FLUNITRAZEPAMS | • FLUNITRAZEPAM n. a powerful hypnotic drug with relaxant properties. |
HALFPENNYWORTH | • halfpennyworth n. (Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation). • halfpennyworth n. (Britain, informal) A negligible amount. • halfpennyworth n. (Britain, informal) One’s opinion or thoughts; one’s two cents. |
HYPERINFLATION | • hyperinflation n. (Economics) A very high rate of inflation. • HYPERINFLATION n. inflation growing at a very high rate in a very short time. |
PATRESFAMILIAS | • patresfamilias n. Plural of paterfamilias. • PATERFAMILIAS n. (Latin) the head of the family. |
PERFECTABILITY | • perfectability n. The state or quality of being able to be perfected. |
PERFECTIBILIAN | • perfectibilian n. (Archaic) A perfectionist. • PERFECTIBILIAN n. a believer in the perfectibility of mankind, also PERFECTIBILIST. |
PERFORMABILITY | • performability n. A measurement of how well a system performs over a period of time, regardless of the presence of faults. • PERFORMABILITY n. the state of being performable. |
PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
PREFERENTIALLY | • preferentially adv. In a preferential manner. • preferentially adv. Advantageously. • PREFERENTIAL adv. showing preference. |
PREFORMULATING | • preformulating v. Present participle of preformulate. • PREFORMULATE v. to formulate in advance. |
PROFITABLENESS | • profitableness n. The quality of being profitable; gainfulness; usefulness; advantageousness. • PROFITABLE n. yielding profit. |
PROLIFERATIONS | • proliferations n. Plural of proliferation. • PROLIFERATION n. a rapid increase in number. |
REFLECTOGRAPHS | • reflectographs n. Plural of reflectograph. • REFLECTOGRAPH n. an image produced by reflectography. |
REFLECTOGRAPHY | • reflectography n. An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting… • REFLECTOGRAPHY n. a technique used to detect underdrawing, etc. in a painting, in which infrared light is bounced off the lowest, gessoed layer and the resulting image viewed on a TV monitor. |
SUPERFICIALITY | • superficiality n. The property of being superficial, the tendency to judge by surface appearance. • SUPERFICIALITY n. the state of being superficial. |
TEMPERAMENTFUL | • TEMPERAMENTFUL adj. full of temperament. |
WAFFLESTOMPERS | • wafflestompers n. Plural of wafflestomper. • waffle-stompers n. Plural of waffle-stomper. • waffle␣stompers n. Plural of waffle stomper. |