| 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. |
| NONPHOSPHATES | • nonphosphates n. Plural of nonphosphate. |
| 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. |
| OPPORTUNENESS | • opportuneness n. The state or condition of being opportune. • OPPORTUNE n. happening at the right time. |
| PEPTONISATION | • peptonisation n. Alternative form of peptonization. • PEPTONISATION n. the process of peptonising, also PEPTONIZATION. |
| PEPTONIZATION | • peptonization n. (Physiology, biochemistry) The conversion of a protein into peptones under the influence of the enzyme pepsin. • PEPTONIZATION n. the process of peptonizing, also PEPTONISATION. |
| PHYTOPLANKTON | • phytoplankton n. Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis. • PHYTOPLANKTON n. vegetable plankton, that includes diatoms, desmids, and dinoflagellates. |
| POSTPONEMENTS | • postponements n. Plural of postponement. • POSTPONEMENT n. the act of postponing. |
| 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. |