(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
bronchiospasm
chamberlainship
chamberlainship
noun
The office or post of chamberlain.
comprehensibility
comprehensibility
noun
The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity.
comprehensible
comprehensible
adj
Able to be comprehended.
comprehensibleness
comprehensibleness
noun
The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.
comprehensibly
comprehensibly
adv
In a comprehensible manner.
germanophobist
hyperalbuminosis
hyperalbuminosis
noun
Severe albuminosis
hyperanabolism
hyperurbanism
hyperurbanism
noun
(linguistics) the creation of a non-standard form by mimicking the standard dialect.
imperishableness
imperishableness
noun
The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
incomprehensibility
incomprehensibility
noun
(countable) Something that cannot be understood.
(uncountable) The condition of being incomprehensible.
incomprehensible
incomprehensible
adj
impossible or very difficult to understand.
noun
Anything that is beyond understanding.
incomprehensibleness
incomprehensibleness
noun
The state of being incomprehensible.
incomprehensiblies
incomprehensibly
incomprehensibly
adv
In an incomprehensible manner.
marsipobranch
marsipobranch
noun
(zoology) One of the Marsipobranchia.
marsipobranchia
marsipobranchiata
marsipobranchiate
marsipobranchiate
adj
(zoology) Having pursed gills.
marsipobranchii
micropublishing
micropublishing
noun
Publishing on a small scale, or for a niche audience.
The publishing of microform publications.
misapprehensible
misapprehensible
adj
Able to be misapprehended.
noncomprehensible
noncomprehensiblely
nonmembership
nonmembership
noun
Absence of membership; the state or condition of not being a member.
phlebenterism
probanishment
prohibitionism
prohibitionism
noun
(law) The doctrine that people will refrain from certain actions if they are deemed unlawful (prohibited)
prothrombins
prothrombins
noun
plural of prothrombin
pseudolamellibranchia
pseudolamellibranchiata
pseudolamellibranchiate
remembrancership
remembrancership
noun
The state or business of a remembrancer.
republishment
republishment
noun
Synonym of republication
sphenomandibular
sphenomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a ligament connecting the sphenoid bone and mandibular foramen that limits distension of the mandible in an inferior direction.
subcommandership
subcommissionership
subforemanship
submanagership
superestablishment
superincomprehensible
superincomprehensibleness
superincomprehensibly
thrombolymphangitis
thromboplastin
thromboplastin
noun
(biochemistry) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood
