IMPERFORATE | • imperforate adj. Not perforated, as… • imperforate n. (Philately) A postage stamp that has not been perforated. • IMPERFORATE adj. not perforated into perforated rows, used of stamps and sheets of stamps, also IMPERFORATED. |
IMPERFORATED | • imperforated adj. Not perforated; having no opening or aperture; imperforate. • IMPERFORATED adj. not perforated into perforated rows, used of stamps and sheets of stamps, also IMPERFORATE. |
IMPERFORATION | • imperforation n. The state of being without perforation. • imperforation n. (Medicine) Absence of perforation in a normally patent structure. • IMPERFORATION n. the state of being imperforate. |
IMPERFORATIONS | • IMPERFORATION n. the state of being imperforate. |
PERFORMABILITY | • performability n. A measurement of how well a system performs over a period of time, regardless of the presence of faults. • PERFORMABILITY n. the state of being performable. |
PERFORMATIVE | • performative adj. (Philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said. • performative adj. Being done as a performance in order to create an impression. • performative n. A performative utterance. |
PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
PERFORMATIVES | • performatives n. Plural of performative. • PERFORMATIVE n. such a statement, as opposed to constative. |
PREFERENTIALISM | • PREFERENTIALISM n. favouring a preferential tariff. |
PREFORMATION | • preformation n. Prior formation. • preformation n. (Biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and… • PREFORMATION n. previous formation. |
PREFORMATIONISM | • preformationism n. (Biology) the theory that all organisms start their existence already in a predetermined form upon conception… • PREFORMATIONISM n. the now exploded theory that the plant or animal (and therefore all its descendants) is already preformed in the germ. |
PREFORMATIONIST | • preformationist n. (Biology, historical) A proponent of the theory of preformationism. • PREFORMATIONIST adj. relating to preformation. |
PREFORMATIONS | • preformations n. Plural of preformation. • PREFORMATION n. previous formation. |
PREFORMATIVE | • preformative n. Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word. • preformative adj. Of or pertaining to preformation. • preformative adj. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later. |
PREFORMATIVES | • preformatives n. Plural of preformative. • PREFORMATIVE n. a prefixture in Semitic languages. |
PREFORMATTING | • preformatting v. Present participle of preformat. • PREFORMAT v. to format in advance. |
PREFORMULATING | • preformulating v. Present participle of preformulate. • PREFORMULATE v. to formulate in advance. |
SPORTFISHERMAN | • sportfisherman n. A person who participates in sportfishing. • sportfisherman n. A boat intended for sportfishing. • SPORTFISHERMAN n. a motorboat equipped for sportfishing. |
TRAPEZIFORM | • trapeziform adj. Shaped like a trapezium. • TRAPEZIFORM adj. in the form of a trapezoid quadrilateral with no sides parallel. |