| FLUORAPATITES | • fluorapatites n. Plural of fluorapatite. • FLUORAPATITE n. a mineral consisting of calcium phosphate fluoride, the most common form of apatite. |
| HYPERFUNCTION | • hyperfunction n. (Mathematics) A generalization of a function. • hyperfunction n. (Medicine) Abnormally elevated function. • HYPERFUNCTION n. the overactivity of a gland or other bodily organ. |
| OUTPERFORMING | • outperforming v. Present participle of outperform. • OUTPERFORM v. to exceed in performance. |
| PERFUNCTORILY | • perfunctorily adv. In a perfunctory manner, without interest or concern for quality. • PERFUNCTORY adv. characterized by routine or superficiality, mechanical. |
| PERFUSIONISTS | • perfusionists n. Plural of perfusionist. • PERFUSIONIST n. the member of a surgical team administering continuous blood transfusion. |
| PESTIFEROUSLY | • pestiferously adv. In a pestiferous manner. • PESTIFEROUS adv. bringing plague or pestilence. |
| PETROLIFEROUS | • petroliferous adj. (Geology, petrology, of a rock or geologic formation) Containing or yielding petroleum. • PETROLIFEROUS adj. bearing petroleum. |
| PLATINIFEROUS | • platiniferous adj. Yielding, or containing platinum. • PLATINIFEROUS adj. bearing platinum. |
| PREFIGURATION | • prefiguration n. A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished. • prefiguration n. Something that prefigures. • PREFIGURATION n. the act of prefiguring. |
| PROFECTITIOUS | • profectitious adj. Proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor. • PROFECTITIOUS adj. derived from a parent or ancestor. |
| PUTREFACTIONS | • putrefactions n. Plural of putrefaction. • PUTREFACTION n. rotting. |
| REPTILIFEROUS | • reptiliferous adj. (Geology) Containing fossils of reptiles. • REPTILIFEROUS adj. of rock, bearing fossil reptiles. |
| STUPEFACTIONS | • stupefactions n. Plural of stupefaction. • STUPEFACTION n. the act of stupefying. |
| SUPERFETATION | • superfetation n. The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus. • superfetation n. An excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition. • SUPERFETATION n. a second conception when there is already a fetus in the womb, also SUPERFOETATION. |
| TYPEFOUNDINGS | • TYPEFOUNDING n. the casting of printers' type. |
| TYPEFOUNDRIES | • type␣foundries n. Plural of type foundry. • TYPEFOUNDRY n. a place where type is cast. |
| UNPERFECTIONS | • unperfections n. Plural of unperfection. • UNPERFECTION n. (obsolete) imperfection. |