| CAPRIFICATION | • caprification n. A process for ripening, or pollinating, figs by means of their being punctured artificially, in a manner… • CAPRIFICATION n. a method of promoting the pollination of figs by hanging branches of caprifig flowers so that parasitic gall-wasps living on the female flowers can carry pollen to the wild fig. |
| FISSIPARITIES | • fissiparities n. Plural of fissiparity. • FISSIPARITY n. the state of being fissiparous. |
| INFRAPOSITION | • infraposition n. A situation or position beneath. • INFRAPOSITION n. the state of being placed below something else. |
| INTERSPECIFIC | • interspecific adj. Occurring among members of different species; interspecies. • interspecific adj. (Biology) Existing or occurring between different species. • INTERSPECIFIC adj. existing, occurring, or arising between species. |
| INTRASPECIFIC | • intraspecific adj. Occurring among members of the same species. • INTRASPECIFIC adj. occurring within a species or involving members of one species, also INTRASPECIES. |
| PETRIFICATION | • petrification n. The process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original… • petrification n. (Figurative) obduracy; callousness. • petrification n. Sheer terror; great fright. |
| PORNIFICATION | • pornification n. Conversion to the style or level of pornography. • PORNIFICATION n. the introduction of pornographic elements into a film etc. |
| PREDEFINITION | • predefinition n. The act or process of defining something in advance. • predefinition n. A definition provided in advance. • PREDEFINITION n. the act of predefining. |
| PRESCIENTIFIC | • prescientific adj. Prior to the development of modern science. • prescientific adj. (Rare) Exhibiting or relating to prescience; prescient. • PRESCIENTIFIC adj. belonging to the period before science. |
| PRIZEFIGHTING | • prizefighting n. (Sports) Professional boxing, in which two fighters compete for a prize. • PRIZEFIGHTING n. professional boxing. |
| PROFITABILITY | • profitability n. The quality or state of being profitable; capacity to make a profit. • PROFITABILITY n. the state of being profitable. |
| PROLIFICATION | • prolification n. (Dated) The generation of young. • prolification n. (Dated, botany) Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemmae. • PROLIFICATION n. the production of young; development of a shoot by continued growth of a flower. |
| PROLIFICITIES | • PROLIFICITY n. the state of being prolific, also PROLIFICACY. |
| PURIFICATIONS | • purifications n. Plural of purification. • PURIFICATION n. the act or an instance of purifying or of being purified. |
| PUTRIFICATION | • putrification n. Putrefaction. • PUTRIFICATION n. the act or state of putrefying. |
| SIMPLIFICATOR | • simplificator n. One who simplifies. • SIMPLIFICATOR n. one who simplifies. |