(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.
antipacifists
antipacifists
noun
plural of antipacifist
antisoporific
campaniliform
campaniliform
adj
Alternative form of campaniform
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
craftsmanship
craftsmanship
noun
An example of a craftsman's work.
The quality of being a craftsman.
craftsmenship
cycloparaffin
cycloparaffin
noun
(chemistry) A cycloalkane.
draftsmanship
draftsmanship
noun
the art or craft of a draftsman
the skill of drawing
duplification
fibrospongiae
fissiparation
fissiparation
noun
Alternative form of fissipation
flavopurpurin
flavopurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,2,6-trihydroxyanthraquinone
florianopolis
francophilism
imperforation
imperforation
noun
(medicine) Absence of perforation in a normally patent structure.
The state of being without perforation.
infracephalic
infrapatellar
infrapatellar
adj
Below the kneecap.
infraposition
infraposition
noun
A situation or position beneath.
infrascapular
infrascapular
adj
(anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
infraspecific
infraspecific
adj
(taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at a rank lower than species, such as subspecies (in certain kingdoms only), strains, and varieties.
infraspinatus
infraspinatus
noun
(anatomy) A thick triangular muscle whose main function is to rotate the arm externally and stabilize the shoulder joint.
infrastipular
infratemporal
infratemporal
adj
(anatomy) Below the temple or temporal bone.
intraspecific
intraspecific
adj
Occurring among members of the same species.
mynpachtbrief
nitroparaffin
nitroparaffin
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of aliphatic organic compounds containing a nitro functional group.
nonpacifiable
nonpacifistic
nonprofitable
nonprofitable
adj
not profitable; not making profit
opacification
opacification
noun
The action of making something opaque or cloudy
overpainfully
pacifications
pacifications
noun
plural of pacification
palmification
palsification
palsification
noun
The development of palsy.
paraffinizing
paraffinizing
verb
present participle of paraffinize
passionflower
passionflower
noun
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.
pentafluoride
pentafluoride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any fluoride containing five fluorine atoms in each molecule.
perfectionate
perfectionate
verb
(transitive, now rare) To make perfect or complete; to perfect.
perfectuation
personifiable
personifiable
adj
Able to be personified.
petrifactions
petrifactions
noun
plural of petrifaction
petrification
petrification
noun
(figurative) obduracy; callousness
sheer terror; great fright
the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained
pinguefaction
pinguefaction
noun
A making of, or turning into, fat.
plaintiffship
plaintiffship
noun
The role or status of a plaintiff.
platiniferous
platiniferous
adj
yielding, or containing platinum
plebification
plebification
noun
Making plebeian; vulgarizing.
plumification
plurifetation
plurification
pontificality
pontificality
noun
The state and government of the pope; the papacy.
pontificating
pontificating
verb
present participle of pontificate
pontification
pontification
noun
The act of pontificating
pontificially
pontificially
adv
Obsolete form of pontifically.
praefloration
praefloration
noun
Alternative form of prefloration
praefoliation
praisefulness
praisefulness
noun
The quality of being praiseful.
preaffliction
prefiguration
prefiguration
noun
A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished.
Something that prefigures.
prefoundation
prefunctional
prefunctional
adj
Not yet functional.
pregratifying
prequalifying
prequalifying
verb
present participle of prequalify
presanctified
presanctified
adj
(Christianity) Sanctified in advance: applied to the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, a liturgical service of the Byzantine Rite, performed on the weekdays of Great Lent wherein communion is received from Gifts (the Body and Blood of Christ) that are consecrated in advance.
presatisfying
presatisfying
verb
present participle of presatisfy
profederation
professionals
professionals
noun
plural of professional
profitsharing
profraternity
proliferating
proliferating
verb
present participle of proliferate
proliferation
proliferation
noun
(countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
(countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
(uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
(uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
prolificating
prolificating
verb
present participle of prolificate
prolification
prolification
noun
(dated) The generation of young.
(dated, botany) Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemmae.
prosification
prosification
noun
The process of prosifying.
pseudofinally
pulpification
pulpification
noun
The process of pulpifying.
purifications
purifications
noun
plural of purification
putrefactions
putrefactions
noun
plural of putrefaction
semiprofanely
semiprofanity
specificating
specificating
verb
present participle of specificate
specification
specification
noun
An act of specifying.
An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
spifflication
spifflication
noun
Alternative spelling of spiflication
sporification
sporification
noun
(biology) The formation of spores.
spumification
stupefactions
stupefactions
noun
plural of stupefaction
sulfapyrazine
sulfapyridine
sulfapyridine
noun
(pharmacology) A particular antibacterial sulfonamide.
superaffusion
superfetation
superfetation
noun
An excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition.
The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus.
superfinanced
superinformal
superinformal
adj
Very informal.
supermanifest
suprafeminine
suprafeminine
adj
superfeminine
tipsification
tripinnatifid
tripinnatifid
adj
(botany) Thrice pinnately cleft; said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid.