(genetics) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA.
(organic chemistry) A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants).
(physics) The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
(translation studies) A translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
amplifications
amplifications
noun
plural of amplification
antipacifism
antipacifism
noun
Opposition to pacifism.
antipacifist
antipacifist
adj
Opposing pacifism.
noun
One who opposes pacifism.
antipacifistic
antipacifists
antipacifists
noun
plural of antipacifist
antipriestcraft
antipriestcraft
noun
Opposition to priestcraft.
antiputrefaction
antiputrefaction
adj
That counters (the effects of) putrefaction
antiputrefactive
antiputrefactive
adj
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
antisoporific
appersonification
archpontiff
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
caprification
caprification
noun
A process for ripening, or pollinating, figs by means of their being punctured artificially, in a manner designed to replicate the way they are pierced by certain insects, which was once thought to aid in their reproduction.
chieftainship
chieftainship
noun
(countable) The area ruled by a chieftain
(uncountable) The state of being a chieftain
chieftainships
chieftainships
noun
plural of chieftainship
compactification
compactification
noun
(physics) Any modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite
(topology) Any of various procedures of enlarging a topological space to make it compact.
(topology) The space resulting from any such procedure.
complaintful
complaintful
adj
(obsolete) Full of complaint.
complexification
complexification
noun
(countable, mathematics) An extension from a basis on real numbers to a basis on complex numbers.
(uncountable) The act or process of making something more complex.
coniferophyte
coniferophyte
noun
(botany) conifer
contemptful
contemptful
adj
Full of contempt.
coplaintiff
coplaintiff
noun
(law) Any of several plaintiffs bringing the same charge.
copyfitting
corporification
corporification
noun
The act or process of corporifying.
counterproof
counterproof
noun
(logic) A proof that contradicts a given statement.
(printing) The inverted image of an original proof.
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
craftsperson
craftsperson
noun
A person who produces arts and crafts.
Someone who is highly skilled at their trade; an artificer.
cryptoinflationist
despecification
despecification
noun
(obsolete) discrimination
The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
dispersonification
dispersonification
noun
The process of dispersonifying.
disrespectfulness
disrespectfulness
noun
The state or quality of being disrespectful; disrespect; disregard.
duplification
epididymodeferentectomy
exemplification
exemplification
noun
(law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.
That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
exemplificational
exemplifications
exemplifications
noun
plural of exemplification
expergefacient
expergefaction
expergefaction
noun
An awakening
fencepost
fencepost
noun
A post which helps hold up a fence.
fetoplacental
fetoplacental
adj
Of or pertaining to both the fetus and the placenta.
fibrinoplastic
fibrinoplastic
adj
Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen.
filipuncture
filipuncture
noun
(medicine, archaic) The operation of passing wire into an aneurysmal cavity.
forcipation
forcipation
noun
torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers
forecatharping
forepredicament
frictionproof
frictionproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by friction.
frontispiece
frontispiece
noun
(archaic, publishing) The title page of a book.
(architecture) A façade, especially an ornamental one.
(architecture) A small ornamental pediment, especially at the top of a window or door.
(publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
(slang, archaic, humorous) A person's face.
verb
(transitive, rare) To supply with a frontispiece.
frontispieced
frontispieced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frontispiece
frontispieces
frontispieces
noun
plural of frontispiece
frontispiecing
frontispiecing
verb
present participle of frontispiece
frontooccipital
frontooccipital
adj
(anatomy) frontal and occipital
frontpiece
frontspiece
frontspieces
handicraftship
handicraftship
noun
The skill or art of making handicrafts.
handicraftsmanship
handicraftsmanship
noun
Synonym of handicraftship
hyperconfident
hyperconfident
adj
Extremely confident.
hyperconfidently
hyperconformist
hyperconformity
hyperconformity
noun
Excessive conformity
hyperdeification
hyperfunction
hyperfunction
noun
(mathematics) A generalization of a function
(medicine) Abnormally elevated function
hyperfunctional
hyperfunctional
adj
Having, or characterised by, increased function
hyperfunctionally
hyperfunctioning
hyperfunctioning
noun
Excessive functioning
hyperperfection
hypofunction
hypofunction
noun
(medicine) Abnormally low function.
