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.
overspecialization
overspecialization
noun
Extreme or excessive specialization.
oversusceptibility
oversusceptibility
noun
The quality of being oversusceptible.
palaeoanthropology
palaeoanthropology
noun
(hypercorrect, British spelling) Alternative spelling of paleanthropology
palaeobiogeography
palaeobiogeography
noun
Alternative form of paleobiogeography
palaeoclimatologic
palaeoclimatologic
adj
Pertaining to palaeoclimatology.
palaeodendrologist
palaeodictyopteran
palaeodictyopteron
palaeoentomologist
palaeoentomologist
noun
A scientist who specializes in palaeoentomology
palaeoethnological
palaeoethnological
adj
Alternative form of paleoethnological
palaeogeographical
palaeogeographical
adj
Alternative spelling of paleogeographical
palaeontographical
palaeontographical
adj
Relating to palaeontography.
palaeontologically
palaeophysiography
palaeophytological
palaeotypographist
paleoclimatologist
paleoclimatologist
noun
A climatologist who specializes in paleoclimatology.
paleodendrological
paleoentomological
paleoentomological
adj
Alternative form of palaeoentomological
paleoherpetologist
paleoherpetologist
noun
One who studies paleoherpetology.
paleometeorologist
paleopsychological
paleopsychological
adj
Relating to paleopsychology.
paleornithological
paleornithological
adj
Relating to paleornithology
pancreaticosplenic
pancreaticosplenic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pancreas and spleen.
papuloerythematous
paradichlorbenzene
paradichlorobenzol
parallelepipedonal
parallelogrammatic
parallelogrammatic
adj
Having the shape of a parallelogram
parallelogrammical
parallelogrammical
adj
Having the properties of a parallelogram.
parliamentarianism
parliamentarianism
noun
Support for a parliamentary system of government.
parthenocarpically
parthenocarpically
adv
In a parthenocarpic manner.
pepsinhydrochloric
pepsinhydrochloric
adj
(chemistry) peptohydrochloric
percrystallization
perfectibilitarian
perpendicularities
perpendicularities
noun
plural of perpendicularity
phanerocrystalline
phanerocrystalline
adj
(geology) Distinctly crystalline; used of rocks.
pharyngoepiglottic
pharyngoepiglottic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pharynx and epiglottis.
pharyngoesophageal
pharyngoesophageal
adj
Relating to the pharynx and the esophagus
phenomenologically
phenomenologically
adv
(medicine) In a manner which places primary or undue reliance upon subjective criteria such as signs, symptoms and behaviors, while ignoring objective etiologies in the formulation of diagnoses and in the compilation of a formal nosologies.
(philosophy) In a manner characteristic of phenomenology or of phenomenological philosophy.
phenylacetaldehyde
phenylacetaldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic compound found in buckwheat, chocolate, etc. responsible for the antibiotic activity of maggot therapy.
phlebarteriectasia
phosphoaminolipide
phosphoglucomutase
phosphoglucomutase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of isomers of glucose phosphates
photoepinastically
photoluminescently
photosynthetically
photosynthetically
adv
By the use of photosynthesis
phototachometrical
physicotheological
physicotheological
adj
Relating to physicotheology.
phytohemagglutinin
phytohemagglutinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any hemagglutinin (lectin) of plant origin, but especially that found in many beans that has a physiological action
phytopaleontologic
phytoserologically
phytoteratological
plasmodiophoraceae
platystencephalism
pleuropericarditis
pneumatophilosophy
pneumoencephalitis
pneumonoerysipelas
polydenominational
polydenominational
adj
multidenominational
polyesterification
polyesterification
noun
(chemistry) Any reaction which generates a polyester
polymorphonucleate
polymorphonucleate
adj
(chemistry) polymorphonuclear
noun
A polymorphonuclear cell
polyribonucleotide
polyribonucleotide
noun
(biochemistry) A biological macromolecule consisting of multiple ribonucleotides
possessionlessness
possessionlessness
noun
The state or condition of having no possessions.
posterioristically
postfertilizations
postmillenarianism
postmillenarianism
noun
(Christianity) postmillennialism
postresurrectional
postresurrectional
adj
Following resurrection.
preaccommodatingly
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preantepenultimate
preantepenultimate
adj
(chiefly phonetics and biology) Three before the end; fourth to last.
noun
(chiefly phonetics, obsolete, rare) preantepenult
precomprehensively
predeterminability
predeterminability
noun
The property of being predeterminable.
premillennialising
premillennializing
prestidigitatorial
prestidigitatorial
adj
Of or relating to a prestidigitator.
presuppositionless
presuppositionless
adj
Without presuppositions.
preterconventional
preterdeterminedly
proelectrification
proletarianization
proletarianization
noun
(Marxism) The social process whereby people move from being either employers, unemployed, or self-employed to being employed as wage labour by employers.
The act or process of making somebody or something proletarian.