| ANTEPOSITION | • anteposition n. (Rare) The placing of something in front of something else, especially of words in a sentence. • ANTEPOSITION n. the position opposite a given part of a plant. |
| COMPETITIONS | • competitions n. Plural of competition. • COMPETITION n. the act of competing. |
| DEPOSITATION | • depositation n. The act of depositing, or material that is deposited. • DEPOSITATION n. in Scots law, a bailment where one entrusts goods to another to be kept without recompense. |
| EXPLOITATION | • exploitation n. The act of utilizing something; industry. • exploitation n. The improper use of something for selfish purposes. • exploitation n. The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a natural right. |
| OBREPTITIOUS | • obreptitious adj. Done or obtained by surprise, with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth. • OBREPTITIOUS adj. done or obtained by trickery, or by concealing the truth. |
| OPERATIONIST | • operationist n. A proponent of operationism. • OPERATIONIST n. an adherent of operationism. |
| OVEROPTIMIST | • overoptimist n. An excessively optimistic person. • OVEROPTIMIST n. one who is excessively optimistic. |
| PERIODONTIST | • periodontist n. A dentist whose speciality is periodontics. • PERIODONTIST n. a dentist specialising in periodontics. |
| PHOTOKINETIC | • photokinetic adj. Of or pertaining to photokinesis. • PHOTOKINETIC adj. relating to photokinesis. |
| POSTERIORITY | • posteriority n. The condition of being posterior (in any sense). • POSTERIORITY n. the state of being later or subsequent. |
| POSTPOSITIVE | • postpositive adj. (Grammar, of an adjective or other modifier) Placed after the word modified, either immediately after… • postpositive n. (Grammar) A postpositive modifier. • POSTPOSITIVE adj. of an adjective, placed after the word it modifies e.g. attorney general, Scrabble player manque. |
| POTENTIATION | • potentiation n. The action of a substance, at a dose that does not itself have an adverse action, in enhancing the effect… • POTENTIATION n. the act of potentiating. |
| THIXOTROPIES | • THIXOTROPY n. the property of certain gels of becoming fluid when agitated and of reverting back to a gel when left to stand. |
| TOXOPHILITES | • toxophilites n. Plural of toxophilite. • TOXOPHILITE n. one fond of or expert at archery. |