APPROXIMATELY | • approximately adv. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount. • APPROXIMATE adv. close together. |
APPROXIMATING | • approximating v. Present participle of approximate. • APPROXIMATE v. to come close to. |
APPROXIMATION | • approximation n. The act, process or result of approximating. • approximation n. (Mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose. • approximation n. (Medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured. |
APPROXIMATIVE | • approximative adj. Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation. • approximative n. (Grammar) A grammatical construct that expresses approximation. • APPROXIMATIVE adj. approaching closely. |
EXPROPRIATING | • expropriating v. Present participle of expropriate. • EXPROPRIATE v. to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. |
EXPROPRIATION | • expropriation n. The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private… • EXPROPRIATION n. the act of expropriating. |
EXPROPRIATORS | • expropriators n. Plural of expropriator. • EXPROPRIATOR n. one who expropriates. |
HYPERPROSEXIA | • hyperprosexia n. (Medicine, rare) Excessive attention; an abnormal state in which a person concentrates on one thing… • HYPERPROSEXIA n. abnormal powers of perception, as in Australian aboriginal trackers. |
HYPERPYREXIAL | • hyperpyrexial adj. Exhibiting or relating to hyperpyrexia. • HYPERPYREXIAL adj. showing hyperpyrexia, an extremely high fever. |
HYPERPYREXIAS | • hyperpyrexias n. Plural of hyperpyrexia. • HYPERPYREXIA n. an extremely high fever, with a temperature of 41 degrees Centigrade or above, also HYPERTHERMY. |
HYPOPHARYNXES | • hypopharynxes n. Plural of hypopharynx. • HYPOPHARYNX n. an appendage or thickened fold on the floor of the mouth of many insects that resembles a tongue. |
PRAXINOSCOPES | • praxinoscopes n. Plural of praxinoscope. • PRAXINOSCOPE n. an instrument with mirrors in which a series of moving drawings appear as a continuously moving picture; an early form of cinematograph. |
PROPAROXYTONE | • proparoxytone adj. (Linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable. • proparoxytone n. (Linguistics) A proparoxytone word. • PROPAROXYTONE n. in ancient Greek, a word having the acute accent on the third last syllable. |
XIPHIPLASTRAL | • xiphiplastral adj. Relating to a xiphiplastron. • XIPHIPLASTRAL n. a type of chelonian. |
XIPHIPLASTRON | • xiphiplastron n. The posterior, or fourth lateral plate in the plastron of a turtle. • XIPHIPLASTRON n. in chelonians, one of the plates forming the plastron, lying posterior to the hypoplastron. |