| CIRCUMPOSITION | • circumposition n. (Chiefly technical) The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned. • circumposition n. (Linguistics) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement. • circumposition n. The act of circumposing. |
| CIRCUMSPECTION | • circumspection n. Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent. • circumspection n. Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness. • CIRCUMSPECTION n. the state of being circumspect. |
| COMPULSIONISTS | • COMPULSIONIST n. a believer in compulsion. |
| COMPULSIVITIES | • compulsivities n. Plural of compulsivity. • COMPULSIVITY n. the quality of being compulsive. |
| COMPUTERITISES | • COMPUTERITIS n. the excessive use of computers; the fact of being detrimentally influenced by computers. |
| MALPIGHIACEOUS | • malpighiaceous adj. Of, relating to, or similar to the plants in the Malpighiaceae family. • MALPIGHIACEOUS adj. belonging to the malpighia family. |
| MICROPUBLISHER | • micropublisher n. A publisher of microform publications. • micropublisher n. A publisher operating on a small scale, or for a niche audience. • MICROPUBLISHER n. one who publishes in microform, a process for reproducing printed matter in much reduced size. |
| MICROPULSATION | • micropulsation n. A very small, change in the strength of the magnetic field of the Earth. • MICROPULSATION n. a pulsation having a short period. |
| MISCOMPUTATION | • miscomputation n. The incorrect performance of a computation. • miscomputation n. A wrong or incorrect computation. • MISCOMPUTATION n. the act of miscomputing. |
| MISPRONOUNCING | • mispronouncing v. Present participle of mispronounce. • mispronouncing n. Mispronunciation. • MISPRONOUNCE v. to pronounce incorrectly. |
| MISPUNCTUATION | • mispunctuation n. Incorrect or missing punctuation. • MISPUNCTUATION n. a wrong punctuation. |
| MULTIPLICATORS | • multiplicators n. Plural of multiplicator. • MULTIPLICATOR n. a multiplier. |
| PNEUMOCONIOSIS | • pneumoconiosis n. (Pathology) A disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of particulate matter. • PNEUMOCONIOSIS n. a disease of the lungs caused by the habitual inhalation of irritants (as mineral or metallic particles). |
| PROTOACTINIUMS | • PROTOACTINIUM n. a radioactive element that yields actinium on disintegration. |
| SUBMICROSCOPIC | • submicroscopic adj. Smaller than microscopic; too small to be seen even with a microscope. • SUBMICROSCOPIC adj. too small to be seen in an ordinary light microscope. |
| UNCOMPROMISING | • uncompromising adj. Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions. • uncompromising adj. Principled. • UNCOMPROMISING adj. not making or accepting a compromise. |