| COMPARISON | • comparison n. The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared. • comparison n. An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other. • comparison n. With a negation, the state of being similar or alike. |
| COMPORTING | • comporting v. Present participle of comport. • COMPORT v. to conduct oneself in a certain way. |
| COMPURSION | • compursion n. (Rare) A pursing, as of the lips. • COMPURSION n. (Sterne) a pursing together. |
| MICROPHONE | • microphone n. A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into… • microphone v. (Transitive) To put one or more microphones on or in. • MICROPHONE n. an instrument whereby sound waves are caused to generate or modulate an electric current usually for the purpose of transmitting or recording sound (as speech or music). |
| MONOCARPIC | • monocarpic adj. (Botany) (of a plant) That flowers and bears fruit only once before dying. • MONOCARPIC adj. having only one ovary; producing one fruit, also MONOCARPOUS. |
| 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. |
| MONOPTEROI | • monopteroi n. Plural of monopteros. • MONOPTEROS n. a building with single ring of columns supporting a roof. |
| MORPHOLINE | • morpholine n. (Organic chemistry) A six-membered, saturated heterocycle tetrahydro-1,4-oxazine containing four carbon… • MORPHOLINE n. a colourless liquid, formerly used as an emulsifier to provide a glossy coating to waxes. |
| MORPHOLINO | • morpholino n. (Genetics) A structural analog of natural nucleic acid used to modify gene expression, in which the… • MORPHOLINO n. a type of molecule used in altering the development of genes by preventing the access of other molecules. |
| OMNIPAROUS | • omniparous adj. Producing all things; omniparient. • OMNIPAROUS adj. producing all things. |
| OMOPHORION | • omophorion n. A band of brocade originally of wool decorated with crosses and worn on the neck and around the shoulders… • OMOPHORION n. an Eastern bishop's vestment like the pallium. |
| PREDOOMING | • predooming v. Present participle of predoom. • PREDOOM v. to sentence in advance. |
| PREMONITOR | • premonitor n. One who, or that which, gives premonition. • PREMONITOR n. one who, or that which, gives premonition. |
| PREMOTIONS | • premotions n. Plural of premotion. • PREMOTION n. a motion or impulse given beforehand; esp. divine action as determining will. |
| PROMOTIONS | • promotions n. Plural of promotion. • PROMOTION n. the act of promoting. |
| 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. |
| PROOEMIONS | • PROOEMION n. a preface, also PROEM, PROOEMIUM. |
| SPONGIFORM | • spongiform adj. Like a sponge, porous, full of holes. • SPONGIFORM adj. resembling a sponge; soft and porous. |
| SPOONERISM | • spoonerism n. A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the… • SPOONERISM n. a transposition of initial sounds of spoken words, e.g. 'shoving leopard' for 'loving shepherd'. |