| AMPHIPROSTYLE | • amphiprostyle adj. (Architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides. • amphiprostyle n. (Architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice. • AMPHIPROSTYLE adj. with columns at each end but not at sides. |
| APOGEOTROPISM | • apogeotropism n. (Botany) An apogeotropic tendency. • APOGEOTROPISM n. bending up or away from the ground. |
| APPORTIONMENT | • apportionment n. The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned. • apportionment n. (US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states. • apportionment n. (US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states. |
| APPROXIMATELY | • approximately adv. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount. • APPROXIMATE adv. close together. |
| APPROXIMATING | • approximating v. Present participle of approximate. • APPROXIMATE v. to come close to. |
| APPROXIMATION | • approximation n. The act, process or result of approximating. • approximation n. (Mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose. • approximation n. (Medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured. |
| APPROXIMATIVE | • approximative adj. Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation. • approximative n. (Grammar) A grammatical construct that expresses approximation. • APPROXIMATIVE adj. approaching closely. |
| HAPTOTROPISMS | • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |
| HYPERMETROPIA | • hypermetropia n. Hyperopia. • HYPERMETROPIA n. longsightedness, aka hyperopia, also HYPERMETROPY. |
| IMPERATORSHIP | • IMPERATORSHIP n. the office of imperator. |
| 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. |
| IMPROPRIATORS | • impropriators n. Plural of impropriator. • IMPROPRIATOR n. a layman who is in possession of a benefice or its revenues. |
| MOUSETRAPPING | • mousetrapping v. Present participle of mousetrap. • MOUSETRAPPING n. a range of techniques employed to stop users leaving a website. |
| PLAGIOTROPISM | • plagiotropism n. (Biology) The growth of a plant at an orientation to the angle of a stimulus. • PLAGIOTROPISM n. the tendency to grow at an oblique or horizontal angle. |
| REAPPOINTMENT | • reappointment n. An act of reappointing. • reäppointment n. Obsolete spelling of reappointment. • REAPPOINTMENT n. the act of reappointing. |
| SAPROPHYTISMS | • SAPROPHYTISM n. being a saprophyte. |
| SPORTSMANSHIP | • sportsmanship n. The good attitude/behaviour displayed by players of a game; fairness, determination, magnanimity, courtesy… • sportsmanship n. The behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad. • SPORTSMANSHIP n. conduct (as fairness, respect for one's opponent, and graciousness in winning or losing) becoming to one participating in a sport. |
| SUPERDIPLOMAT | • superdiplomat n. A very skilled or successful diplomat (government representative). • SUPERDIPLOMAT n. an exceptional diplomat. |