| APPROXIMATELY | • approximately adv. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount. • APPROXIMATE adv. close together. |
| APPROXIMATING | • approximating v. Present participle of approximate. • APPROXIMATE v. to come close to. |
| 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. |
| APPROXIMATIVE | • approximative adj. Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation. • approximative n. (Grammar) A grammatical construct that expresses approximation. • APPROXIMATIVE adj. approaching closely. |
| EXOPEPTIDASES | • exopeptidases n. Plural of exopeptidase. • EXOPEPTIDASE n. any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyze peptide bonds. |
| EXPROPRIATING | • expropriating v. Present participle of expropriate. • EXPROPRIATE v. to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. |
| EXPROPRIATION | • expropriation n. The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private… • EXPROPRIATION n. the act of expropriating. |
| EXPROPRIATORS | • expropriators n. Plural of expropriator. • EXPROPRIATOR n. one who expropriates. |
| PREEXPERIMENT | • preexperiment adj. Before an experiment takes place. • preexperiment n. A simple form of research that examines a group or groups before and after an event, to see whether… • PREEXPERIMENT adj. preceding an experiment. |
| PROPAROXYTONE | • proparoxytone adj. (Linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable. • proparoxytone n. (Linguistics) A proparoxytone word. • PROPAROXYTONE n. in ancient Greek, a word having the acute accent on the third last syllable. |
| PROPRIETRIXES | • proprietrixes n. Plural of proprietrix. • PROPRIETRIX n. a female proprietor, also PROPRIETRESS. |
| XIPHIPLASTRAL | • xiphiplastral adj. Relating to a xiphiplastron. • XIPHIPLASTRAL n. a type of chelonian. |
| XIPHIPLASTRON | • xiphiplastron n. The posterior, or fourth lateral plate in the plastron of a turtle. • XIPHIPLASTRON n. in chelonians, one of the plates forming the plastron, lying posterior to the hypoplastron. |