| 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. |
| INOPPORTUNELY | • inopportunely adv. In an inopportune manner. • INOPPORTUNE adv. inconvenient, unseasonable. |
| INOPPORTUNITY | • inopportunity n. (Dated) Lack of opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience. • INOPPORTUNITY n. the state of being inopportune. |
| NINCOMPOOPERY | • nincompoopery n. The beliefs and behaviours of a nincompoop; folly; idiocy. • NINCOMPOOPERY n. the state of being a nincompoop. |
| OPPIGNERATION | • oppigneration n. Alternative form of oppignoration. • OPPIGNERATION n. the act or an instance of pawning or pledging, also OPPIGNORATION. |
| OPPIGNORATING | • oppignorating v. Present participle of oppignorate. • OPPIGNORATE v. (obsolete) to pawn, also OPPIGNERATE. |
| OPPIGNORATION | • oppignoration n. (Obsolete) The act of pawning or laying in pledge. • OPPIGNORATION n. the act of pawning, also OPPIGNERATION. |
| PARALIPOMENON | • paralipomenon n. (Biblical) Either of the Books of Chronicles in the Old Testament. • paralipomenon n. (Usually in the plural) An omission, especially one of a book, added later as a supplement. • PARALIPOMENON n. a thing added as a supplement to a main text, also PARALEIPOMENON. |
| PERISPOMENONS | • PERISPOMENON n. a word having a circumflex accent on the final syllable. |
| PRECONCEPTION | • preconception n. An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice. • preconception n. A prejudice that prevents rational consideration of an issue. • preconception adj. (Medicine) Preconceptional. |
| PREPORTIONING | • preportioning v. Present participle of preportion. • preportioning n. The practice of dividing into portions before use. • pre-portioning v. Present participle of pre-portion. |
| PROPORTIONING | • proportioning v. Present participle of proportion. • PROPORTIONING n. an adjustment of proportions. |
| PROPUGNATIONS | • propugnations n. Plural of propugnation. • PROPUGNATION n. (Shakespeare) defence. |
| SPOROPOLLENIN | • sporopollenin n. (Botany) A combination of biopolymers, observed in the exine layer of the spore and pollen wall. • SPOROPOLLENIN n. a polymer that comprises the exine (outer layer of the wall) of spores and pollen grains. |