| EMPYREAN | • empyrean n. (Historical) The region of pure light and fire; the highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was… • empyrean adj. Of the sky or the heavens; celestially refined. • EMPYREAN adj. pertaining to the sky, also EMPYREAL. |
| EPENDYMA | • ependyma n. (Anatomy) The thin membrane of glial cells lining the ventricles of the brain and the central canal… • EPENDYMA n. a membrane lining certain body cavities. |
| NYMPHAEA | • nymphaea n. (Botany) Originally, the European white water lily; later also, a species of the genus Nymphaea. • nymphaea n. Plural of nymphaeum. • Nymphaea prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphaeaceae – the waterlilies. |
| NYMPHEAN | • nymphean adj. Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs. • NYMPHEAN adj. of or relating to a nymph, also NYMPHAL. |
| PALIMONY | • palimony n. (Law) A form of alimony paid to a former partner in a nonmarital relationship. • PALIMONY n. alimony paid after separation by one person. |
| PARANYMS | • paranyms n. Plural of paranym. • PARANYM n. a euphemism; a word whose meaning is altered to conceal an evasion or untruth e.g. liberation for conquest. |
| PARONYMS | • paronyms n. Plural of paronym. • PARONYM n. a word having the same root as another. |
| PARONYMY | • paronymy n. The quality of being paronymous. • paronymy n. The use of paronymous words. • PARONYMY n. a relationship of two words having the same sound. |
| PAYMENTS | • payments n. Plural of payment. • Payments prop.n. Plural of Payment. • PAYMENT n. something that is paid. |
| PAYNIMRY | • paynimry n. Archaic form of paganry. • PAYNIMRY n. heathendom. |
| PHANTOMY | • phantomy adj. Ghostly. • PHANTOMY adj. relating to a phantom. |
| PYGMAEAN | • pygmaean adj. Archaic form of pygmean. • PYGMAEAN adj. pygmy-like, also PIGMAEAN, PIGMEAN, PYGMEAN. |
| RAMPANCY | • rampancy n. The state of being rampant. • RAMPANCY n. the state of being rampant. |
| TYMPANAL | • tympanal adj. (Medicine) tympanic. • tympanal n. The tympanic bone. • TYMPANAL adj. tympanic. |
| TYMPANIC | • tympanic adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a drum. • tympanic adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the tympanum, eardrum or middle ear. • tympanic adj. (Music) Resonant. |
| TYMPANUM | • tympanum n. (Archaic) A drum. • tympanum n. (Anatomy, zootomy) Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head… • tympanum n. (Architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated. |