| CHIEFTAINSHIP | • chieftainship n. (Uncountable) The state of being a chieftain. • chieftainship n. (Countable) The area ruled by a chieftain. • CHIEFTAINSHIP n. the rank of chieftain. |
| FINGERPICKING | • fingerpicking v. Present participle of fingerpick. • fingerpicking n. (Music) The plucking of the individual strings of a stringed instrument with the fingers. • FINGERPICKING n. playing the guitar with fingers rather than a plectrum. |
| INFRASPECIFIC | • infraspecific adj. (Taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at a rank lower than species, such as subspecies (in certain kingdoms… • INFRASPECIFIC adj. of taxonomic divisions of a lower rank than species. |
| INTERSPECIFIC | • interspecific adj. Occurring among members of different species; interspecies. • interspecific adj. (Biology) Existing or occurring between different species. • INTERSPECIFIC adj. existing, occurring, or arising between species. |
| INTRASPECIFIC | • intraspecific adj. Occurring among members of the same species. • INTRASPECIFIC adj. occurring within a species or involving members of one species, also INTRASPECIES. |
| PENICILLIFORM | • penicilliform adj. (Botany) penicillate. • PENICILLIFORM adj. paintbrush-shaped. |
| PETRIFICATION | • petrification n. The process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original… • petrification n. (Figurative) obduracy; callousness. • petrification n. Sheer terror; great fright. |
| PLEBIFICATION | • plebification n. Making plebeian; vulgarizing. • PLEBIFICATION n. making something vulgar or plebeian. |
| PREDEFINITION | • predefinition n. The act or process of defining something in advance. • predefinition n. A definition provided in advance. • PREDEFINITION n. the act of predefining. |
| PRESCIENTIFIC | • prescientific adj. Prior to the development of modern science. • prescientific adj. (Rare) Exhibiting or relating to prescience; prescient. • PRESCIENTIFIC adj. belonging to the period before science. |
| PRESIGNIFYING | • presignifying v. Present participle of presignify. • PRESIGNIFY v. to intimate or signify beforehand. |
| PRIZEFIGHTING | • prizefighting n. (Sports) Professional boxing, in which two fighters compete for a prize. • PRIZEFIGHTING n. professional boxing. |
| PROFICIENCIES | • proficiencies n. Plural of proficiency. • PROFICIENCY n. the state of being proficient, also PROFICIENCE. |
| SPECIFICATING | • specificating v. Present participle of specificate. • SPECIFICATE v. to specify. |
| SPECIFICATION | • specification n. An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service. • specification n. An act of specifying. • SPECIFICATION n. the act of specifying. |