| FLAVOPROTEIN | • flavoprotein n. (Biochemistry) any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases. • FLAVOPROTEIN n. a protein which serves as an electron carrier in the electron transfer chain. |
| IMPERFECTIVE | • imperfective adj. Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect. • imperfective n. The imperfective aspect; a verb having this aspect. • IMPERFECTIVE adj. expressing action as incomplete or without reference to completion or as reiterated. |
| OVERSIMPLIFY | • oversimplify v. To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity… • OVERSIMPLIFY v. to simplify to such an extent as to bring about distortion, misunderstanding, or error. |
| PARVIFOLIATE | • PARVIFOLIATE adj. of plants, having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem. |
| PERFECTIVELY | • perfectively adv. In a perfective manner or context. • PERFECTIVE adv. tending to make perfect. |
| PERFECTIVITY | • perfectivity n. (Grammar) The state of being in perfective aspect or the imperfective aspect. • PERFECTIVITY n. the state of being perfective. |
| PERFERVIDITY | • perfervidity n. The quality of being perfervid. • PERFERVIDITY n. the state of being perfervid, also PERFERVIDNESS. |
| PERFORMATIVE | • performative adj. (Philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said. • performative adj. Being done as a performance in order to create an impression. • performative n. A performative utterance. |
| PETRIFACTIVE | • petrifactive adj. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying. • petrifactive adj. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction. • PETRIFACTIVE adj. petrifying, also PETRIFIC. |
| PREFORMATIVE | • preformative n. Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word. • preformative adj. Of or pertaining to preformation. • preformative adj. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later. |
| PULVILLIFORM | • pulvilliform adj. Resembling a pulvillus. • PULVILLIFORM adj. shaped like a cushion. |
| PURIFICATIVE | • purificative adj. Having power to purify or cleanse. • PURIFICATIVE adj. serving to purify, also PURIFICATORY. |
| PUTREFACTIVE | • putrefactive adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction. • PUTREFACTIVE adj. relating to putrefaction. |
| TRYPAFLAVINE | • trypaflavine n. An acridine dye thought to be identical with flavine or acriflavine. • TRYPAFLAVINE n. another name for acriflavine. |