(Scotand, law) A legal action taken when there are several claimants to the same fund or property.
multiplicational
multiplicational
adj
Relating to multiplication.
multiprogramming
multiprogramming
noun
(computing) The allocation of computing resources to more than one concurrent application, job, or user.
municipalization
municipalization
noun
(economics) The transfer of corporations or other assets to municipal ownership.
myelosuppression
myelosuppression
noun
(medicine) A reduction of bone marrow activity that leads to a lower concentration of platelets, red blood cells and white blood cells
neoexpressionism
neoimpressionism
neoimpressionism
noun
A genre of French impressionist art that used pointillism to achieve a more formal composition.
neoimpressionist
neoimpressionist
noun
An artist working in neoimpressionism.
nonaccompaniment
nonaccompaniment
noun
Lack of accompaniment.
nonapportionment
nonatmospherical
nonblasphemously
noncircumspectly
noncompetitively
noncompetitively
adv
In a noncompetitive way.
noncomplacencies
noncomplaisantly
noncompositeness
noncomprehending
noncomprehending
Adjective
uncomprehending
noncomprehension
noncomprehension
noun
Lack of comprehension; failure to comprehend.
noncomprehensive
noncomprehensive
adj
Not comprehensive.
noncompressively
nonconsumptively
noncontemplative
noncosmopolitism
nondecomposition
nondecomposition
noun
Absence of decomposition; failure to decompose.
nondevelopmental
nondevelopmental
adj
Not developmental
nonimpedimentary
nonimperialistic
nonimperialistic
adj
Not imperialistic.
nonimperiousness
nonimplicatively
nonimpressionist
nonimpressionist
adj
Not of or pertaining to the impressionist movement in art.
nonimpulsiveness
nonimputableness
nonmetamorphoses
nonmetamorphosis
nonmicroscopical
nonmicroscopical
adj
Not microscopical.
nonparliamentary
nonparliamentary
adj
Not parliamentary.
nonpneumatically
nonpragmatically
nonpresumptively
nonprimitiveness
nonproblematical
nonpromiscuously
nonsupplementary
nonsupplementary
adj
Not supplementary.
nonsymphonically
nonsymphoniously
nontemperamental
nontemperateness
nontemporariness
nontemporizingly
nonthermoplastic
northamptonshire
northamptonshire
Proper noun
An midland county of England. County town Northampton, bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire.
nucleohyaloplasm
nucleoidioplasma
obdiplostemonous
obdiplostemonous
adj
(botany, of flowers) Having two sets of stamens in alternating whorls, with the outer whorl opposite the petals.
omentosplenopexy
omnipotentiality
omnipotentiality
noun
(psychology) A feeling that anything is possible, and there are no limits on what may be achieved.
onomatopoeically
onomatopoeically
adv
In an onomatopoeic manner.
oophorectomizing
optimisticalness
orchiencephaloma
osteoencephaloma
overcompensating
overcompensating
verb
present participle of overcompensate
overcompensation
overcompensation
noun
An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
Excessive pay or reward provided for work performed.
overcompensators
overcompensators
noun
plural of overcompensator
overcompensatory
overcompensatory
adj
Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.
overcomplacently
overcomplacently
adv
Too complacently.
overcomplicating
overcomplicating
verb
present participle of overcomplicate
overconsumptions
overemphaticness
overmonopolizing
palaeoentomology
palaeoentomology
noun
The scientific study of prehistoric insects.
palaeonemertinea
paleoentomologic
pancreatectomize
pancreatectomize
verb
(transitive) To perform a pancreatectomy upon.
panmyelophthisis
panmyelophthisis
noun
(pathology) A disease caused by panmyelopathy
panphenomenalism
pantochronometer
pantochronometer
noun
An instrument combining of compass, sundial, and universal sundial.
papillocarcinoma
paraaminobenzoic
parameterization
parameterization
noun
(computing) The representation of physical effects by simplified parameters in a computer model rather than by computing them dynamically.
parenchymatously
parenchymatously
adv
In a parenchymatous manner
paronomastically
paronomastically
adv
In a paronomastic or punning fashion.
parsimoniousness
parsimoniousness
noun
The state or condition of being parsimonious.
parthenogonidium
perchloromethane
perchloromethane
Noun
carbon tetrachloride
perjurymongering
permonosulphuric
phagodynamometer
phagodynamometer
noun
An instrument that measures the force required to crush a given food in masticating.
phantasmagorical
phantasmagorical
adj
Alternative form of phantasmagoric
phantasmogenesis
phantasmogenetic
phantasmogenetic
adj
Producing ghosts.
phantasmological
phantasmological
adj
Relating to phantasmology.
pharmacodynamics
pharmacodynamics
noun
(pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that studies the effects and modes of action of drugs upon the body.
pharmacogenetics
pharmacogenetics
noun
(pharmacology, genetics) The study of genetic variation that gives rise to differing responses to drugs.
pharmacognostics
pharmacognostics
noun
pharmacognosy
pharmacokinetics
pharmacokinetics
noun
(pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
(pharmacology) The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
pharmacomaniacal
pharyngoscleroma
phenomenological
phenomenological
adj
(medicine) Using the method of phenomenology, by which the observer examines data and other subjective effects without trying to provide a pathophysiological explanation of them, especially in diagnosing disease states and in nosology and other forms of taxonomy.
(philosophy) Of or relating to phenomenology, or consistent with the principles of phenomenology.
phenoxybenzamine
phenoxybenzamine
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that blocks the activity of alpha-receptors and is used in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₈H₂₂ClNO·HCl especially to treat hypertension and sweating due to pheochromocytoma.
philanthropinism
philanthropinism
noun
(historical, education) A 19th-century German system of education, aiming to reform society by teaching children to become philanthropic, natural and rational beings.
phlebotomisation
phlebotomization
phlebotomization
noun
(medicine) The process of phlebotomizing (performing phlebotomy).
phonodynamograph
phonogrammatical
phonogrammically
photocomposition
photocomposition
noun
phototypesetting
photodynamically
photodynamically
adv
By means of, or with regard to, photodynamics.
photoluminescent
photoluminescent
adj
Exhibiting photoluminescence
photomorphogenic
photomorphogenic
adj
Of or relating to photomorphogenesis.
photosynthometer
phthisipneumonia
phyllostomatinae
physiognomically
physiognomically
adv
In terms of physiognomy.
physiognomonical
pleurenchymatous
pleuroperitoneum
pleuroperitoneum
noun
(anatomy) The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the enclosed viscera; the peritoneum; used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.
pneumatochemical
pneumatorrhachis
pneumobranchiata
pneumohemothorax
pneumohemothorax
noun
hemopneumothorax
pneumonocentesis
pneumonoconiosis
pneumonoconiosis
noun
Alternative spelling of pneumoconiosis
pneumonokoniosis
pneumonophthisis
pneumoperitoneum
pneumoperitoneum
noun
The presence of air or gas in the peritoneal cavity.
podostemonaceous
podostemonaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Podostemonaceae.
polyoxymethylene
polyoxymethylene
noun
(chemistry) A polymer of formaldehyde having a repeat unit of -CH₂-O- ; it is used in engineering to make small gears etc
polypseudonymous
polypseudonymous
adj
Having many pseudonyms.
polysyntheticism
polysyntheticism
noun
polysynthesis
pornographomania
porphyrogenitism
porphyrogenitism
noun
(rare) The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born.
postlegitimation
postremogeniture
postremogeniture
noun
Inheritance by the last-born child of the entirety of, or of a privileged position in, a parent’s wealth, estate, or office; ultimogeniture.
potamogetonaceae
preaccommodating
preaccommodation
preadministrator
preannouncements
preannouncements
noun
plural of preannouncement
precarcinomatous
precarcinomatous
adj
Before the development of a carcinoma.
precommunicating
precommunication
precomprehension
precomprehensive
precontemplating
precontemplation
precontemplation
adj
(psychology) Prior to contemplation (concerning one's behaviour)