| AMPHIPOD | • amphipod n. Any species of the taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans. • AMPHIPOD n. a crustacean of the order Amphipoda, that includes e.g. sand-hoppers. |
| APOGRAPH | • apograph n. (Textual criticism) A copy or transcript of a manuscript (called the antigraph). • APOGRAPH n. an exact copy. |
| APOPHONY | • apophony n. (Phonetics) Alternation of sounds within a word that indicates grammatical information (often inflectional). • APOPHONY n. a change in root vowels of verb forms. |
| APOPHYGE | • apophyge n. (Architecture) A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns. • APOPHYGE n. (Greek) the curve where a column merges in its base or capital. |
| APPROACH | • approach v. (Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh. • approach v. (Intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot. • approach v. (Transitive, intransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone… |
| COPPERAH | • copperah n. Archaic form of copra. • COPPERAH n. (Malay) dried coconut meat, also COPRA, COPPRA, COPRAH. |
| HAPLOPIA | • haplopia n. Binocular single vision, as opposed to diplopia. • HAPLOPIA n. normal vision. |
| HAPPOSHU | • HAPPOSHU n. (Japanese) a Japanese drink, similar to beer. |
| HYPOPNEA | • hypopnea n. (Pathology) A disorder which involves episodes of overly shallow breathing or an abnormally low respiratory rate. • HYPOPNEA n. abnormally shallow breathing, also HYPOPNOEA. |
| PANSOPHY | • pansophy n. Complete and universal knowledge, or a system of such universal knowledge. • PANSOPHY n. (Greek) universal knowledge. |
| PAWNSHOP | • pawnshop n. The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security. • pawn␣shop n. Alternative form of pawnshop. • PAWNSHOP n. a shop where thing are pawned. |
| PAYPHONE | • payphone n. A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card. • pay␣phone n. Alternative form of payphone. • PAYPHONE n. a coin-operated public telephone, also PAYFONE. |
| PHOTOMAP | • photomap n. (Cartography) a map made by the superimposition of aerial photographs onto grid lines, contours and… • photomap v. (Cartography) to produce such a map (from a photograph or existing map). • PHOTOMAP v. to map by means of aerial photography. |
| PHOTOPIA | • photopia n. Normal daylight vision, in which the cone cells are used. • PHOTOPIA n. vision in illumination similar to daylight, believed to involve chiefly the cones of the retina. |
| PROPHAGE | • prophage n. (Biology) The latent form of a bacteriophage in which the viral genome is inserted into the host chromosome. • PROPHAGE n. a virus that exists in a bacterial cell and undergoes division with its host without destroying it. |
| PROPHASE | • prophase n. The first stage of mitosis, during which chromatin condenses to form the chromosomes. • prophase n. The first stage of meiosis. • PROPHASE n. the first stage in cell division. |