COMPELLATION | • compellation n. (Archaic, rare) An act of addressing a person by a certain name or title. • compellation n. (Archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation. • compellation n. (Obsolete) An act of addressing or speaking to someone; also, the address or speech so made. |
HOLOPLANKTON | • holoplankton n. (Biology) Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton. • HOLOPLANKTON n. organisms which remain as plankton throughout their whole life cycle. |
METALLOPHONE | • metallophone n. Any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound. • METALLOPHONE n. an instrument like a xylophone with metal bars, the hammers being operated by hand or by means of a keyboard. |
NONPOLITICAL | • nonpolitical adj. Not political; not related to politics. • non-political adj. Alternative form of nonpolitical. • NONPOLITICAL adj. not political. |
OUTGALLOPING | • outgalloping v. Present participle of outgallop. • OUTGALLOP v. to surpass at galloping. |
PALEONTOLOGY | • paleontology n. (American spelling) Study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially… • PALEONTOLOGY n. the study of fossils, also PALAEONTOLOGY. |
PALYNOLOGIST | • palynologist n. One who studies palynology (pollen, spores, and other particulate organic matter). • PALYNOLOGIST n. a student of palynology. |
PLACENTOLOGY | • placentology n. (Medicine) The study of the placenta. • PLACENTOLOGY n. the scientific study of placentae. |
POLLINATIONS | • pollinations n. Plural of pollination. • POLLINATION n. the process of transferring the pollen from its place of production to the place where the egg cell is produced. |
POLYTONALISM | • POLYTONALISM n. the state of being polytonal, having many keys. |
POLYTONALIST | • polytonalist n. (Music) A person who composes or plays polytonal music. • POLYTONALIST n. one who writes polytonal music. |
POLYTONALITY | • polytonality n. (Music) The use of multiple keys in the same composition, especially by multiple instruments at the same time. • POLYTONALITY n. two or more tonalities in a composition. |
POPULATIONAL | • populational adj. Of or pertaining to population. • POPULATIONAL adj. relating to population. |
POSITIONALLY | • positionally adv. In a positional context; in terms of position. • POSITIONAL adv. of, relating to, or fixed by position. |
POSTCOLONIAL | • postcolonial adj. Following the end of colonial rule. • postcolonial adj. (Philosophy) Of or pertaining to postcolonialism. • postcolonial n. A person living in a postcolonial society. |
POSTILLATION | • postillation n. The act of postillating; exposition of Scripture in preaching. • POSTILLATION n. the act of postillating, glossing a text. |