| ANTIEPILEPTIC | • antiepileptic adj. (Pharmacology) Acting to prevent epileptic seizures. • antiepileptic n. (Medicine) A drug which acts to prevent epileptic seizures. • ANTIEPILEPTIC n. a drug used to prevent or suppress epilepsy. |
| APPERTAINMENT | • appertainment n. (Obsolete) That which appertains or belongs to a person; an appurtenance; trappings. • APPERTAINMENT n. (Shakespeare) an appurtenance. |
| APPETISEMENTS | • APPETISEMENT n. the state of being appetising. |
| 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. |
| OPPORTUNITIES | • opportunities n. Plural of opportunity. • OPPORTUNITY n. a favorable juncture of circumstances. |
| PANSPERMATIST | • panspermatist n. Alternative form of panspermist. • PANSPERMATIST n. a believer in panspermia. |
| PENTAPEPTIDES | • pentapeptides n. Plural of pentapeptide. • PENTAPEPTIDE n. a polypeptide that contains five amino acid residues. |
| PEPTONISATION | • peptonisation n. Alternative form of peptonization. • PEPTONISATION n. the process of peptonising, also PEPTONIZATION. |
| PEPTONIZATION | • peptonization n. (Physiology, biochemistry) The conversion of a protein into peptones under the influence of the enzyme pepsin. • PEPTONIZATION n. the process of peptonizing, also PEPTONISATION. |
| PERPETRATIONS | • perpetrations n. Plural of perpetration. • PERPETRATION n. the act of perpetrating. |
| PERPETUATIONS | • perpetuations n. Plural of perpetuation. • PERPETUATION n. continuation or preservation for ever, or a long time. |
| PREADAPTATION | • preadaptation n. (Biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| PRECIPITANTLY | • precipitantly adv. With foolish or rash haste; in a headlong manner. • PRECIPITANT adv. serving to precipitate. |
| PRECIPITATING | • precipitating v. Present participle of precipitate. • PRECIPITATE v. to throw violently. |
| PRECIPITATION | • precipitation n. (Meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the… • precipitation n. A hurried headlong fall. • precipitation n. (Countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter… |
| PROPORTIONATE | • proportionate adj. In proportion; proportional; commensurable. • proportionate adj. Harmonious and symmetrical. • proportionate v. (Transitive) To make proportionate. |
| REAPPOINTMENT | • reappointment n. An act of reappointing. • reäppointment n. Obsolete spelling of reappointment. • REAPPOINTMENT n. the act of reappointing. |
| STAIRSTEPPING | • STAIRSTEP v. to carry out an exercise like stepping on a stair. |
| STEPPARENTING | • stepparenting n. The role of a stepparent. • STEPPARENTING n. parenting by a stepparent. |