| AMPHORA | • amphora n. (Chiefly historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome… • amphora n. (Historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent… • amphora n. (Historical) A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage. |
| APTAMER | • aptamer n. (Biochemistry, genetics) Any subsequence of nucleic acid or protein, selected from a large random sequence-pool… • APTAMER n. any of various created RNA-based molecules with therapeutic properties. |
| FRAMPAL | • FRAMPAL adj. (Scott) peevish, intractable, also FRAMPOLD. |
| GRAMPAS | • grampas n. Plural of grampa. • GRAMPA n. (colloquial) a grandfather, also GRAMP. |
| MAMPARA | • mampara n. (South Africa, slang) A fool; a buffoon. • MAMPARA n. (South African) a fool, idiot. |
| MANTRAP | • mantrap n. A mechanical device for catching trespassers. • mantrap n. A small space with two sets of interlocking doors, such that the first set of doors must close before… • mantrap n. (Slang) A woman who is dangerously seductive to men. |
| PALMARY | • palmary adj. Worthy of the palm; preeminent; superior. • palmary adj. Principal; chief. • palmary adj. (Anatomy) Palmar. |
| PALMYRA | • palmyra n. A palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit… • Palmyra prop.n. An ancient city, an oasis in the Syrian Desert, in present-day central Syria, recorded historically… • Palmyra prop.n. A city, the county seat of Marion County, Missouri, United States. |
| PANGRAM | • pangram n. A sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet. • PANGRAM n. a sentence containing all the letters of the alphabet. |
| PARACME | • paracme n. A point beyond the highest or greatest. • paracme n. (Medicine) A point after the crisis of a fever is past. • paracme n. (Biology) The decadence of an evolutionary series of organisms after reaching its highest point of development. |
| PARAMOS | • paramos n. Plural of paramo. • Paramos prop.n. Plural of Paramo. • PARAMO n. (Spanish) a bare windswept elevated plain in South America. |
| PARANYM | • paranym n. A euphemistic synonym. • PARANYM n. a euphemism; a word whose meaning is altered to conceal an evasion or untruth e.g. liberation for conquest. |
| PATAMAR | • patamar n. (Nautical) A sailing vessel resembling a grab, formerly used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon. • patamar n. (India, historical) A courier or messenger travelling on foot. • PATAMAR n. (Portuguese) a vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon, also PATTAMAR. |
| PHARMAS | • PHARMA n. pharmaceutical companies considered together as one company. |
| PICAMAR | • picamar n. (Organic chemistry) An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar, and consisting… • PICAMAR n. (Latin) a liquid obtained from tar. |
| RAMPAGE | • rampage n. A course of violent, frenzied action. • rampage n. Wild partying, typically a drinking binge. • rampage v. To move about wildly or violently. |
| RAMPANT | • rampant adj. (Originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended. • rampant adj. (Heraldry) Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile. • rampant adj. (Architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments… |
| RAMPART | • rampart n. A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge… • rampart n. A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark. • rampart n. That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection. |