| lilliputian | (adjective) very small | Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, midget, petite, tiny |
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| (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: fiddling, footling, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
| (noun) a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) | - |
| manipulability | (noun) the quality of being controllable by skilled movements of the hands | - |
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| manipulable | (adjective) easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) | Synonyms: tractable |
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| manipulate | (verb) treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed | - |
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| (verb) hold something in one's hands and move it | - |
| (verb) maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage | Synonyms: control, keep in line |
| (verb) manipulate in a fraudulent manner | Synonyms: rig |
| (verb) influence or control shrewdly or deviously | Synonyms: pull strings, pull wires |
| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, fake, falsify, fudge, misrepresent, wangle |
| manipulation | (noun) exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | Synonyms: use |
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| (noun) the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means | Synonyms: handling |
| manipulative | (adjective) skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage | - |
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| manipulatively | (adverb) in an artfully manipulative manner | - |
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| manipulativeness | (noun) The quality of using manipulation purposefully, of tending to manipulate others. | - |
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| manipulator | (noun) an agent that operates some apparatus or machine | Synonyms: operator |
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| (noun) a person who handles things manually | - |
| multipurpose | (adjective) having multiple uses | - |
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| occiput | (noun) back part of the head or skull | - |
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| pipul | (noun) fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists | Synonyms: bo tree, Ficus religiosa, peepul, pipal, pipal tree, sacred fig |
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| quipu | (noun) calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords; used by ancient Peruvians for calculating and keeping records | - |
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| semipublic | (adjective) having some of the features of public institution | - |
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| sinciput | (noun) the front part of the head or skull (including the forehead) | - |
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| sipunculid | (noun) small unsegmented marine worm that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body giving the appearance of a peanut | Synonyms: peanut worm |
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| stipulate | (verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Synonyms: condition, qualify, specify |
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| (verb) give a guarantee or promise of | - |
| (verb) make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force | - |
| stipulation | (noun) a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement | Synonyms: specification |
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| (noun) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else | Synonyms: condition, precondition |
| (noun) (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record | Synonyms: judicial admission |
| stipulatory | (adjective) constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement | Synonyms: agreed upon |
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| stipule | (noun) a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed | - |
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| tipu | (noun) semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental | Synonyms: pride of Bolivia, tipu tree, yellow jacaranda |
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| venipuncture | (noun) (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye | - |
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