| AEROPHAGIA | • aerophagia n. Aerophagy. • AEROPHAGIA n. spasmodic swallowing of air, a fairly common neurotic habit that may lead to belching and stomach pain. |
| ALGARROBAS | • ALGARROBA n. (Arabic) the carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; its edible beans or pods, also ALGAROBA, ALGARROBO. |
| ALGOLAGNIA | • algolagnia n. A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones. • ALGOLAGNIA n. a perversion (as sadism or masochism) characterized by pleasure and esp. sexual gratification in inflicting or suffering pain. |
| ALLARGANDO | • allargando adv. (Music) Decreasing in tempo; getting slower. • ALLARGANDO adv. (Italian) with slowing tempo. |
| ANAGOGICAL | • anagogical adj. Anagogic. • ANAGOGICAL adj. relating to mystical interpretation, also ANAGOGIC. |
| ANALOGICAL | • analogical adj. Of, pertaining to, based on, or composed of an analogy. • ANALOGICAL adj. of or belonging to analogy, also ANALOGIC. |
| ANGLOMANIA | • Anglomania n. Exaggerated enthusiasm for anything English. • ANGLOMANIA n. a craze or obsession with England and the English. |
| APAGOGICAL | • apagogical adj. Alternative form of apagogic. • APAGOGICAL adj. proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary, also APAGOGIC. |
| AUTOPHAGIA | • autophagia n. The eating of one’s own body. • AUTOPHAGIA n. sustenance by self-absorption of the tissues of the body, also AUTOPHAGY. |
| KABARAGOYA | • kabaragoya n. The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia. • KABARAGOYA n. (Tagalog) a very large monitor lizard of SE Asia. |
| MANDRAGORA | • mandragora n. Mandrake (genus Mandragora); often specifically mandrake root, traditionally used as a narcotic. • mandragora n. A kind of tiny dragon immune to fire. • Mandragora prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the mandrakes. |
| PALAEOGAEA | • PALAEOGAEA n. the Old World as a biological region. |
| PARAGLOSSA | • paraglossa n. (Zoology) One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. • PARAGLOSSA n. one of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. |
| PARALOGIAS | • paralogias n. Plural of paralogia. • PARALOGIA n. the impairment of reasoning power characterized by difficulty in expressing logical ideas in speech. |
| PHAGOMANIA | • phagomania n. A compulsion to eat. • PHAGOMANIA n. a compulsive desire to eat. |
| PROPAGANDA | • propaganda n. A concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of large numbers of people. • PROPAGANDA n. a congregation of the Roman curia having jurisdiction over missionary territories and related institutions. |