| APPERTAINMENT | • appertainment n. (Obsolete) That which appertains or belongs to a person; an appurtenance; trappings. • APPERTAINMENT n. (Shakespeare) an appurtenance. |
| APPORTIONMENT | • apportionment n. The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned. • apportionment n. (US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states. • apportionment n. (US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states. |
| APPRAISEMENTS | • appraisements n. Plural of appraisement. • APPRAISEMENT n. the act of appraising. |
| APPROXIMATING | • approximating v. Present participle of approximate. • APPROXIMATE v. to come close to. |
| APPROXIMATION | • approximation n. The act, process or result of approximating. • approximation n. (Mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose. • approximation n. (Medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured. |
| IMPARIPINNATE | • imparipinnate adj. (Botany) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex. • IMPARIPINNATE adj. pinnate with the rachis terminated by a single leaflet or tendril. |
| IMPERCEPTIONS | • imperceptions n. Plural of imperception. • IMPERCEPTION n. lack of perception. |
| IMPROPRIATING | • impropriating v. Present participle of impropriate. • IMPROPRIATE v. to transfer ecclesiastical revenue to a layman. |
| IMPROPRIATION | • impropriation n. The act of impropriating; putting an ecclesiastical benefice or tithes in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. • impropriation n. A benefice, tithe etc. that has been put in lay hands. • IMPROPRIATION n. the act of impropriating. |
| MISPERCEPTION | • misperception n. An incorrect perception. • MISPERCEPTION n. a false perception. |
| MISPROPORTION | • misproportion v. (Transitive) To give the wrong proportions to. • MISPROPORTION v. to proportion wrongly. |
| MOUSETRAPPING | • mousetrapping v. Present participle of mousetrap. • MOUSETRAPPING n. a range of techniques employed to stop users leaving a website. |
| PANSPERMATISM | • panspermatism n. (Historical) The obsolete theory that germs are omnipresent. • PANSPERMATISM n. the theory that life could be diffused through the universe by means of germs carried by meteorites, also PANSPERMIA, PANSPERMISM, PANSPERMY. |
| PANSPERMATIST | • panspermatist n. Alternative form of panspermist. • PANSPERMATIST n. a believer in panspermia. |
| PEPPERMINTIER | • PEPPERMINTY adj. tasting of peppermint. |
| PREEXPERIMENT | • preexperiment adj. Before an experiment takes place. • preexperiment n. A simple form of research that examines a group or groups before and after an event, to see whether… • PREEXPERIMENT adj. preceding an experiment. |
| REAPPOINTMENT | • reappointment n. An act of reappointing. • reäppointment n. Obsolete spelling of reappointment. • REAPPOINTMENT n. the act of reappointing. |
| SPORTSMANSHIP | • sportsmanship n. The good attitude/behaviour displayed by players of a game; fairness, determination, magnanimity, courtesy… • sportsmanship n. The behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad. • SPORTSMANSHIP n. conduct (as fairness, respect for one's opponent, and graciousness in winning or losing) becoming to one participating in a sport. |