| ANTIMALARIA | • antimalaria adj. Acting to relieve or prevent a malaria infection. • ANTIMALARIA adj. of a drug, used to combat malaria, also ANTIMALARIAL. |
| BACCHANALIA | • bacchanalia n. Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration. • Bacchanalia n. (Greek mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. • Bacchanalia n. (By extension) A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy. |
| CATAPLASIAS | • CATAPLASIA n. the degeneration of cells and tissues to a less highly developed form. |
| PARAGRAPHIA | • paragraphia n. A language disorder in which the patient writes one word in place of another. • PARAGRAPHIA n. writing of different letters and words than intended. |
| PARAPHASIAS | • paraphasias n. Plural of paraphasia. • PARAPHASIA n. a disorder in which one word substituted for another. |
| PARAPHRAXIA | • PARAPHRAXIA n. the inability to perform purposive movements properly, also PARAPHRAXIS. |
| PARATANIWHA | • PARATANIWHA n. (Maori) a New Zealand plant with pink and red serrated leaves. |
| PASSACAGLIA | • passacaglia n. (Music) A form of historical Spanish or Italian dance characterised by a serious nature, triple metre… • passacaglia n. (Music, by extension) Any piece of classical music with similar characteristics. • PASSACAGLIA n. (Italian) an old slow Italian or Spanish dance; variations on a theme over a continuously repeated ground bass. |
| PIWAKAWAKAS | • PIWAKAWAKA n. (Maori) a New Zealand bird, aka the Grey Fantail. |
| RASTAFARIAN | • Rastafarian n. An adherent of Rastafarianism. • Rastafarian adj. Of or relating to Rastafarianism or its adherents. • RASTAFARIAN n. a member of rastafari, a West Indian cult which rejects western ideas and regards the Emperor Haile Selassie as divine. |
| SABBATARIAN | • Sabbatarian n. A person who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week ("Saturday", the Israelite or Jewish Sabbath)… • Sabbatarian n. A person who regards and keeps the first day of the week as holy and often considers it as a replacement… • Sabbatarian n. A person who favors the strict observance of the Sabbath (either the sixth, seventh, or first day of the week). |
| TARTANALIAS | • TARTANALIA n. artefacts etc. that are self-consciously Scottish. |