Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amplexifoliate
amplifiable
amplifiable
adj
Capable of being amplified.
amplificate
amplificate
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) To amplify.
amplification
amplification
noun
(electronics) Gain.
(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
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
amplificator
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
amplified
amplified
adj
Having been made the subject of amplification; more potent or stronger, louder
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amplify
amplifier
amplifier
noun
(electronics) An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
(linguistics) An adverb that adds intensity, such as "really" or "totally".
(music) A portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.
A lens that enlarges the field of vision.
Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
amplifiers
amplifiers
noun
plural of amplifier
amplifies
amplifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amplify
amplify
amplify
verb
(transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
(transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
(translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
amplifying
amplifying
verb
present participle of amplify
ampulliform
ampulliform
adj
Having the shape of a flask.
anopluriform
apoplectiform
apoplectiform
adj
(medicine) Of or resembling apoplexy.
aspergilliform
aspergilliform
adj
(botany) Resembling the aspergillum in form
bumbailiffship
calyptriform
calyptriform
adj
Having the form of a calyptra.
campaniliform
campaniliform
adj
Alternative form of campaniform
capilliform
capilliform
adj
Having the form of a hair
capitelliform
capituliform
capituliform
adj
Resembling a capitulum.
caprifolium
caprimulgiformes
capsuliform
capsuliform
adj
Having the form of a capsule
cataleptiform
cataleptiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling catalepsy.
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
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.
complexified
complexified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complexify
complexifies
complexifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complexify
complexify
complexify
verb
To make something more complex; to complicate.
cupuliform
cupuliform
Adjective
Shaped like a cupule.
cypseliform
cypseliform
adj
(zoology) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae.)
cypseliformes
dumpfile
epididymodeferential
epileptiform
epileptiform
adj
Of or pertaining to epilepsy, or resembling epilepsy, particularly in regard to its associated seizures.
excipuliform
exemplifiable
exemplifiable
adj
That can be exemplified.
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
exemplificative
exemplificative
adj
Serving as an example; illustrative.
exemplificator
exemplified
exemplified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exemplify
exemplifier
exemplifier
noun
One who, or that which, exemplifies.
exemplifiers
exemplifiers
noun
plural of exemplifier
exemplifies
exemplifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exemplify
exemplify
exemplify
verb
(transitive) To be an instance of or serve as an example.
(transitive) To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal.
(transitive) To prove by such an attested copy or transcript.
(transitive) To show or illustrate by example.
exemplifying
exemplifying
verb
present participle of exemplify
facioscapulohumeral
facioscapulohumeral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the face, scapula, and upper arms; applied to a form of muscular dystrophy.
falciparum
falciparum
noun
(cytology) The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria
femoropopliteal
femoropopliteal
adj
Relating to the femur and popliteus.
fibrolipoma
fibrolipoma
noun
(pathology) A lipoma characterised by the presence of fibrous connective tissue
fibrolipomatous
fibrolipomatous
adj
(pathology) Relating to fibrolipomas
fibropapilloma
fibropapilloma
noun
A fibrous papilloma
filmographies
filmographies
noun
plural of filmography
filmography
filmography
noun
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
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
filoplumaceous
filoplumaceous
adj
(zoology) Having the structure of a filoplume.
filoplume
filoplume
noun
(zoology, archaic) A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
filopodium
filopodium
noun
(cytology) A slender cytoplasmic projection which extends from the leading edge of a migrating cell
fissipalmate
fissipalmation
flamenship
flamenship
noun
The role or status of a flamen.
flapperism
flapperism
noun
The behaviour of flappers (young women).
flimp
flimp
verb
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To steal; to commit petty theft.
flumping
flumping
verb
present participle of flump
foreglimpse
foreglimpse
noun
A glimpse or revelation of the future.
verb
To glimpse something in the future.
foreglimpsed
foreglimpsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreglimpse
formaldehydesulphoxylic
francophilism
frumpily
frumpily
adv
In a frumpy manner.
frumpishly
frumpishly
adv
In a frumpish manner.
frumpling
frumpling
verb
present participle of frumple
fuglemanship
hypsiliform
impactful
impactful
adj
Having impact.
imperfectability
imperfectability
noun
the quality of not being perfectable; of being forever imperfect
imperfectibility
imperfectibility
noun
The state or quality of being imperfectible.
imperfectible
imperfectible
adj
Incapable of being made perfect.
imperfectly
imperfectly
adv
In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.
imperforable
imperforable
adj
incapable of being perforated
imperformable
implementiferous
implementiferous
adj
(archaeology) Yielding implements.
impossibilification
improfitable
improfitable
adj
(obsolete) Synonym of unprofitable
improlific
improlific
adj
(obsolete) not prolific
improlificate
improlificical
infralapsarianism
infralapsarianism
noun
(theology) A doctrine held by certain Calvinists holding that, while the fall of man was inevitable, the identities of the elect and the reprobate were not known until after the fall.
infratemporal
infratemporal
adj
(anatomy) Below the temple or temporal bone.
laemodipodiform
lapilliform
lapilliform
adj
Having the form of small stones.
leporiform
leporiform
adj
rabbit-shaped
leptiform
leptiform
adj
(zoology) Having a form somewhat like leptus; said of active insect larvae with three pairs of legs.
lifemanship
lifemanship
noun
The art or skill of living well.
lifemanships
lipofibroma
lipofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign fibroma characterised by ectopic fatty tissue in the dermis
lumpfish
lumpfish
noun
lumpsucker
lumpfishes
lumpfishes
noun
plural of lumpfish
lupiform
lupiform
adj
Resembling lupus.
lymphangiofibroma
malariaproof
maliceproof
mildewproof
mildewproof
adj
Resistant to mildew.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to mildew.
milleporiform
minifloppies
minifloppies
noun
plural of minifloppy
minifloppy
minifloppy
noun
Alternative spelling of mini-floppy
missileproof
missileproof
adj
Resistant to missiles.
monopersulfuric
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)
naupliform
naupliiform
nonexemplification
nonexemplification
noun
Lack of exemplification.
nonexemplificatior
nonpreferentialism
nonprofessionalism
nonprofessionalism
noun
unprofessionalism
nonsimplification
nonsimplification
noun
Absence of simplification.
novemperfoliate
operculiform
operculiform
adj
Having the form of a lid or cover.
overamplified
overamplified
adj
Excessively amplified
verb
past participle of overamplify
overamplifies
overamplifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overamplify
overamplify
overamplify
verb
To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal
To amplify to an extent that is undesirably loud.
overamplifying
overamplifying
verb
present participle of overamplify
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
oversimplified
oversimplified
adj
Having been simplified to the point where important information is not conveyed.
verb
past participle of oversimplify
oversimplifies
oversimplifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oversimplify
oversimplify
oversimplify
verb
To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
oversimplifying
oversimplifying
verb
present participle of oversimplify
paleiform
paliform
paliform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a palus.
palmatifid
palmatifid
adj
(botany, of leaves) Having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the petiole.
palmatiform
palmiferous
palmiferous
adj
Bearing palms.
palmification
palmiform
palpiform
palpiform
adj
(zoology) Having the form of a palpus.
papilliform
papilliform
adj
Shaped like a papilla
paraboliform
paraboliform
adj
Shaped like a parabola.
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.