| APOPHTHEGMATIC | • apophthegmatic adj. Alternative form of apothegmatic. • APOPHTHEGMATIC adj. relating to an apophthegm. |
| APPORTIONMENTS | • apportionments n. Plural of apportionment. • APPORTIONMENT n. an act or result of apportioning. |
| DISAPPOINTMENT | • disappointment n. (Uncountable) The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something… • disappointment n. (Countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved. • disappointment n. (Countable) Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment. |
| METAPHOSPHATES | • metaphosphates n. Plural of metaphosphate. • METAPHOSPHATE n. a salt or ester of a metaphosphoric acid. |
| METOPOSCOPISTS | • metoposcopists n. Plural of metoposcopist. • METOPOSCOPIST n. one who practises metoposcopy, the art of judging a person's character and fortune from his face, principally his forehead. |
| POSTMASTERSHIP | • postmastership n. The office or position of postmaster. • POSTMASTERSHIP n. the office of postmaster. |
| PRECOMPETITIVE | • precompetitive adj. Describing the early stages of the development of a commercial product, during which competitors collaborate. • PRECOMPETITIVE adj. denoting a period of industrial or commercial development during which competitors work together. |
| PRESYMPTOMATIC | • presymptomatic adj. (Medicine) relating to the early stages of a disease, before all symptoms have developed and therefore… • pre-symptomatic adj. Alternative spelling of presymptomatic. • PRESYMPTOMATIC adj. preceding a symptom. |
| PROPORTIONMENT | • proportionment n. The act or process of dividing out proportionally. • PROPORTIONMENT n. the act of proportioning. |
| PYROPHOTOMETER | • PYROPHOTOMETER n. a type of pyrometer in which the temperature of an incandescent body is determined by photometric measurement of the light it emits. |
| PYROPHOTOMETRY | • PYROPHOTOMETRY n. the measurement of the temperature of an incandescent body by photometric measurement of the light it emits. |
| REAPPOINTMENTS | • reappointments n. Plural of reappointment. • REAPPOINTMENT n. the act of reappointing. |
| SPATIOTEMPORAL | • spatiotemporal adj. Of, concerning, or existing in both space and time. • spatiotemporal adj. Of or concerning spacetime. • spatio-temporal adj. Alternative form of spatiotemporal. |
| SPERMATOPHYTES | • spermatophytes n. Plural of spermatophyte. • SPERMATOPHYTE n. a seed plant. |
| SPERMATOPHYTIC | • spermatophytic adj. Relating to spermatophytes. • SPERMATOPHYTIC adj. of or like a spermatophyte, a seed plant. |
| SUPERCOMPETENT | • supercompetent adj. (Biology, of a cell wall) Very permeable to foreign DNA. |
| SUPERIMPORTANT | • superimportant adj. Very important. • SUPERIMPORTANT adj. having a very high degree of importance. |