| CIRCUMPOSITION | • circumposition n. (Chiefly technical) The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned. • circumposition n. (Linguistics) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement. • circumposition n. The act of circumposing. |
| CIRCUMSPECTION | • circumspection n. Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent. • circumspection n. Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness. • CIRCUMSPECTION n. the state of being circumspect. |
| COMPUTERITISES | • COMPUTERITIS n. the excessive use of computers; the fact of being detrimentally influenced by computers. |
| IMMUNOPHORESIS | • IMMUNOPHORESIS n. a technique for identifying an (unknown) antigen or testing for a specific antibody in serum. |
| IMPERVIOUSNESS | • imperviousness n. The state of being impervious. • IMPERVIOUS n. not allowing entrance or passage, also IMPERVIABLE. |
| MICROPUBLISHER | • micropublisher n. A publisher of microform publications. • micropublisher n. A publisher operating on a small scale, or for a niche audience. • MICROPUBLISHER n. one who publishes in microform, a process for reproducing printed matter in much reduced size. |
| MICROPULSATION | • micropulsation n. A very small, change in the strength of the magnetic field of the Earth. • MICROPULSATION n. a pulsation having a short period. |
| MISPERSUASIONS | • mispersuasions n. Plural of mispersuasion. • MISPERSUASION n. a wrong persuasion. |
| MISPRONOUNCING | • mispronouncing v. Present participle of mispronounce. • mispronouncing n. Mispronunciation. • MISPRONOUNCE v. to pronounce incorrectly. |
| MULTIPLICATORS | • multiplicators n. Plural of multiplicator. • MULTIPLICATOR n. a multiplier. |
| OVERMULTIPLIES | • overmultiplies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overmultiply. • OVERMULTIPLY v. to become too numerous. |
| PAPILLOMAVIRUS | • papillomavirus n. (Virology) Any variety of virus which causes warts. • PAPILLOMAVIRUS n. any of a genus of double-stranded DNA viruses that cause papillomas and are sometimes associated with human cancers of the genital tract and esp. of the cervix. |
| PARSIMONIOUSLY | • parsimoniously adv. In a parsimonious manner. • PARSIMONIOUS adv. excessively sparing or frugal. |
| PRIMOGENITURES | • primogenitures n. Plural of primogeniture. • PRIMOGENITURE n. an exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son, also PRIMOGENITIVE. |
| PROTOACTINIUMS | • PROTOACTINIUM n. a radioactive element that yields actinium on disintegration. |
| SUBMICROSCOPIC | • submicroscopic adj. Smaller than microscopic; too small to be seen even with a microscope. • SUBMICROSCOPIC adj. too small to be seen in an ordinary light microscope. |
| SUPERAMBITIOUS | • superambitious adj. (Informal) Very ambitious. • SUPERAMBITIOUS adj. extremely ambitious. |
| UNCOMPROMISING | • uncompromising adj. Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions. • uncompromising adj. Principled. • UNCOMPROMISING adj. not making or accepting a compromise. |