| COMPUTERNIK | • computernik n. (Informal, dated) A computer enthusiast. • COMPUTERNIK n. a computer enthusiast. |
| CONSUMPTIVE | • consumptive adj. Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful. • consumptive adj. Of, or relating to consumption. • consumptive adj. (Pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis. |
| DEPLUMATION | • deplumation n. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. • deplumation n. (Medicine) Loss of the eyelashes due to disease of the eyelids. • deplumation n. (Metaphoric) The stripping of someone’s symbol(s) of status and prestige; humiliation. |
| DESPUMATION | • despumation n. The act of throwing up froth or scum. • despumation n. Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification. • DESPUMATION n. the throwing off of impurities. |
| IMPORTUNATE | • importunate adj. (Of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so. • importunate adj. (Of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. • importunate v. (Rare) To importune, or to obtain by importunity. |
| IMPORTUNELY | • importunely adv. (Obsolete) In an importune manner. • IMPORTUNE adv. importunate. |
| IMPORTUNERS | • importuners n. Plural of importuner. • IMPORTUNER n. one who importunes. |
| IMPOUNDMENT | • impoundment n. A body of water impounded within an enclosure, such as a reservoir. • impoundment n. The act of impounding. • impoundment n. The state of being impounded. |
| MUCOPROTEIN | • mucoprotein n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of widely-distributed natural compounds that exist as complexes of proteins… • MUCOPROTEIN n. any of various complex conjugated proteins that contain polysaccharides and occur in body fluids and tissues. |
| MULTIPOTENT | • multipotent adj. Having the power to do many different things. • multipotent adj. (Biology) Describing a cell that can give rise to a limited number of several different types of cell. • MULTIPOTENT adj. (Shakespeare) having the power to do many things. |
| PERITONAEUM | • peritonaeum n. Alternative form of peritoneum. • peritonæum n. Obsolete typography of peritonaeum. • PERITONAEUM n. a serous membrane enclosing the viscera in the abdominal and pelvic cavities, also PERITONEUM. |
| PERITONEUMS | • peritoneums n. Plural of peritoneum. • PERITONEUM n. the smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen. |
| PERMUTATION | • permutation n. One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered. • permutation n. (Mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself. • permutation n. (Mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements. |
| PLUTONOMIES | • plutonomies n. Plural of plutonomy. • PLUTONOMY n. economics. |
| PNEUMONITIS | • pneumonitis n. (Pathology) Inflammation of the tissue of the lungs. • PNEUMONITIS n. inflammation of the lungs. |
| POSTSCENIUM | • postscenium n. The part of a theater behind the scenes; the backstage area. • POSTSCENIUM n. the part of the stage behind the scenery. |
| PREMUNITION | • premunition n. (Medicine) Immunization due to having had the disease before. • PREMUNITION n. the provision of relative immunity to a severe infection as a result of inducing a low-grade version. |
| PRESUMPTION | • presumption n. The act of presuming, or something presumed. • presumption n. The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true. • presumption n. The condition upon which something is presumed. |
| RECOMPUTING | • recomputing v. Present participle of recompute. • RECOMPUTE v. to compute again. |
| RESUMPTIONS | • resumptions n. Plural of resumption. • RESUMPTION n. an act or instance of resuming. |