(economics) An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
(economics, economic liberalism) An economic system based on the abstraction of resources into the form of privately owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
(politics) A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources or capital.
(politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.
complaints
complaints
noun
plural of complaint
diplomates
diplomates
noun
plural of diplomate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diplomate
implicants
implicants
noun
plural of implicant
implicates
implicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate
lampoonist
lampoonist
noun
One who lampoons.
lipomatous
lipomatous
adj
Relating to a lipoma.
lymphatism
lymphatism
noun
(medicine, historical) Enlargement or swelling of the lymphatic tissue, associated in the past with sudden death of children but no longer considered to be an authentic ailment.
Bloating, sluggishness.
metalepsis
metalepsis
noun
(rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.
metaplasia
metaplasia
noun
(biology) The conversion of one type of tissue into another.
metaplasis
metaplasis
noun
(biology) Metaplasia: the conversion of one type of tissue into another.
(biology, archaic) Fulfilled growth and development seen in the stage between anaplasis and cataplasis.
misplanted
misplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misplant
multiphase
multiphase
adj
That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
myoplastic
omphalitis
omphalitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation or infection of the umbilicus
palamitism
palatalism
palimpsest
palimpsest
noun
(archaic) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
(astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
(computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
(cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
(geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
verb
On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.
To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.
palmchrist
panthelism
partialism
partialism
noun
(psychiatry) The sexual attraction to specific parts of the body.
Partiality; specifically in theology the doctrine of the partialists.
peristomal
peristomal
Adjective
Of or pertaining to a peristome.
pistolgram
pistolgram
noun
(historical) Synonym of pistolgraph
plasmation
plasmation
noun
The act of forming or moulding.
plasticism
plasticism
noun
(art) The plastic quality of certain artworks, and the theory or movement of art that embodies this quality.
The state or condition of being plastic.
The ubiquitous use of plastic.
plastidium
plastidome
plastidome
noun
The entirety of the plastids of a cell.
platysomid
pleomastia
pleomastic
polygamist
polygamist
noun
One who practices polygamy, or maintains that it is lawful.
polymastia
polymastia
noun
The fact or condition of having more than two mammae or nipples.
polymastic
polymastic
adj
Of, relating to, or having polymastia.
postclimax
postclimax
adj
(ecology) After the point of climax.
postmedial
postmedial
adj
(biology) Located behind (further towards the rear than) the middle.
(linguistics) Located after the medial element.
prestomial
prostomial
prostomial
adj
Relating to the prostomium.
psalmister
psalmistry
psalmistry
noun
The use of psalms in devotion; psalmody.
psalmodist
psalmodist
noun
One who sings sacred songs; a psalmist.
psalterium
psalterium
noun
A psaltery (zither-like musical instrument)
An omasum.
ptolemaism
ptolemaist
ptolemaist
Noun
One who accepts the astronomical system of Ptolemy.
reimplants
reimplants
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reimplant
semipostal
semipostal
adj
(of a postage stamp) Issued and sold for a higher price than its face value, with the excess monies transferred to a third party, typically a charity.
noun
A postage stamp of this kind.
septimanal
septimanal
adj
Relating to weeks; weekly.
slipstream
slipstream
noun
(figurative, by extension) A generated advantage which makes forward movement easier.
(uncountable, fiction) A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries.
The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence.
verb
(computing, transitive) To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.
To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.
spatialism
spermalist
spermatial
spermatial
adj
Of or relating to the spermatium.
spiritlamp
spittleman
stymphalid
suboptimal
suboptimal
adj
Worse than optimal.
tamaulipas
tamaulipas
Proper noun
A state of Mexico.
templarism
temporalis
temporalis
noun
(anatomy) A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.