| APPROPRIACY | • appropriacy n. The extent to which something is suitable or appropriate for a certain circumstance, occasion, etc; appropriateness. • APPROPRIACY n. the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms. |
| DISPROPERTY | • disproperty v. (Transitive) To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of. • DISPROPERTY v. (Shakespeare) to deprive of property. |
| IMPROPRIETY | • impropriety n. (Uncountable) The condition of being improper. • impropriety n. (Countable) An improper act. • impropriety n. Improper language. |
| PORPHYRITES | • porphyrites n. Plural of porphyrite. • PORPHYRITE n. a rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite. |
| PORPHYRITIC | • porphyritic adj. Of or pertaining to porphyry. • porphyritic adj. (Geology) Containing large crystals in a fine mass of material. • PORPHYRITIC adj. designating an igneous rock in which large crystals (phenocrysts) are set in a matrix of relatively finer-grained crystals or of glass. |
| PORPHYROIDS | • porphyroids n. Plural of porphyroid. • PORPHYROID n. a metamorphic rock having a texture characterized by large crystals set in a finer groundmass. |
| POSTPRIMARY | • postprimary adj. After primary school. • postprimary adj. (Politics) After a primary election. • POSTPRIMARY adj. taking place after primary (election). |
| PRIMIPARITY | • primiparity n. The condition of being primiparous. • PRIMIPARITY n. the bearing of one's first child. |
| PROPERTYING | • propertying v. Present participle of property. • PROPERTY v. to make one's own property, appropriate, take or hold possession of. |
| PROPRIETARY | • proprietary adj. Of or relating to property or ownership. • proprietary adj. Owning something; having ownership. • proprietary adj. Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret. |
| PYROGRAPHIC | • pyrographic adj. Relating to pyrography. • PYROGRAPHIC adj. relating to pyrography. |
| SPIROGRAPHY | • spirography n. (Medicine) The measurement of breathing movements. • SPIROGRAPHY n. the recording of breathing movements. |