| CRAMPONING | • cramponing v. Present participle of crampon. • CRAMPON v. to climb using a kind of spiked boot. |
| IMPREGNANT | • impregnant adj. (Obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile. • impregnant n. (Obsolete) That which impregnates. • I'm␣pregnant phr. Indicates that the speaker is pregnant. |
| IMPREGNING | • impregning v. Present participle of impregn. • IMPREGN v. (archaic) to impregnate. |
| IMPRINTING | • imprinting n. (Psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age… • imprinting v. Present participle of imprint. • IMPRINTING n. a learning process in young animals in which their social preferences become restricted to their own species, or a substitute for this. |
| INWRAPMENT | • INWRAPMENT n. the act of inwrapping, also ENWRAPMENT. |
| MAINPERNOR | • mainpernor n. (Law) A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner’s appearance in court at a day. • MAINPERNOR n. one who gives mainprise, surety for the appearance of a prisoner at trial. |
| MAINSPRING | • mainspring n. (Horology) The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling. • mainspring n. (Figuratively) The most important reason for, or element of, something. • MAINSPRING n. the chief spring in a mechanism esp. of a watch or clock. |
| MONOPRINTS | • monoprints n. Plural of monoprint. • monoprints v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monoprint. • MONOPRINT n. a single print taken from a design created in oil paint or printing ink on glass. |
| PHENFORMIN | • phenformin n. (Pharmacology) An antidiabetic drug of the biguanide class. • PHENFORMIN n. a biguanide administered orally in the treatment of diabetes to lower blood levels of glucose. |
| PRAENOMINA | • praenomina n. Plural of praenomen. • PRAENOMEN n. (Latin) the first name of an ancient Roman, also PRENOMEN. |
| PREEMINENT | • preeminent adj. Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. • preëminent adj. Alternative spelling of preeminent. • pre-eminent adj. Alternative spelling of preeminent. |
| PRENOMINAL | • prenominal adj. (Grammar) That is placed before a noun. • prenominal n. Such a word. • prenominal adj. Uncommon form of praenominal. |
| PRISONMENT | • prisonment n. (Now rare) Imprisonment. • PRISONMENT n. (Shakespeare) imprisonment. |
| PROMINENCE | • prominence n. The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent. • prominence n. Relative importance. • prominence n. A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form. |
| PROMINENCY | • prominency n. Prominence. • PROMINENCY n. the state of being prominent, also PROMINENCE. |
| PROMINENTS | • prominents n. Plural of prominent. • PROMINENT n. a stout drab-coloured moth with tufts on the forewings which stick up while at rest, the caterpillars of which typically have fleshy growths on the back. |
| PRONOMINAL | • pronominal adj. (Linguistics, grammar) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as a pronoun. • pronominal n. (Grammar) A phrase that acts as a pronoun. • PRONOMINAL adj. of or like a pronoun. |
| REPINEMENT | • repinement n. The act of repining. • REPINEMENT n. the act of repining. |