| ABSCESS | • abscess n. (Pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and… • abscess v. (Intransitive) To form a pus-filled cavity, typically from an infection. • ABSCESS n. a collection of pus in a cavity, usually causing an inflamed swelling. |
| ACCESS | • access n. (Uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage. • access n. (Uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance. • access n. (Uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility. |
| CESS | • cess n. (Britain, Ireland) An assessed tax, duty, or levy. • cess n. (Britain, Ireland, informal) Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success. • cess n. (Obsolete) Bound; measure. |
| EXCESS | • excess n. The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or… • excess n. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder. • excess n. An act of eating or drinking more than enough. |
| MULTIACCESS | • multiaccess adj. Accessible to many. • MULTIACCESS n. (relating to) a computer system that allows several users to access it at the same time. |
| NONSUCCESS | • nonsuccess n. Absence of success; failure. • NONSUCCESS n. a failure. |
| OVERPROCESS | • overprocess v. (Transitive) To process to too great a degree. • OVERPROCESS v. to process excessively. |
| PRECESS | • precess v. (Of an axis of rotation) To have an angle that varies cyclically. • precess v. (Of a rotating object) To wobble; to rotate about an axis that precesses. • PRECESS v. of a spinning globe, top etc., to wobble. |
| PREPROCESS | • preprocess v. (Computing) To process in advance. • pre-process v. Alternative spelling of preprocess. • PREPROCESS v. to process beforehand. |
| PRINCESS | • princess n. A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. • princess n. A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class. • princess n. (Now archaic) A female ruler or monarch; a queen. |
| PROCESS | • process n. A series of events which produce a result (the product). • process n. (Manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries. • process n. A path of succession of states through which a system passes. |
| RECESS | • recess n. (Archaic) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back. • recess n. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. • recess n. A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest. |
| REPROCESS | • reprocess v. To process again. • REPROCESS v. to process again. |
| SUBPROCESS | • subprocess n. A process that is part of a larger overall process. • subprocess v. (Transitive) To process as part of a larger overall process. • SUBPROCESS n. part of a process. |
| SUCCESS | • success n. The achievement of one’s aim or goal. • success n. (Business) Financial profitability. • success n. One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals. |
| UNSUCCESS | • unsuccess n. A lack of success. • UNSUCCESS n. lack of success, failure. |