semitic languages. |
| SUPERFAMILIES | • superfamilies n. Plural of superfamily. • SUPERFAMILY n. a category of biological classification ranking below an order and above a family. |
| PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
| EXEMPLIFICATION | • exemplification n. The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example. • exemplification n. That which exemplifies; a case in point; example. • exemplification n. (Law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original. |
| EXEMPLIFICATIVE | • exemplificative adj. Serving as an example; illustrative. • EXEMPLIFICATIVE adj. serving to exemplify. |
| PATERFAMILIASES | • paterfamiliases n. Plural of paterfamilias. • PATERFAMILIAS n. (Latin) the head of the family. |
| PREFERENTIALISM | • PREFERENTIALISM n. favouring a preferential tariff. |