| APOTROPAISM | • apotropaism n. (Religion, mysticism) The use of ritual or other magical means (including charms and/or incantations)… • APOTROPAISM n. a magical practice averting evil. |
| APPROXIMATE | • approximate adj. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling. • approximate adj. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate. • approximate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To estimate. |
| COMPARATIST | • comparatist n. A person who carries out a comparative study, especially of language and literary works. • COMPARATIST n. one that uses a comparative method (as in the study of literature). |
| COMPARATIVE | • comparative adj. Of or relating to comparison. • comparative adj. Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it. • comparative adj. Approximated by comparison; relative. |
| EMANCIPATOR | • emancipator n. A person who emancipates. • EMANCIPATOR n. one who emancipates. |
| IMPARKATION | • IMPARKATION n. the act of imparking. |
| IMPARTATION | • impartation n. The act of imparting something, or the thing imparted. • IMPARTATION n. the act of imparting. |
| MALAPROPIST | • malapropist n. One who utters malapropisms. • MALAPROPIST n. one who commits malapropisms. |
| MANCIPATORY | • mancipatory adj. Of or pertaining to mancipation. • MANCIPATORY adj. relating to mancipation. |
| MANIPULATOR | • manipulator n. Agent noun of manipulate; one who manipulates. • manipulator n. A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something. • manipulator n. A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes. |
| PARAMASTOID | • paramastoid adj. (Anatomy) Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; applied… • paramastoid n. (Anatomy) A paramastoid process. • PARAMASTOID adj. situated near the mastoid, paroccipital. |
| PASTORALISM | • pastoralism n. The state of being pastoral. • pastoralism n. Animal husbandry; the raising and herding of farm animals. • PASTORALISM n. pastoral character, fashion, cult or mode of writing. |
| PATRIMONIAL | • patrimonial adj. Of or pertaining to patrimony. • patrimonial adj. Legally (or otherwise) inherited from one or more ancestors. • PATRIMONIAL adj. relating to patrimony. |
| POSTMARITAL | • postmarital adj. After marriage. • POSTMARITAL adj. taking place after marriage. |
| PROCLAIMANT | • proclaimant n. Someone who or something that proclaims. • proclaimant adj. Alternative form of pro-claimant. • pro-claimant adj. In favor of a claimant or claimants. |
| PROTHALAMIA | • prothalamia n. Plural of prothalamion. • prothalamia n. Plural of prothalamium. • PROTHALAMIUM n. (Spenser) a song in honour of a marriage, also PROTHALAMION. |
| RACTOPAMINE | • ractopamine n. (Pharmacology) A drug used as a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs raised for their meat. • RACTOPAMINE n. a synthetic food additive used in some countries to promote rapid muscle growth in animals. |