APPORTIONABLE | • apportionable adj. Capable of being apportioned. • APPORTIONABLE adj. that can be apportioned. |
APPORTIONMENT | • apportionment n. The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned. • apportionment n. (US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states. • apportionment n. (US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states. |
CONTORTIONATE | • contortionate adj. Contorted or contorting. • CONTORTIONATE adj. relating to contortion, also CONTORTIONAL. |
CONTORTIONISM | • contortionism n. An acrobatic display involving the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body. • CONTORTIONISM n. the art of the contortionist. |
CONTORTIONIST | • contortionist n. An acrobat who is capable of twisting his or her body into unusual positions. • contortionist n. One who twists words and phrases. • CONTORTIONIST n. one who contorts. |
DISCONCERTION | • disconcertion n. Anxious embarrassment. • DISCONCERTION n. confusion. |
DISPROPORTION | • disproportion n. The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance. • disproportion n. Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness. • disproportion v. (Transitive) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch. |
EXTORTIONISTS | • extortionists n. Plural of extortionist. • EXTORTIONIST n. one who practises extortion. |
MISPROPORTION | • misproportion v. (Transitive) To give the wrong proportions to. • MISPROPORTION v. to proportion wrongly. |
OVERASSERTION | • overassertion n. Excessively forceful assertion. • OVERASSERTION n. an excessive assertion. |
OVEREXERTIONS | • overexertions n. Plural of overexertion. • OVEREXERTION n. excessive exertion. |
PREPORTIONING | • preportioning v. Present participle of preportion. • preportioning n. The practice of dividing into portions before use. • pre-portioning v. Present participle of pre-portion. |
PROPORTIONALS | • proportionals n. Plural of proportional. • PROPORTIONAL n. a number or quantity in a proportion. |
PROPORTIONATE | • proportionate adj. In proportion; proportional; commensurable. • proportionate adj. Harmonious and symmetrical. • proportionate v. (Transitive) To make proportionate. |
PROPORTIONING | • proportioning v. Present participle of proportion. • PROPORTIONING n. an adjustment of proportions. |
REAPPORTIONED | • reapportioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of reapportion. • REAPPORTION v. to apportion (as a house of representatives) anew. |