| INTERPLUVIAL | • interpluvial n. (Geology) A period of decreased rainfall. • INTERPLUVIAL n. a period between bouts of rain. |
| LILLIPUTIANS | • lilliputians n. Plural of lilliputian. • Lilliputians n. Plural of Lilliputian. • LILLIPUTIAN n. a very small person. |
| MULTIPLICAND | • multiplicand n. (Arithmetic) A number that is to be multiplied by another (the multiplier). • MULTIPLICAND n. a number or amount to be multiplied. |
| NONPOLITICAL | • nonpolitical adj. Not political; not related to politics. • non-political adj. Alternative form of nonpolitical. • NONPOLITICAL adj. not political. |
| PAINTBALLING | • paintballing v. Present participle of paintball. • PAINTBALLING n. a game in which teams of players simulate a military skirmish, shooting each other with paint pellets that explode on impact, marking the players who have been shot. |
| PALATALISING | • palatalising v. Present participle of palatalise. • PALATALISE v. to make (a sound) palatal, also PALATALIZE. |
| PALATALIZING | • palatalizing v. Present participle of palatalize. • PALATALIZE v. to make (a sound) palatal, also PALATALISE. |
| PESTILENTIAL | • pestilential adj. Of or relating to pestilence or plague. • pestilential adj. (Figurative) Having a harmful moral effect (especially one that is believed to spread in the manner of pestilence). • pestilential adj. (Figurative) Causing irritation or annoyance. |
| PIXELLATIONS | • pixellations n. Plural of pixellation. • PIXELLATION n. the act of dividing an image into pixels for display in a digital format, also PIXILATION, PIXILLATION. |
| PIXILLATIONS | • pixillations n. Plural of pixillation. • PIXILLATION n. a technique for making human figures and animals appear to be animated artificially, e.g. by the use of stop-frame camera techniques, also PIXELLATION, PIXILATION. |
| PLATITUDINAL | • platitudinal adj. Characterized by banality or triteness. • PLATITUDINAL adj. of or like platitude, also PLATITUDINOUS. |
| POLLINATIONS | • pollinations n. Plural of pollination. • POLLINATION n. the process of transferring the pollen from its place of production to the place where the egg cell is produced. |
| 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. |
| POSITIONALLY | • positionally adv. In a positional context; in terms of position. • POSITIONAL adv. of, relating to, or fixed by position. |
| POSTILLATING | • postillating v. Present participle of postillate. • POSTILLATE v. to explain by marginal notes. |
| POSTILLATION | • postillation n. The act of postillating; exposition of Scripture in preaching. • POSTILLATION n. the act of postillating, glossing a text. |
| SAPIENTIALLY | • sapientially adv. In a sapiential manner. • SAPIENTIAL adv. providing wisdom. |
| SINUPALLIATE | • sinupalliate adj. (Zoology) In molluscs, having an indented pallial line or sinus. • sinupalliate n. (Zoology) A mollusc with an indented pallial line or sinus. • SINUPALLIATE adj. of certain bivalve molluscs, having an indented pallial line for the retraction and expansion of the pallial siphons, also SINUPALLIAL. |
| WHIPSTALLING | • whipstalling v. Present participle of whipstall. • WHIPSTALL v. of an airplane, to stall causing the nose to whip forward and down. |