| CLYPEIFORM | • clypeiform adj. Shield-shaped; clypeate. • CLYPEIFORM adj. shaped like a buckler, a round shield, also CLYPEATE. |
| COMPLEXIFY | • complexify v. To make something more complex; to complicate. • COMPLEXIFY v. to render complex. |
| COMPLEXIFYING | • complexifying v. Present participle of complexify. • COMPLEXIFY v. to render complex. |
| EXEMPLIFY | • exemplify v. (Transitive) To show or illustrate by example. • exemplify v. (Transitive) To be an instance of or serve as an example. • exemplify v. (Transitive) To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal. |
| EXEMPLIFYING | • exemplifying v. Present participle of exemplify. • EXEMPLIFY v. to serve as an example. |
| IMPERFECTIVELY | • imperfectively adv. (Grammar) In an imperfective manner or context. • IMPERFECTIVE adv. expressing action as incomplete or without reference to completion or as reiterated. |
| IMPERFECTLY | • imperfectly adv. In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely. • IMPERFECT adv. not perfect, also UNPERFECT. |
| OVERSIMPLIFY | • oversimplify v. To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity… • OVERSIMPLIFY v. to simplify to such an extent as to bring about distortion, misunderstanding, or error. |
| OVERSIMPLIFYING | • oversimplifying v. Present participle of oversimplify. • OVERSIMPLIFY v. to simplify to such an extent as to bring about distortion, misunderstanding, or error. |
| 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. |
| STEPFAMILY | • stepfamily n. Any family having one or more stepchildren or stepparents. • stepfamily n. The family of one’s stepfather or stepmother; those immediate family members not related by blood. • STEPFAMILY n. a family acquired by a second marriage. |
| SUPERFAMILY | • superfamily n. (Taxonomy) A taxonomic category above family and below order (and its subdivisions). • superfamily n. (Molecular biology) A large group of related proteins or other molecules. • SUPERFAMILY n. a category of biological classification ranking below an order and above a family. |