| ADOPTIONISMS | • ADOPTIONISM n. the doctrine that Christ, as man, is the adopted son of God, also ADOPTIANISM. |
| AMBIOPHONIES | • AMBIOPHONY n. the reproduction of sound to create an illusion to a listener of being in a spacious room, such as a concert hall. |
| ANISOMORPHIC | • anisomorphic adj. Not isomorphic. • ANISOMORPHIC adj. differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world e.g. colours. |
| ANISOTROPISM | • anisotropism n. Alternative form of anisotropy. • ANISOTROPISM n. the state of being anisotropic. |
| COMPANIONING | • companioning v. Present participle of companion. • COMPANION v. to keep someone company. |
| COMPILATIONS | • compilations n. Plural of compilation. • COMPILATION n. the act of compiling. |
| COMPLICATION | • complication n. The act or process of complicating. • complication n. The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity. • complication n. A person who doesn’t fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper. |
| IMPLORATIONS | • implorations n. Plural of imploration. • IMPLORATION n. the act of imploring. |
| IMPORTATIONS | • importations n. Plural of importation. • IMPORTATION n. the act or practice of importing. |
| IMPROBATIONS | • improbations n. Plural of improbation. • IMPROBATION n. in Scots law, an action for the purpose of declaring some instrument false or forged. |
| MALPOSITIONS | • malpositions n. Plural of malposition. • MALPOSITION n. a wrong or faulty position. |
| MICROPOLITAN | • micropolitan adj. (US statistical area) of a city, or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants… |
| OPERATIONISM | • operationism n. (Philosophy) The doctrine that the meaning of a term consists of the operation(s) performed in defining it. • OPERATIONISM n. the theory that defines scientific concepts by means of the operations used to prove or determine them, also OPERATIONALISM. |
| OPTIMISATION | • optimisation n. Alternative spelling of optimization. • OPTIMISATION n. the act of optimising, also OPTIMIZATION. |
| OPTIMIZATION | • optimization n. The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense. • optimization n. (Programming) The reduction of a program or algorithm to its most efficient form, as during compilation… • OPTIMIZATION n. the act of optimizing, also OPTIMISATION. |
| PARSIMONIOUS | • parsimonious adj. Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal to excess. • parsimonious adj. Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures. • parsimonious adj. (Sports) Not conceding many goals. |
| POTICHOMANIA | • potichomania n. A process in which the inside of a glass vessel is painted or etched. • POTICHOMANIA n. a craze for imitating Oriental porcelain. |
| PROXIMATIONS | • proximations n. Plural of proximation. • PROXIMATION n. immediate nearness in time, place, relationship, etc., also PROXIMITY. |