| HYPERFUNCTION | • hyperfunction n. (Mathematics) A generalization of a function. • hyperfunction n. (Medicine) Abnormally elevated function. • HYPERFUNCTION n. the overactivity of a gland or other bodily organ. |
| OUTPERFORMING | • outperforming v. Present participle of outperform. • OUTPERFORM v. to exceed in performance. |
| PERFUNCTORILY | • perfunctorily adv. In a perfunctory manner, without interest or concern for quality. • PERFUNCTORY adv. characterized by routine or superficiality, mechanical. |
| PERFUSIONISTS | • perfusionists n. Plural of perfusionist. • PERFUSIONIST n. the member of a surgical team administering continuous blood transfusion. |
| PLATINIFEROUS | • platiniferous adj. Yielding, or containing platinum. • PLATINIFEROUS adj. bearing platinum. |
| PREFIGURATION | • prefiguration n. A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished. • prefiguration n. Something that prefigures. • PREFIGURATION n. the act of prefiguring. |
| PURIFICATIONS | • purifications n. Plural of purification. • PURIFICATION n. the act or an instance of purifying or of being purified. |
| PUSSYFOOTINGS | • PUSSYFOOTING n. the act of approaching a topic with great caution. |
| PUTREFACTIONS | • putrefactions n. Plural of putrefaction. • PUTREFACTION n. rotting. |
| PUTRIFICATION | • putrification n. Putrefaction. • PUTRIFICATION n. the act or state of putrefying. |
| RUSTPROOFINGS | • RUSTPROOFING n. the act of making resistant to rust, such as by applying a coating. |
| SLUMPFLATIONS | • SLUMPFLATION n. a state or period of combined economic decline and rising inflation. |
| STUPEFACTIONS | • stupefactions n. Plural of stupefaction. • STUPEFACTION n. the act of stupefying. |
| SUPERFETATION | • superfetation n. The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus. • superfetation n. An excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition. • SUPERFETATION n. a second conception when there is already a fetus in the womb, also SUPERFOETATION. |
| TYPEFOUNDINGS | • TYPEFOUNDING n. the casting of printers' type. |
| TYPEFOUNDRIES | • type␣foundries n. Plural of type foundry. • TYPEFOUNDRY n. a place where type is cast. |
| UNPERFECTIONS | • unperfections n. Plural of unperfection. • UNPERFECTION n. (obsolete) imperfection. |
| YUPPIFICATION | • yuppification n. The act or process of yuppifying. • YUPPIFICATION n. the process of conversion into a yuppy. |