| BROMOCRIPTINES | • bromocriptines n. Plural of bromocriptine. • BROMOCRIPTINE n. a polypeptide ergot derivative that mimics the activity of dopamine in inhibiting prolactin secretion. |
| CONSCRIPTIONAL | • conscriptional adj. Relating to conscription. • CONSCRIPTIONAL adj. relating to conscription. |
| DESCRIPTIVISMS | • descriptivisms n. Plural of descriptivism. • DESCRIPTIVISM n. a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| ELLIPTICALNESS | • ellipticalness n. Quality of being elliptical. • ELLIPTICAL n. having the shape of an ellipse, also ELLIPTIC. |
| LITHONTRIPTICS | • lithontriptics n. Plural of lithontriptic. • LITHONTRIPTIC n. a medicine for dissolving kidney stones, also LITHONTHRYPTIC, LITHOTRIPTIC. |
| LITHONTRIPTIST | • lithontriptist n. Alternative form of lithotriptist. • LITHONTRIPTIST n. a surgeon who performs a lithotripsy. |
| LITHOTRIPTISTS | • lithotriptists n. Plural of lithotriptist. • LITHOTRIPTIST n. a surgeon who performs a lithotripsy. |
| MISDESCRIPTION | • misdescription n. An inaccurate description, often fraudulent. • MISDESCRIPTION n. the act of misdescribing. |
| NONDESCRIPTIVE | • nondescriptive adj. Alternative spelling of non-descriptive. • non-descriptive adj. Not descriptive; failing to provide a description. • NONDESCRIPTIVE adj. not descriptive. |
| PRESCRIPTIVELY | • prescriptively adv. In a prescriptive manner. • PRESCRIPTIVE adv. serving to prescribe; (law) acquired through uninterrupted possession. |
| PRESCRIPTIVISM | • prescriptivism n. (Linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms… • PRESCRIPTIVISM n. the belief that moral edicts are merely orders with no truth value. |
| PRESCRIPTIVIST | • prescriptivist n. (Linguistics) Someone who lays down rules regarding language usage, or who believes that traditional… • prescriptivist adj. Having a tendency to prescribe. • PRESCRIPTIVIST n. an adherent of prescriptivism, the belief that moral edicts are merely orders with no truth value. |
| PROSCRIPTIVELY | • proscriptively adv. In a proscriptive manner. • PROSCRIPTIVE adv. relating to proscription. |
| REDESCRIPTIONS | • redescriptions n. Plural of redescription. • REDESCRIPTION n. a new and more complete description esp. of a biological taxon. |
| SEMIELLIPTICAL | • semielliptical adj. (Architecture) Having the form of half an ellipse (divided along the major axis). • semi-elliptical adj. Alternative form of semielliptical. • SEMIELLIPTICAL adj. being in the form of a partial ellipse. |
| SUPERSCRIPTION | • superscription n. Something written (or engraved) on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address… • superscription n. An editorial addition at the beginning, often indicating the authorship of a piece. • superscription n. The act of superscribing. |
| TRANSCRIPTIONS | • transcriptions n. Plural of transcription. • TRANSCRIPTION n. the act of transcribing. |