AMPLIATIONS | • ampliations n. Plural of ampliation. • AMPLIATION n. enlargement; amplification. |
ANTITYPICAL | • antitypical adj. Of or pertaining to an antitype. • ANTITYPICAL adj. relating to an antitype, an object or person prefigured by the type or symbol, also ANTITYPAL, ANTITYPIC. |
APPLICATION | • application n. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense. • application n. The substance applied. • application n. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use. |
APTITUDINAL | • aptitudinal adj. Relating to aptitude. • aptitudinal adj. (Obsolete) suitable; fit. • APTITUDINAL adj. relating to aptitude. |
LAPIDATIONS | • lapidations n. Plural of lapidation. • LAPIDATION n. (archaic) the act of stoning. |
MAINTOPSAIL | • MAINTOPSAIL n. the sail above the mainsail. |
PALLIATIONS | • palliations n. Plural of palliation. • PALLIATION n. the act of palliating. |
PALPITATING | • palpitating adj. Very exciting. • palpitating v. Present participle of palpitate. • PALPITATE v. to throb, beat rapidly. |
PALPITATION | • palpitation n. An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness. • PALPITATION n. a nervous throbbing. |
PANISLAMIST | • PANISLAMIST adj. of or relating to the doctrine that all Muslims should be united under one Islamic state. |
PARTIALLING | • partialling v. Present participle of partial. • PARTIAL v. as in partial out, to eliminate a factor in statistics. |
PATRICIANLY | • patricianly adj. Befitting a patrician. • PATRICIAN adv. aristocratic. |
PATRILINEAL | • patrilineal adj. (Anthropology) Pertaining to descent through male lines. • PATRILINEAL adj. traced through the father or through males alone, also PATRILINEAR. |
PATRILINEAR | • patrilinear adj. Alternative form of patrilineal. • PATRILINEAR adj. traced through the father or through males alone, also PATRILINEAL. |
PATRIMONIAL | • patrimonial adj. Of or pertaining to patrimony. • patrimonial adj. Legally (or otherwise) inherited from one or more ancestors. • PATRIMONIAL adj. relating to patrimony. |
PLANARITIES | • planarities n. Plural of planarity. • PLANARITY n. the property of being planar, lying in a single plane. |
PLASTILINAS | • PLASTILINA n. a mixture of clay with oil, zinc oxide, sulphur and wax for modelling. |
PURITANICAL | • puritanical adj. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice. • puritanical adj. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid (often used… • puritanical n. One who holds puritanical attitudes. |
SAINTPAULIA | • saintpaulia n. (Botany) Any of the perennial flowering plants of the genus Saintpaulia, the African violets, especially… • Saintpaulia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Gesneriaceae – now often Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia; African violets. • SAINTPAULIA n. a tropical African flowering plant of the genus Saintpaulia, commonly grown as a pot plant, the African violet. |
TULIPOMANIA | • tulipomania n. Enthusiasm for tulips, as in a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for bulbs… • TULIPOMANIA n. an obsession with tulips. |