| ANTHROPOMORPH | • anthropomorph n. A figure in ancient art resembling a human being. • anthropomorph n. An anthropomorphic character. • ANTHROPOMORPH n. a stylized human figure. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| COMPANIONSHIP | • companionship n. The state of having or being a companion. • companionship n. (Archaic) An association, a fellowship. • companionship n. The state of being a journeyman. |
| EPIPHENOMENON | • epiphenomenon n. An activity, process, or state that is the result of another; a by-product, a consequence. • epiphenomenon n. (Philosophy, psychology) A mental process or state that is an incidental by-product of physiological… • epiphenomenon n. (Pathology) A symptom that develops during the course of a disease that is not connected to the disease. |
| HIPPOPOTAMIAN | • hippopotamian adj. Resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus. • HIPPOPOTAMIAN adj. like a hippopotamus, clumsy, also HIPPOPOTAMIC. |
| 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. |
| MISPROPORTION | • misproportion v. (Transitive) To give the wrong proportions to. • MISPROPORTION v. to proportion wrongly. |
| MONOPHOSPHATE | • monophosphate n. (Chemistry) any compound containing a single phosphate unit. • MONOPHOSPHATE n. an ester of phosphoric acid. |
| MORPHOPHONEME | • morphophoneme n. (Linguistics) One of the units of which the underlying representations of morphemes are composed. • MORPHOPHONEME n. either or any of two or more phonemes which form variant morphs representing one morpheme (as in wife, wives). |
| NINCOMPOOPERY | • nincompoopery n. The beliefs and behaviours of a nincompoop; folly; idiocy. • NINCOMPOOPERY n. the state of being a nincompoop. |
| 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. |
| PHONOCAMPTICS | • PHONOCAMPTICS n. the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes. |
| PNEUMATOPHORE | • pneumatophore n. (Zoology) A gas-filled sac or float of some colonial marine coelenterates, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. • pneumatophore n. (Botany) An aerial root, in mangroves etc., specialized for gaseous exchange. • pneumatophore n. An apparatus consisting of a bag with a tube and mouthpiece, which may be attached to the body. The… |
| POMPOUSNESSES | • pompousnesses n. Plural of pompousness. • POMPOUSNESS n. the state of being pompous. |
| POSTMENOPAUSE | • postmenopause n. The period in which menopause no longer occurs; often defined as the first full year in which no menstruation occurs. |
| POSTPONEMENTS | • postponements n. Plural of postponement. • POSTPONEMENT n. the act of postponing. |
| PYTHONOMORPHS | • pythonomorphs n. Plural of pythonomorph. • PYTHONOMORPH n. a large marine reptile of the Cretaceous period, with long, scaly body and paddle-shaped limbs. |
| SPHYGMOPHONES | • sphygmophones n. Plural of sphygmophone. • SPHYGMOPHONE n. an instrument for hearing the pulse. |