| COMPLETEST | • completest adj. Superlative form of complete: most complete. • completest v. (Archaic) second-person singular simple present form of complete. • COMPLETE adj. having all necessary parts. |
| DEPORTMENT | • deportment n. Bearing; manner of presenting oneself. • deportment n. Conduct; public behavior. • deportment n. Apparent level of schooling or training. |
| IDEMPOTENT | • idempotent adj. (Mathematics, computing) (said of a function) Such that, when performed multiple times on the same subject… • idempotent adj. (Mathematics) (said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation, such as a group… • idempotent adj. (Mathematics) (said of a binary operation) Such that all of the distinct elements it can operate on… |
| OPTOMETERS | • optometers n. Plural of optometer. • OPTOMETER n. an instrument for testing vision. |
| OUTCOMPETE | • outcompete v. To be more successful than a competitor; especially to thrive in the presence of an organism that is… • OUTCOMPETE v. to surpass in competing. |
| PALMETTOES | • palmettoes n. Plural of palmetto. • PALMETTO n. (Spanish) any of various usually small and sometimes stemless fan palms. |
| PENTIMENTO | • pentimento n. (Art, literature) The presence of traces of a previous work in an artistic or literary work; especially… • PENTIMENTO n. (Italian) a painting or drawing that has been painted over and shows through it. |
| PENTSTEMON | • pentstemon n. Alternative form of penstemon. • Pentstemon prop.n. Alternative form of Penstemon (“beardtongue genus”). • PENTSTEMON n. a genus of showy flowers, also PENSTEMON. |
| PHOTOMETER | • photometer n. (Physics) Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light. • photometer v. (Astronomy) To measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer. • PHOTOMETER n. an instrument for measuring light intensity. |
| PIEMONTITE | • piemontite n. (Mineralogy) A monoclinic sorosilicate mineral of the epidote group, reddish in colour. • PIEMONTITE n. a dark red mineral, a hydrated silicate of calcium, aluminium, manganese and iron, also PIEDMONTITE. |
| POTOMETERS | • potometers n. Plural of potometer. • POTOMETER n. an instrument measuring the rate at which plants absorb water. |
| STEPMOTHER | • stepmother n. The wife of one’s biological father, other than one’s biological mother. • stepmother n. (Botany, rare) A viola, especially Viola tricolor, heartsease. • step-mother n. Alternative form of stepmother. |
| TAPOTEMENT | • tapotement n. (Massage) A form of massage involving hitting the body with various parts of one’s hand. • TAPOTEMENT n. (French) the use of light taps in massage. |