PREFECTURE | • prefecture n. The office or position of a prefect. • prefecture n. The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of… • PREFECTURE n. the office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his official residence. |
PERFUNCTORY | • perfunctory adj. Done only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty. • perfunctory adj. Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote. • PERFUNCTORY adj. characterized by routine or superficiality, mechanical. |
PREFECTURAL | • prefectural adj. Of, pertaining to or at the level of a prefecture. • PREFECTURAL adj. relating to a prefecture. |
PREFECTURES | • prefectures n. Plural of prefecture. • PREFECTURE n. the office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his official residence. |
PURIFICATOR | • purificator n. One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier. • purificator n. (Christianity) The napkin used to wipe the lip of the chalice during Holy Communion. • PURIFICATOR n. a cloth used to wipe the Eucharist chalice. |
COUNTERPROOF | • counterproof n. (Printing) The inverted image of an original proof. • counterproof n. (Logic) A proof that contradicts a given statement. • COUNTERPROOF n. an inverted impression obtained from a newly printed proof of an engraving, by laying it, while the ink is still wet, upon plain paper, and passing it through the press. |
POSTFRACTURE | • postfracture adj. (Medicine) After a bone fracture. • POSTFRACTURE adj. taking place after a fracture. |
PURIFICATORS | • purificators n. Plural of purificator. • PURIFICATOR n. a cloth used to wipe the Eucharist chalice. |
PURIFICATORY | • purificatory adj. That purifies; purificative. • PURIFICATORY adj. serving to purify, also PURIFICATIVE. |
COUNTERPROOFS | • counterproofs n. Plural of counterproof. • COUNTERPROOF n. an inverted impression obtained from a newly printed proof of an engraving, by laying it, while the ink is still wet, upon plain paper, and passing it through the press. |
PERFUNCTORILY | • perfunctorily adv. In a perfunctory manner, without interest or concern for quality. • PERFUNCTORY adv. characterized by routine or superficiality, mechanical. |
SUBPREFECTURE | • subprefecture n. An administrative division of a country below prefecture. • sub-prefecture n. Alternative form of subprefecture. • SUBPREFECTURE n. the office of subprefect. |
SUPERTERRIFIC | • superterrific adj. (Informal) terrific, wonderful. • SUPERTERRIFIC adj. extremely terrific. |
PARTURIFACIENT | • parturifacient n. (Medicine) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbirth. • PARTURIFACIENT n. an oxytocic drug or agent, used to accelerate childbirth by stimulating uterine contractions. |
PREMANUFACTURE | • premanufacture v. To manufacture in advance. • PREMANUFACTURE v. to manufacture in advance. |
SUBPREFECTURES | • subprefectures n. Plural of subprefecture. • sub-prefectures n. Plural of sub-prefecture. • SUBPREFECTURE n. the office of subprefect. |
PARTURIFACIENTS | • parturifacients n. Plural of parturifacient. • PARTURIFACIENT n. an oxytocic drug or agent, used to accelerate childbirth by stimulating uterine contractions. |
PERFUNCTORINESS | • perfunctoriness n. The characteristic or state of being perfunctory. • PERFUNCTORINESS n. the state of being perfunctory. |
PREMANUFACTURED | • premanufactured v. Simple past tense and past participle of premanufacture. • PREMANUFACTURE v. to manufacture in advance. |
PREMANUFACTURES | • premanufactures v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of premanufacture. • PREMANUFACTURE v. to manufacture in advance. |