Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
amplificator
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
apoplectiform
apoplectiform
adj
(medicine) Of or resembling apoplexy.
apterygiformes
archaeopterygiformes
calyptriform
calyptriform
adj
Having the form of a calyptra.
capitelliform
capituliform
capituliform
adj
Resembling a capitulum.
cataleptiform
cataleptiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling catalepsy.
craftmanship
craftmanship
noun
Alternative form of craftsmanship
craftsmanship
craftsmanship
noun
An example of a craftsman's work.
The quality of being a craftsman.
craftsmanships
craftsmanships
noun
plural of craftsmanship
craftsmenship
craftsmenships
draftmanship
draftmanship
noun
Alternative form of draftsmanship
draftsmanship
draftsmanship
noun
the art or craft of a draftsman
the skill of drawing
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
epididymodeferentectomy
epididymodeferential
epileptiform
epileptiform
adj
Of or pertaining to epilepsy, or resembling epilepsy, particularly in regard to its associated seizures.
exemplificator
femoropopliteal
femoropopliteal
adj
Relating to the femur and popliteus.
fibrolipomatous
fibrolipomatous
adj
(pathology) Relating to fibrolipomas
filmstrip
filmstrip
noun
(computer graphics) A file containing a sequence of images or video frames.
A length of film containing individual photographs or diagrams intended to be shown in sequence as instruction or as a visual aid.
filmstrips
filmstrips
noun
plural of filmstrip
foreappointment
foreappointment
noun
Previous appointment; preordination.
forepredicament
frumpiest
frumpiest
adj
superlative form of frumpy: most frumpy
handicraftsmanship
handicraftsmanship
noun
Synonym of handicraftship
herpetiform
herpetiform
adj
Resembling the symptoms of herpes.
hesperornithiformes
humidityproof
hyperconformist
hyperconformity
hyperconformity
noun
Excessive conformity
hypocrateriform
hypocrateriform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a salver.
imperfect
imperfect
adj
(botany) unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
(grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous
(obsolete) lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
(taxonomy) known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
not perfect
noun
(grammar) a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous
something having a minor flaw
verb
(transitive) to make imperfect
imperfectability
imperfectability
noun
the quality of not being perfectable; of being forever imperfect
imperfected
imperfected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imperfect
imperfectibility
imperfectibility
noun
The state or quality of being imperfectible.
imperfectible
imperfectible
adj
Incapable of being made perfect.
imperfection
imperfection
noun
(countable) Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc.
(uncountable) Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.
imperfections
imperfections
noun
plural of imperfection
imperfectious
imperfective
imperfective
adj
Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect.
noun
The imperfective aspect; a verb having this aspect.
imperfectly
imperfectly
adv
In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.
imperfectness
imperfectness
noun
The state of being imperfect.
imperfects
imperfects
noun
plural of imperfect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperfect
imperforata
imperforate
imperforate
adj
(medicine) Synonym of atretic
Not perforated, as:
noun
(philately) A postage stamp that has not been perforated.
imperforated
imperforated
adj
Not perforated; having no opening or aperture; imperforate.
imperforates
imperforates
noun
plural of imperforate
imperforation
imperforation
noun
(medicine) Absence of perforation in a normally patent structure.
The state of being without perforation.
impersonification
impersonification
noun
(archaic) personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form
(archaic) the act of impersonating; impersonation
implementiferous
implementiferous
adj
(archaeology) Yielding implements.
improfitable
improfitable
adj
(obsolete) Synonym of unprofitable
improlificate
infradiaphragmatic
infradiaphragmatic
adj
(medicine) Below the diaphragm.
infratemporal
infratemporal
adj
(anatomy) Below the temple or temporal bone.
leptiform
leptiform
adj
(zoology) Having a form somewhat like leptus; said of active insect larvae with three pairs of legs.
medioperforate
mifepristone
mifepristone
noun
(pharmacology) A steroid pharmaceutical (trademark RU-486) that inhibits the action of progesterone given orally in early pregnancy to induce abortion, or as an emergency contraceptive.
mistakeproof
mistakeproof
adj
Resistant to mistakes.
miteproof
miteproof
adj
Resistant to mites.
moistureproof
moistureproof
adj
Resistant to moisture.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to moisture.
mosquitoproof
mosquitoproof
adj
Resistant to mosquitos.
mothproofing
mothproofing
verb
present participle of mothproof
multiperforate
multiperforate
Adjective
Having multiple perforations.
multiperforated
multiperforated
adj
Having multiple perforations.
myeloproliferative
myeloproliferative
adj
(medicine) of or pertaining to the presence of an abnormal proliferation of myelopoietic cells (from bone marrow)
mynpachtbrief
nonexemplificatior
nonpreferentialism
novemperfoliate
omniperfect
omniperfect
adj
Truly perfect in every way.
outperforming
outperforming
verb
present participle of outperform
ovatopyriform
oversimplification
oversimplification
noun
An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
The process of making such an explanation.
oversimplifications
oversimplifications
noun
plural of oversimplification
palmatiform
patelliform
patelliform
adj
Having the shape of a patella.
