(biochemistry) Part of the ferritin that is not combined with iron
archpontiff
coplaintiff
coplaintiff
noun
(law) Any of several plaintiffs bringing the same charge.
floatplanes
floatplanes
noun
plural of floatplane
footmanship
footmanship
noun
(archaic) The skill or ability to run (of humans or animals).
(historical) The post or position of footman; the skill or art of a footman.
forcipation
forcipation
noun
torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers
foreappoint
foreappoint
verb
(transitive) To appoint beforehand.
foreparents
foreparents
noun
plural of foreparent
forepayment
forepayment
noun
payment made in advance
fortepianos
fortepianos
noun
plural of fortepiano
frontpaging
lopatnikoff
nonpacifist
nonpacifist
noun
One who is not a pacifist.
painfullest
painfullest
adj
superlative form of painful: most painful
panzerfaust
panzerfaust
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Panzerfaust
patefaction
patefaction
noun
The act of opening, disclosing, or manifesting; open declaration.
pathfinders
pathfinders
noun
plural of pathfinder
pathfinding
pathfinding
noun
(biology) The finding of a path to a destination, such as by neuronal axons or developing cells.
(computing) The plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points.
perforating
perforating
verb
present participle of perforate
perforation
perforation
noun
(mathematics) That portion of a surface that remains after an open disk is removed from it.
(medicine) An abnormal opening in an organ, such as a rupture.
A series of holes punched through something in order to assist in separating parts.
Any opening in a solid object.
The act of perforating or the state of being perforated.
petrificant
pianofortes
pianofortes
noun
plural of pianoforte
pinfeathers
pinfeathers
noun
plural of pinfeather
pinfeathery
plainscraft
pontificals
pontificals
noun
The vestments of a bishop, priest, or pope.
plural of pontifical
pontificate
pontificate
noun
The status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a pontiff; to express one's position or opinions dogmatically and pompously as if they were absolutely correct.
(intransitive) To preside as a bishop, especially at mass.
(intransitive) To speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner, especially at length.
pontificial
pontificial
adj
(obsolete) papal; pontifical
postfrontal
postfrontal
adj
(anatomy) Behind the frontal bone
(meteorology) Behind a front
noun
(anatomy) A bone located behind the frontal bone.
prefixation
prefixation
noun
(anatomy, of a nerve) The state or condition of being prefixed.
(biology, cytology) Initial treatment of tissue with a fixative, as a preliminary to the application of another fixative or to the use of a different treatment.
(linguistics) The adding of a prefix to a word.
prefragrant
prefrontals
prefrontals
noun
plural of prefrontal
premanifest
premanifest
adj
(pathology) Relating to the early stage of a disease, in which symptoms are not yet manifest
presanctify
princecraft
profanation
profanation
noun
The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
profanatory
profanatory
adj
Involving or relating to profanation.
profanement
profanities
profanities
noun
plural of profanity
proliferant
protransfer
snatchproof
snatchproof
adj
Resistant to being snatched.
strainproof
strainproof
adj
Resistant to physical strain.
tangleproof
tangleproof
adj
Resistant to tangling.
teaspoonful
teaspoonful
noun
A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml.
tepefaction
tepefaction
noun
(rare) Act of tepefying; a becoming tepid.
tympaniform
tympaniform
adj
(anatomy) Having the form of a tympanum or of a drum