| IMPORTUNATE | • importunate adj. (Of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so. • importunate adj. (Of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. • importunate v. (Rare) To importune, or to obtain by importunity. |
| IMPORTUNITY | • importunity n. A constant and insistent demanding. • importunity n. (Obsolete) An inappropriate or unsuitable time; unseasonableness. • IMPORTUNITY n. the state of being importunate. |
| INTERRUPTOR | • interruptor n. Alternative form of interrupter. • INTERRUPTOR n. one who interrupts, also INTERRUPTER. |
| LUTEOTROPIN | • luteotropin n. (Biochemistry) Prolactin; a peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates… • LUTEOTROPIN n. another name for the hormone prolactin, also LUTEOTROPHIN. |
| OPPORTUNIST | • opportunist n. Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle. • OPPORTUNIST n. one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism. |
| OPPORTUNITY | • opportunity n. A chance for advancement, progress or profit. • opportunity n. A favorable circumstance or occasion. • opportunity n. (Nonstandard, Euro-English) opportuneness. |
| OUTSPORTING | • outsporting v. Present participle of outsport. • OUTSPORT v. (Shakespeare) to sport beyond the limits of. |
| OUTSPRINTED | • outsprinted v. Simple past tense and past participle of outsprint. • OUTSPRINT v. to excel in sprinting. |
| OUTTRUMPING | • outtrumping v. Present participle of outtrump. • OUTTRUMP v. to surpass in trumping. |
| PARTURITION | • parturition n. The act of giving birth; childbirth. • PARTURITION n. the act of giving birth. |
| PERMUTATION | • permutation n. One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered. • permutation n. (Mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself. • permutation n. (Mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements. |
| PIROUETTING | • pirouetting v. Present participle of pirouette. • pirouetting n. The act of turning a pirouette. • PIROUETTE v. to make a pirouette. |
| PLURIPOTENT | • pluripotent adj. (Biology) Able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all. • PLURIPOTENT adj. not fixed as to development potentialities e.g. 'pluripotent stem cells'. |
| PRETENTIOUS | • pretentious adj. Intended to impress others. • pretentious adj. Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction. • PRETENTIOUS adj. making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing). |
| REPUTATIONS | • reputations n. Plural of reputation. • REPUTATION n. overall quality or character as seen or judged by people in general. |
| STUPRATIONS | • stuprations n. Plural of stupration. • STUPRATION n. (archaic) rape, violation. |
| UNIMPORTANT | • unimportant adj. Petty; not important or noteworthy. • UNIMPORTANT adj. not important. |
| UNPATRIOTIC | • unpatriotic adj. Not patriotic. • UNPATRIOTIC adj. not patriotic. |