| AMPLIFICATION | • amplification n. The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding. • amplification n. (Physics) The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current. • amplification n. (Electronics) Gain. |
| DIPLOMATISING | • diplomatising v. Present participle of diplomatise. • DIPLOMATISE v. to practise, or bring about by, diplomacy, also DIPLOMATIZE. |
| DIPLOMATIZING | • diplomatizing v. Present participle of diplomatize. • DIPLOMATIZE v. to practise, or bring about by, diplomacy, also DIPLOMATISE. |
| EPITOMISATION | • epitomisation n. Non-Oxford spelling of epitomization. • EPITOMISATION n. the process of epitomising, also EPITOMIZATION. |
| EPITOMIZATION | • epitomization n. The process or result of epitomizing. • EPITOMIZATION n. the process of epitomizing, also EPITOMISATION. |
| IMPIGNORATING | • impignorating v. Present participle of impignorate. • IMPIGNORATE v. to pledge, pawn or mortgage. |
| IMPIGNORATION | • impignoration n. (Obsolete) The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned. • IMPIGNORATION n. the state of being mortgaged. |
| IMPLICATIONAL | • implicational adj. Of or pertaining to logical implication. • IMPLICATIONAL adj. of the nature of implication. |
| IMPROPRIATING | • impropriating v. Present participle of impropriate. • IMPROPRIATE v. to transfer ecclesiastical revenue to a layman. |
| IMPROPRIATION | • impropriation n. The act of impropriating; putting an ecclesiastical benefice or tithes in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. • impropriation n. A benefice, tithe etc. that has been put in lay hands. • IMPROPRIATION n. the act of impropriating. |
| IMPROVISATING | • improvisating v. Present participle of improvisate. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| IMPROVISATION | • improvisation n. The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously. • improvisation n. That which is improvised; an impromptu. • improvisation n. Musical technique, characteristic of blues music. |
| MISCAPTIONING | • miscaptioning v. Present participle of miscaption. • MISCAPTION v. to caption wrongly. |
| OPTIMISATIONS | • optimisations n. Plural of optimisation. • OPTIMISATION n. the act of optimising, also OPTIMIZATION. |
| OPTIMIZATIONS | • optimizations n. Plural of optimization. • OPTIMIZATION n. the act of optimizing, also OPTIMISATION. |
| PALMIFICATION | • PALMIFICATION n. the artificial fertilization of dates by hanging a wild male flower cluster on a cultivated female tree. |
| PIANISSISSIMO | • pianississimo adv. (Music) The musical notation indicating that the piece should be played quieter than pianissimo. Abbreviation: ppp. • PIANISSISSIMO adv. as softly as possible. |
| POSTLIMINIARY | • postliminiary adj. (Rare) Relating to the right of postliminium. • POSTLIMINIARY adj. relating to postliminy, the right by which persons and property seized in war are restored to former status on recovery. |
| PROVINCIALISM | • provincialism n. The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners. • provincialism n. (Linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district. • provincialism n. (Politics) Synonym of regionalism: belief in the superiority of one’s regional government; the belief… |