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
imperfectness
imperfectness
noun
The state of being imperfect.
impersonification
impersonification
noun
(archaic) personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form
(archaic) the act of impersonating; impersonation
impossibilification
infradiaphragmatic
infradiaphragmatic
adj
(medicine) Below the diaphragm.
infraoccipital
insectproof
insectproof
adj
Resistant to insects.
interspecific
interspecific
adj
(biology) Existing or occurring between different species
occurring among members of different species; interspecies
intraspecific
intraspecific
adj
Occurring among members of the same species.
intraspecifically
intraspecifically
adv
Between individuals of the same species
lapidification
lapidification
noun
The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction
mynpachtbrief
neglectproof
neglectproof
adj
That will not suffer damage through being neglected.
nonexemplification
nonexemplification
noun
Lack of exemplification.
nonexemplificatior
nonfeldspathic
nonfeldspathic
adj
Not feldspathic.
nonpacification
nonpacification
noun
Absence of pacification.
nonpacificatory
nonpacifist
nonpacifist
noun
One who is not a pacifist.
nonpacifistic
nonperfected
nonperfectibility
nonperfectible
nonperfection
nonperfection
noun
Lack of perfection; imperfection.
nonpersonification
nonpersonification
noun
Lack of personification.
nonproficient
nonproficient
adj
Not proficient.
nonpurification
nonpurification
noun
Absence of purification.
nonsaponification
nonsimplification
nonsimplification
noun
Absence of simplification.
nonspecification
nonspecification
adj
Not conforming or pertaining to a specification.
nonspecificity
nonspecificity
noun
The state or condition of being nonspecific.
occipitofrontal
occipitofrontal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occipital and frontal bones of the skull.
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occipitofrontalis muscle.
noun
(obsolete) the occipitofrontalis muscle
occipitofrontalis
occipitofrontalis
noun
(anatomy) A large flat muscle on each side of the vertex of the skull, consisting of an occipital portion (arising from the occipital and temporal bones) and a frontal portion that are separated by the epicranial aponeurosis, and serving to draw the scalp backwards, raising the eyebrows and wrinkling the forehead.
omniperfect
omniperfect
adj
Truly perfect in every way.
opacification
opacification
noun
The action of making something opaque or cloudy
opsonification
opsonification
noun
Synonym of opsonization
overproficient
overproficient
adj
Very or excessively proficient.
overproficiently
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
pacificating
pacificating
adj
(archaic) Which makes peace; which pacificates.
verb
present participle of pacificate
pacification
pacification
noun
The process of pacifying.
pacifications
pacifications
noun
plural of pacification
palification
palification
noun
The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm.
palmification
palsification
palsification
noun
The development of palsy.
panification
panification
noun
breadmaking
parafunction
parafunction
noun
An abnormal (especially habitual) movement of part of the body
parturifacient
parturifacient
noun
(medicine) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbirth.
patefaction
patefaction
noun
The act of opening, disclosing, or manifesting; open declaration.
pectinatofimbricate
pectiniferous
pectiniform
pectiniform
adj
Having the form of a comb; pectinate.
pediculofrontal
pencraft
pencraft
noun
penmanship; skill in writing; the art of writing
perfectation
perfectation
noun
The process or result of perfecting something
perfectibilian
perfectibilian
noun
(archaic) A perfectionist.
perfectibilitarian
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.
perfectionate
perfectionate
verb
(transitive, now rare) To make perfect or complete; to perfect.
perfectionation
perfectionator
perfectioner
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.
perfectionist
perfectionist
adj
(philosophy) Inclined or related to perfectionism.
Demanding perfection; being a perfectionist; imposing overly high standards.
noun
(US, historical) One of the Bible Communists or Free-lovers, a small American sect founded by J. H. Noyes (1811-86), which settled at Oneida in 1848, holding that the gospel if accepted secures freedom from sin.
(philosophy, now rare) Someone who thinks that religious or moral perfection can be attained in this life.
Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
perfectionistic
perfectionistic
adj
Perfectionist.
perfectionists
perfectionists
noun
plural of perfectionist
perfectionize
perfectionize
verb
(intransitive) To be a perfectionist.
(transitive, chiefly archaic) To bring to perfection; to perfect.
perfectionizement
perfectionizer
perfectionment
perfectionment
noun
The act of bringing to perfection.
The state of having attained perfection.
perfections
perfections
noun
plural of perfection
perfectiveness
perfectiveness
noun
(grammar) The state or quality of being perfective
perfectivising
perfectness
perfectness
noun
The quality of being perfect; perfection.
perfectnesses
perfectnesses
noun
plural of perfectness
perfectuation
perficient
perficient
adj
Making or doing thoroughly; efficient; effectual.
noun
One who endows a charity.
One who performs or perfects a work.
perfrication
perfrication
noun
(medicine, archaic) A thorough rubbing, as with an ointment or embrocation.
perfunctionary
perfunctorily
perfunctorily
adv
In a perfunctory manner, without interest or concern for quality.