| APPORTIONMENT | • apportionment n. The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned. • apportionment n. (US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states. • apportionment n. (US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states. |
| EPIPHENOMENAL | • epiphenomenal adj. Being of secondary consequence to a causal chain of processes, but playing no causal role in the process of interest. • epiphenomenal adj. (Philosophy, psychology) Of or pertaining to a mental process that occurs only as an incidental effect… • EPIPHENOMENAL adj. of or relating to an epiphenomenon. |
| EPIPHENOMENON | • epiphenomenon n. An activity, process, or state that is the result of another; a by-product, a consequence. • epiphenomenon n. (Philosophy, psychology) A mental process or state that is an incidental by-product of physiological… • epiphenomenon n. (Pathology) A symptom that develops during the course of a disease that is not connected to the disease. |
| IMPERCEPTIONS | • imperceptions n. Plural of imperception. • IMPERCEPTION n. lack of perception. |
| MISPERCEPTION | • misperception n. An incorrect perception. • MISPERCEPTION n. a false perception. |
| MOUSETRAPPING | • mousetrapping v. Present participle of mousetrap. • MOUSETRAPPING n. a range of techniques employed to stop users leaving a website. |
| NINCOMPOOPERY | • nincompoopery n. The beliefs and behaviours of a nincompoop; folly; idiocy. • NINCOMPOOPERY n. the state of being a nincompoop. |
| NYMPHOLEPSIES | • nympholepsies n. Plural of nympholepsy. • NYMPHOLEPSY n. a trance incurred by erotic daydreams. |
| PARALEIPOMENA | • PARALEIPOMENON n. a thing added as a supplement to a main text, also PARALIPOMENON. |
| PARALIPOMENON | • paralipomenon n. (Biblical) Either of the Books of Chronicles in the Old Testament. • paralipomenon n. (Usually in the plural) An omission, especially one of a book, added later as a supplement. • PARALIPOMENON n. a thing added as a supplement to a main text, also PARALEIPOMENON. |
| PARAMORPHINES | • PARAMORPHINE n. a poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from opium and used in medicine, aka thebaine. |
| PERIMENOPAUSE | • perimenopause n. The physiological stage that women approaching menopause go through when, due to hormonal changes, they… • PERIMENOPAUSE n. the period around the onset of menopause that is often marked by various physical signs (as hot flashes and menstrual irregularity). |
| PERISPOMENONS | • PERISPOMENON n. a word having a circumflex accent on the final syllable. |
| PREPROGRAMING | • preprograming v. Present participle of preprogram. • PREPROGRAM v. to program beforehand. |
| REAPPOINTMENT | • reappointment n. An act of reappointing. • reäppointment n. Obsolete spelling of reappointment. • REAPPOINTMENT n. the act of reappointing. |
| SPOKESMANSHIP | • spokesmanship n. The position of being a spokesman. • SPOKESMANSHIP n. the office of spokesman. |
| SUPERIMPOSING | • superimposing v. Present participle of superimpose. • superimposing n. Alternative form of superimposition. • SUPERIMPOSE v. to place or lay over or above something. |