| COMPACTIFY | • compactify v. (Humorous, intransitive) To become compact or more compact. • compactify v. (Humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact. • compactify v. (Mathematics, transitive) To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact. |
| COMPACTIFYING | • compactifying v. Present participle of compactify. • COMPACTIFY v. to render compact. |
| HYPERFEMININITY | • hyperfemininity n. The condition of being extremely feminine; excessive femininity. |
| IMPERFECTIVELY | • imperfectively adv. (Grammar) In an imperfective manner or context. • IMPERFECTIVE adv. expressing action as incomplete or without reference to completion or as reiterated. |
| IMPERFECTLY | • imperfectly adv. In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely. • IMPERFECT adv. not perfect, also UNPERFECT. |
| MONOSPECIFICITY | • monospecificity n. The quality of being monospecific. • MONOSPECIFICITY n. the state of being monospecific. |
| 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. |
| POSTMODIFY | • postmodify v. (Grammar) To modify or qualify the previous word or phrase. • POSTMODIFY v. to modify the sense of (a word or phrase) by being placed after it. |
| POSTMODIFYING | • postmodifying v. Present participle of postmodify. • POSTMODIFY v. to modify the sense of (a word or phrase) by being placed after it. |
| SLUMPFLATIONARY | • slumpflationary adj. Relating to slumpflation. • SLUMPFLATIONARY adj. relating to slumpflation. |
| STEPFAMILY | • stepfamily n. Any family having one or more stepchildren or stepparents. • stepfamily n. The family of one’s stepfather or stepmother; those immediate family members not related by blood. • STEPFAMILY n. a family acquired by a second marriage. |
| TYMPANIFORM | • tympaniform adj. (Anatomy) Having the form of a tympanum or of a drum. • TYMPANIFORM adj. drumlike; shaped like a drum. |