| APPARITION | • apparition n. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. • apparition n. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. • apparition n. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom. |
| APPETITION | • appetition n. A desire, longing for, or seeking after of something. • APPETITION n. (archaic) direction of desire. |
| APPOINTING | • appointing v. Present participle of appoint. • APPOINT v. to assign to a job. |
| APPOINTIVE | • appointive adj. Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment. • APPOINTIVE adj. subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. |
| APPOSITION | • apposition n. (Grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent… • apposition n. (Grammar) The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases. • apposition n. The quality of being side-by-side, apposed instead of being opposed, not being front-to-front but next to each other. |
| DISAPPOINT | • disappoint v. (Transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised… • disappoint v. (Transitive) To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for). • disappoint v. (Transitive, dated) To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope). |
| INAPPOSITE | • inapposite adj. Inappropriate, not suitable for the situation. • INAPPOSITE adj. not apposite. |
| LIPOTROPIN | • lipotropin n. (Biochemistry) A pituitary hormone that promotes the metabolism of fat, and is a precursor to the endorphins. • LIPOTROPIN n. a protein hormone of the pituitary gland. |
| OPPILATING | • oppilating v. Present participle of oppilate. • OPPILATE v. to block up. |
| OPPILATION | • oppilation n. The act of crowding or filling together; a stopping by redundant matter; an obstruction, particularly… • OPPILATION n. a blockage, an obstruction. |
| OPPOSITION | • opposition n. The action of opposing or of being in conflict. • opposition n. An opposite or contrasting position. • opposition n. (Astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees… |
| PINCHPOINT | • pinchpoint n. Alternative form of pinch point. • pinch␣point n. (Engineering) A point in between moving and stationary parts of a machine where an individual’s body… • pinch␣point n. (Economics) The level of inventories of a commodity or product below which consumers become concerned… |
| PINPOINTED | • pinpointed v. Simple past tense and past participle of pinpoint. • pin-pointed v. Simple past tense and past participle of pin-point. • PINPOINT v. to locate precisely. |