| APPROPRIACY | • appropriacy n. The extent to which something is suitable or appropriate for a certain circumstance, occasion, etc; appropriateness. • APPROPRIACY n. the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms. |
| APPROPRIATE | • appropriate adj. Suitable or fit; proper. • appropriate adj. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially… • appropriate adj. (Obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved. |
| BIOPRINTING | • bioprinting n. The construction of a biological structure by computer-aided, automatic, layer-by-layer deposition… • BIOPRINTING n. the construction of replacement body parts using techniques developed for three-dimensional printing. |
| COPRINCIPAL | • coprincipal n. One of a group of people who act jointly as principals (in various senses). • COPRINCIPAL n. a joint principal. |
| COPRISONERS | • coprisoners n. Plural of coprisoner. • COPRISONER n. a fellow-prisoner. |
| EXPROPRIATE | • expropriate v. (Transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use. • EXPROPRIATE v. to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. |
| IMPROPRIATE | • impropriate v. (Transitive, obsolete) To appropriate for private use. • impropriate v. (Transitive) In ecclesiastical law, to place (ecclesiastical property) under control or management of a layperson. • impropriate adj. Of ecclesiastical property: placed under the control or management of a layperson. |
| IMPROPRIETY | • impropriety n. (Uncountable) The condition of being improper. • impropriety n. (Countable) An improper act. • impropriety n. Improper language. |
| LITHOPRINTS | • lithoprints n. Plural of lithoprint. • LITHOPRINT n. a print made by lithography. |
| MACROPRISMS | • macroprisms n. Plural of macroprism. • MACROPRISM n. in crystallography, a prism parallel to the macrodiagonal. |
| MICROPRINTS | • microprints n. Plural of microprint. • MICROPRINT n. a microphotograph of e.g. printed text. |
| MICROPRISMS | • microprisms n. Plural of microprism. • MICROPRISM n. a tiny prism used as a focusing aid on a single-lens reflex camera. |
| ORTHOPRISMS | • ORTHOPRISM n. in monoclinic crystals, a form consisting of two faces parallel to the orthodiagonal. |
| PROPRIETARY | • proprietary adj. Of or relating to property or ownership. • proprietary adj. Owning something; having ownership. • proprietary adj. Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret. |
| PROPRIETIES | • proprieties n. Plural of propriety. • PROPRIETY n. properness, correct behaviour. |
| PROPRIETORS | • proprietors n. Plural of proprietor. • PROPRIETOR n. an owner. |
| PROPRIETRIX | • proprietrix n. (Dated) A female proprietor. • PROPRIETRIX n. a female proprietor, also PROPRIETRESS. |