Resembling a limpet of the genus Patella.
paterfamiliar
paterfamiliar
adj
Of or relating to a paterfamilias.
paterfamiliarly
paterfamilias
paterfamilias
noun
A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.
paterfamiliases
pateriform
pateriform
adj
Resembling a patera.
pathoformic
patresfamilias
patresfamilias
noun
plural of paterfamilias
pectinatofimbricate
pectiniform
pectiniform
adj
Having the form of a comb; pectinate.
pedatiform
peltiform
peltiform
adj
shield-like, with the outline nearly circular; peltate
perfectibilism
perfectionism
perfectionism
noun
(philosophy) A belief that spiritual perfection may be achieved during life, or that it should be striven for.
An unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection.
perfectionizement
perfectionment
perfectionment
noun
The act of bringing to perfection.
The state of having attained perfection.
perfectism
perforatorium
perforatorium
noun
(biology, dated) The acrosome.
performability
performability
noun
A measurement of how well a system performs over a period of time, regardless of the presence of faults.
performative
performative
adj
(philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said.
Being done as a performance in order to create an impression.
noun
A performative utterance.
petaliform
petaliform
adj
(botany) Having the form of a petal.
phoenicopteriformes
phytiform
pilferment
pistilliform
pistilliform
adj
Shaped like a pistil.
placentiform
placentiform
adj
(botany) Having the shape of a placenta, or thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle.
plataleiform
platformish
platformism
platformism
noun
(anarchism) An anarchist tendency stressing the need for organizations that can influence working-class and peasant movements through ideological and tactical unity, collective responsibility, and federalism.
platformist
platformist
noun
A supporter of platformism.
platformistic
plinthiform
pluteiform
podetiiform
postforming
postforming
verb
present participle of postform
preaffirmation
preaffirmative
preconfinement
preconfinement
adj
Prior to confinement
noun
confinement prior to some other process, typically prior to delivery of a baby
preconfinemnt
preconfirmation
preconfirmation
adj
Prior to confirmation.
noun
confirmation in advance
preconformity
preconformity
noun
conformity in advance
prefamiliarity
preferentialism
prefermentation
prefermentation
adj
Prior to fermentation
noun
fermentation prior to another process
prefigurement
prefigurement
noun
That which is prefigured.
The act of prefiguring; prefiguration.
preformation
preformation
noun
(biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and just increase in size (as opposed to epigenesis).
Prior formation.
preformationary
preformationary
adj
(biology, historical) Relating to the theory of preformation.
preformationism
preformationism
noun
(biology) the theory that all organisms start their existence already in a predetermined form upon conception and this form does not change in the course of their lifetime (as opposed to epigenesis)
preformationist
preformationist
noun
(biology, historical) A proponent of the theory of preformationism.
preformative
preformative
adj
(grammar) Chiefly in Semitic languages: of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element.
Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later.
Of or pertaining to preformation.
noun
Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word.
preformist
preformist
noun
Synonym of preformationist
preformistic
preformistic
adj
Relating to the theory of preformationism.
preformulating
preformulating
verb
present participle of preformulate
preformulation
preformulation
noun
The formulation of a pharmaceutical drug in advance of general availability
prefulfillment
preindemnification
preinformation
premanifest
premanifest
adj
(pathology) Relating to the early stage of a disease, in which symptoms are not yet manifest
premanifestation
premanufacturing
premanufacturing
verb
present participle of premanufacture
premodification
premodification
noun
(grammar) modification by a premodifier
premortification
premortified
premortify
premortifying
prerefinement
prereformation
preterimperfect
preterimperfect
adj
(grammar, archaic) imperfect
noun
(grammar, archaic) The imperfect tense.
proconformity
profeminist
profeminist
noun
A supporter of feminism.
profeminists
profeminists
noun
plural of profeminist
profilometer
profilometer
noun
A device designed to measure the profile, and hence the roughness, of a surface.