| HALFPENNYWORTH | • halfpennyworth n. (Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation). • halfpennyworth n. (Britain, informal) A negligible amount. • halfpennyworth n. (Britain, informal) One’s opinion or thoughts; one’s two cents. |
| HYPEREFFICIENT | • hyperefficient adj. Extremely efficient. • HYPEREFFICIENT adj. excessively efficient. |
| HYPERFUNCTIONS | • hyperfunctions n. Plural of hyperfunction. • HYPERFUNCTION n. the overactivity of a gland or other bodily organ. |
| HYPERINFLATION | • hyperinflation n. (Economics) A very high rate of inflation. • HYPERINFLATION n. inflation growing at a very high rate in a very short time. |
| IMPERFECTIVELY | • imperfectively adv. (Grammar) In an imperfective manner or context. • IMPERFECTIVE adv. expressing action as incomplete or without reference to completion or as reiterated. |
| NONSPECIFICITY | • nonspecificity n. The state or condition of being nonspecific. • NONSPECIFICITY n. the state of being nonspecific. |
| PACIFISTICALLY | • pacifistically adv. In a pacifistic manner; in the manner of a pacifist. • PACIFISTIC adv. relating to the beliefs and principles of pacifists. |
| PERFECTABILITY | • perfectability n. The state or quality of being able to be perfected. |
| PERFECTIBILITY | • perfectibility n. The possibility of achieving perfection. • perfectibility n. (Philosophy) Perfectionism. • PERFECTIBILITY n. the state of being perfectible. |
| PERFORMABILITY | • performability n. A measurement of how well a system performs over a period of time, regardless of the presence of faults. • PERFORMABILITY n. the state of being performable. |
| PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
| PREFERENTIALLY | • preferentially adv. In a preferential manner. • preferentially adv. Advantageously. • PREFERENTIAL adv. showing preference. |
| PRESANCTIFYING | • PRESANCTIFY v. to sanctify in advance. |
| REFLECTOGRAPHY | • reflectography n. An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting… • REFLECTOGRAPHY n. a technique used to detect underdrawing, etc. in a painting, in which infrared light is bounced off the lowest, gessoed layer and the resulting image viewed on a TV monitor. |
| SPAGHETTIFYING | • spaghettifying v. Present participle of spaghettify. • SPAGHETTIFY v. to make into spaghetti, with particular reference to black holes. |
| SUPERFICIALITY | • superficiality n. The property of being superficial, the tendency to judge by surface appearance. • SUPERFICIALITY n. the state of being superficial. |
| UNFLAPPABILITY | • unflappability n. The state of being unflappable. • UNFLAPPABILITY n. the state of being unflappable. |
| YUPPIFICATIONS | • YUPPIFICATION n. the process of conversion into a yuppy. |