| DIASTROPHISM | • diastrophism n. (Geology) The deformation of the Earth’s crust to form the continents, mountains and other large features. • DIASTROPHISM n. the process by which continents, mountains, ocean beds, folds and faults are formed. |
| DISPIRITMENT | • dispiritment n. Dispiritedness; disheartenment. • DISPIRITMENT n. a state of being dispirited. |
| DISTEMPERING | • distempering v. Present participle of distemper. • DISTEMPER v. to paint or colour with distemper, also DESTEMPER. |
| IMPIGNORATED | • impignorated v. Simple past tense and past participle of impignorate. • IMPIGNORATE v. to pledge, pawn or mortgage. |
| IMPROPRIATED | • impropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of impropriate. • IMPROPRIATE v. to transfer ecclesiastical revenue to a layman. |
| IMPROVISATED | • improvisated v. Simple past tense and past participle of improvisate. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| MADREPORITIC | • madreporitic adj. Relating to or composed of madreporite. • MADREPORITIC adj. of or like madreporite, in echinoderms, a perforated plate serving as opening to the stone canal. |
| MALIMPRINTED | • MALIMPRINTED adj. of an animal or person, suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc. |
| MEDIATORSHIP | • mediatorship n. The office or character of a mediator. • MEDIATORSHIP n. the office of mediator. |
| METAPERIODIC | • METAPERIODIC adj. as in metaperiodic acid. |
| MICROPRINTED | • microprinted adj. Rendered in microprint; printed at a very small size. • MICROPRINT v. to make a microprint of. |
| PALINDROMIST | • palindromist n. One who composes palindromes. • PALINDROMIST n. one who composes palindromes. |
| PARADIGMATIC | • paradigmatic adj. Of or pertaining to a paradigm. • paradigmatic adj. (Philosophy) Related as members of a substitution class. • paradigmatic adj. (Obsolete) Exemplary. |
| POSTMERIDIAN | • postmeridian adj. Of or pertaining to the afternoon. • POSTMERIDIAN adj. taking place after noon. |
| PREADMITTING | • preadmitting v. Present participle of preadmit. • PREADMIT v. to admit beforehand. |
| PRISMATOIDAL | • prismatoidal adj. Having the shape of a prismatoid. • PRISMATOIDAL adj. having the form of a prismatoid. |
| PTERIDOMANIA | • pteridomania n. A craze, in 19th-century England, for collecting ferns and for using images of ferns in the decorative arts. • PTERIDOMANIA n. a passion for ferns. |