(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.
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
antipacifists
antipacifists
noun
plural of antipacifist
antisoporific
apoplectiform
apoplectiform
adj
(medicine) Of or resembling apoplexy.
artificership
artificership
noun
The state or business of an artificer.
capitelliform
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.
cataleptiform
cataleptiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling catalepsy.
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
despecificate
despecificate
verb
(rare) To discriminate; to separate according to specific signification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize.
duplification
fetoplacental
fetoplacental
adj
Of or pertaining to both the fetus and the placenta.
fractureproof
fractureproof
adj
resistant to fracture
improlificate
intraspecific
intraspecific
adj
Occurring among members of the same species.
mynpachtbrief
nonpacifistic
olfactophobia
opacification
opacification
noun
The action of making something opaque or cloudy
pacifications
pacifications
noun
plural of pacification
palmification
palsification
palsification
noun
The development of palsy.
perfectionate
perfectionate
verb
(transitive, now rare) To make perfect or complete; to perfect.
perfectuation
perfuncturate
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.
platformistic
playcraftsman
plebification
plebification
noun
Making plebeian; vulgarizing.
plumification
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.
praefectorial
praefectorial
adj
Alternative form of prefectorial
preaffliction
prefabricated
prefabricated
adj
invented in advance
manufactured in advance, usually to a standard format, and then assembled on site
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prefabricate
prefabricates
prefabricates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefabricate
prefabricator
prefabricator
noun
One who prefabricates.
prefunctional
prefunctional
adj
Not yet functional.
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.
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.
pulpification
pulpification
noun
The process of pulpifying.
purifications
purifications
noun
plural of purification
putrefactible
putrefactible
adj
Susceptible to putrefaction; able to go rotten.
putrefactions
putrefactions
noun
plural of putrefaction
simplificator
simplificator
noun
One who simplifies.
specificality
specificality
noun
specificity
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.
specificative
specificative
adj
Serving to specify something.
spifflication
spifflication
noun
Alternative spelling of spiflication
splatterfaced
sporification
sporification
noun
(biology) The formation of spores.
spumification
stupefactions
stupefactions
noun
plural of stupefaction
temporofacial
temporofacial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the face