rebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
antescript
apocentric
apocentric
adj
(astrophysics) Of or pertaining to the apocenter, the point in an orbit which is furthest from the orbited body
appreciant
appreciant
adj
(archaic) appreciative
apprentice
apprentice
noun
(dated) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.
(historical) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
verb
(transitive) To be an apprentice to.
(transitive) To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
capernaite
capernoity
capernutie
carpentier
carpintero
carpintero
noun
The acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus, a woodpecker of southwestern North America, noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees.
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
correption
correption
noun
(obsolete) chiding; reproof; reproach
A shortening in pronunciation.
cryptopine
cryptopine
noun
(chemistry) A colourless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
decrypting
decrypting
verb
present participle of decrypt
decryption
decryption
noun
The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
depreciant
discrepant
discrepant
adj
Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
noun
(archaic) A dissident.
encrypting
encrypting
verb
present participle of encrypt
encryption
encryption
noun
(cryptography) A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.
(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
endotropic
epicenters
epicenters
noun
plural of epicenter
epicentral
epicentral
adj
Of or pertaining to an epicentre
noun
(anatomy) An epicentral bone
epicentrum
esperantic
esperantic
Adjective
In, relating to, or resembling Esperanto.
excerpting
excerpting
noun
The act of taking an excerpt.
verb
present participle of excerpt
excerption
excerption
noun
That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.
The act of excerpting or selecting.
frontpiece
hypertonic
hypertonic
adj
(anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic.
(of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another.
impartance
impartance
noun
impartation
importance
importance
noun
Something of importance.
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
personal status or standing.
significance or prominence.
indescript
indescript
adj
(rare) undescribed
inspectors
inspectors
noun
plural of inspector
inspectrix
inspectrix
noun
A female inspector.
intercepts
intercepts
noun
plural of intercept
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intercept
interclasp
interoptic
interpiece
interpiece
adj
Between pieces.
interplace
interplace
verb
To place between or among.
interpubic
interpubic
adj
(anatomy) Between the pubic bones or cartilage.
interpunct
interpunct
noun
(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨·⟩.
interspace
interspace
noun
A space or interval between two things; an interstice
verb
(transitive) To place (things) spaced out between other things.
(transitive) To sow or seed (an area) with things spaced out between other things.
introscope
introspect
introspect
verb
(intransitive) To engage in introspection.
(transitive) To look into.
(transitive, programming) To examine by means of type introspection.
isentropic
isentropic
adj
(thermodynamics, of process) Having a constant entropy
necrotypic
nitpickers
nitpickers
noun
plural of nitpicker
nociceptor
nociceptor
noun
(anatomy) A sensory receptor that sends signals that cause the perception of pain in response to a potentially damaging stimulus.
nonreceipt
nonreceipt
noun
Lack of receipt; failure to receive.
orthopneic
orthopneic
adj
Of or relating to orthopnea—a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture.
pancreatic
pancreatic
adj
Of or pertaining to the pancreas
pancreatin
pancreatin
noun
A mixture of several digestive enzymes produced by the exocrine cells of the pancreas, composed of amylase, lipase and protease.
paraenetic
paraenetic
adj
Alternative form of parenetic
parcidenta
parentelic
penitencer
penitencer
noun
(obsolete) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
penteteric
penteteric
adj
quinquennial
percentile
percentile
noun
(statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
(statistics) Any one of the hundred groups so divided.
perception
perception
noun
(cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.
Acuity
Conscious understanding of something.
The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
Vision (ability)
percipient
percipient
adj
(psychology, education, dated) Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, as a very young child.
Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly.
noun
(parapsychology) One who has perceived a paranormal event.
(philosophy, psychology) One who perceives something.
percutient
percutient
adj
(archaic) Striking; having the power of striking or hitting.
noun
(archaic) That which has the power of striking.
perfecting
perfecting
noun
(printing) The process of printing on both sides of the printed-on material during its single pass through the printing press.
verb
present participle of perfect
perfection
perfection
noun
A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence
verb
(now uncommon and nonstandard, transitive) To perfect.
perficient
perficient
adj
Making or doing thoroughly; efficient; effectual.
noun
One who endows a charity.
One who performs or perfects a work.
pericenter
pericenter
noun
(astronomy) The peribaryon, the point of closest approach of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction.
pericentre
pericentre
noun
Alternative spelling of pericenter
periculant
perlection
perlection
noun
the reading through of something.
pernickety
pernickety
adj
(chiefly Britain) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
Requiring attention to minor details.
pernickity
pertinence
pertinence
noun
The quality of being pertinent.
pertinency
pertinency
noun
(countable, dated) Something that is relevant to the matter at hand.
