| CORRECTORY | • correctory adj. (Archaic) Containing or making correction; corrective. • CORRECTORY adj. containing or making correction. |
| HYPERCORRECT | • hypercorrect adj. (Grammar) Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage. • hypercorrect v. (Transitive) To change (a word or phrase) to a nonstandard form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage. • hyper-correct adj. Alternative form of hypercorrect. |
| IRRECIPROCITY | • IRRECIPROCITY n. lack of reciprocity. |
| PETROCURRENCY | • petrocurrency n. The currency of an oil-producing nation which tends to vary in value against other currencies in line… • petrocurrency n. Money paid in dollars to oil-producing nations. • PETROCURRENCY n. currency, etc., acquired by the oil-producing countries as profit from the sale of their oil to the consumer countries. |
| RECIPROCATORY | • reciprocatory adj. Reciprocating; moving backwards and forwards. • RECIPROCATORY adj. of the nature of reciprocation. |
| CIRCUMGYRATORY | • circumgyratory adj. Moving in a circle; turning round. • CIRCUMGYRATORY adj. whirling around. |
| CRYPTOCURRENCY | • cryptocurrency n. A digital currency based on a cryptographic system. • crypto-currency n. Alternative spelling of cryptocurrency. • crypto␣currency n. Alternative spelling of cryptocurrency. |
| HYPERCORRECTLY | • hypercorrectly adv. In a hypercorrect manner. • HYPERCORRECT adv. refers to a linguistic construction or pronunciation produced by mistaken analogy with standard usage out of a desire to be correct, such as "open widely" or "on behalf of my wife and I". |
| MICROCIRCUITRY | • microcircuitry n. (Electronics) Any system constructed of microcircuits. • MICROCIRCUITRY n. circuitry composed of microcircuits. |
| HYPERCORRECTION | • hypercorrection n. (Linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule. • hypercorrection n. (Linguistics) A nonstandard form so used. • HYPERCORRECTION n. a grammatical, usage or pronunciation mistake made by 'correcting' something that's right to begin with. |