The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
petrogenic
petrogenic
adj
(of hydrocarbons etc) Produced by the incomplete combustion of petroleum
Of or pertaining to the formation of rock.
picnometer
pitcherman
porrection
porrection
noun
The act of stretching forth.
pratincole
pratincole
noun
Any of several species of birds in the genera Glareola or Stiltia of the family Glareolidae.
precasting
precasting
verb
present participle of precast
precaution
precaution
noun
A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good
verb
(transitive) To warn or caution beforehand.
(transitive, rare) To take precaution against.
precenting
precenting
verb
present participle of precent
precentrix
precentrix
noun
A female precentor.
preception
preception
noun
A precept.
preciation
precipitin
precipitin
noun
Any antibody that reacts with an antigen to form a precipitate.
precontain
preconvict
precurtain
precurtain
adj
Before the curtain falls at the end of a play.
Before the curtain rises at the start of a play.
predicting
predicting
verb
present participle of predict
prediction
prediction
noun
(statistics) A probability estimation based on statistical methods.
A statement of what will happen in the future.
prefiction
preinflict
preinspect
preinspect
verb
(transitive) To perform a preliminary inspection of; to look for potential problems with, before an official inspection.
prelecting
prelecting
verb
present participle of prelect
prelection
prelection
noun
A public lecture or reading, especially delivered at a college or university.
prenticing
prenticing
verb
present participle of prentice
pretracing
principate
principate
noun
(historical) The early period of the Roman Empire, during which some characteristics of the government of the Roman Republic were retained; the reign of any particular emperor during said period.
A state ruled by a prince; a principality.
The office of one who is principal or preeminent (such as a prince); the quality or status of being principal; preeminence.
profection
profection
noun
(obsolete) A setting out; going forward; advance; progression.
proficient
proficient
adj
Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
noun
An expert.
projacient
projecting
projecting
adj
(psychology) Giving an outward appearance, in order to avoid a direct connection or to disguise or inflate the real essence.
Sticking out.
noun
A projecting part.
The act by which something is projected.
verb
present participle of project
projection
projection
noun
(archaic) The crisis or decisive point of any process, especially a culinary process.
(archaic) The throwing of materials into a crucible, hence the transmutation of metals.
(cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.
(category theory) A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.
(geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
(grammar) The preservation of the properties of lexical items while generating the phrase structure of a sentence. See Projection principle.
(linear algebra) An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
(mathematics) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
(photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
(psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences to one's own. This includes making accusations that would more fittingly apply to the accuser.
A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation
Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
projicient
projicient
noun
(obsolete) Someone or something that launches a projectile.
prosecting
prosecting
verb
present participle of prosect
prosection
prosection
noun
An anatomical dissection carried out by an experienced anatomist as a demonstration for others.
prosthenic
prosthenic
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Having strong foreparts.
protecting
protecting
verb
present participle and gerund of protect
protection
protection
noun
(computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).
(economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.
(insurance) Coverage.
(obsolete) A document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference; a passport.
A means of keeping or remaining safe.
A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.
Immunity from harm, obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
The state of being safe.
protogenic
protogenic
adj
(botany) Relating to intercellular spaces formed within undifferentiated plant tissues.
(geology) Relating to crystalline or fire-formed rocks.
Of or pertaining to an early or original race or lineage; primitive.
provection
provection
noun
(Celtic linguistics) Devoicing of a voiced obstruent, either inside a word or as an initial consonant mutation.
(linguistics) The carrying forward of a final consonant to a following word, as in "nickname" for "an ekename".
putrescine
putrescine
noun
A diamine, NH₂(CH₂)₄NH₂ (1,4-diaminobutane or butanediamine), produced by the breakdown of amino acids in living and dead organisms.
pyrogentic
receipting
receipting
verb
present participle of receipt
receptions
receptions
noun
plural of reception
recipients
recipients
noun
plural of recipient
reinspects
reinspects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reinspect
respecting
respecting
prep
regarding; considering
verb
present participle of respect
respection
respection
noun
(obsolete) respect; regard
sceptering
sceptering
verb
present participle of scepter
spencerite
spencerite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.
sphincters
sphincters
noun
plural of sphincter
spincaster
supertonic
supertonic
noun
(music) The second note in a diatonic scale.
supertunic
supertunic
noun
A tunic worn over other clothing; a surcoat.
tcherepnin
thrippence
thrippence
noun
Alternative form of thruppence
trepidancy
trepidancy
noun
(rare) Trembling caused by fear or nervous agitation.