| APOCARPY | • apocarpy n. The quality of being apocarpous. • APOCARPY n. the state of being an apocarp. |
| 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. |
| APOPLEXY | • apoplexy n. (Medicine, dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke. • apoplexy n. (Informal) A state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger. • APOPLEXY n. a sudden loss of sensation and movement due to a disturbance of blood supply to the brain. |
| APOSPORY | • apospory n. (Biology) The ability of a plant’s sporophytes to form a plant that looks like a gametophyte but has… • APOSPORY n. reproduction without spore formation. |
| 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. |
| PAPERBOY | • paperboy n. A male who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round. • PAPERBOY n. a newsboy. |
| 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. |
| POLYPARY | • polypary n. Polyparium. • POLYPARY n. the common supporting structure of a polyp colony. |
| POLYPNEA | • polypnea n. (Medicine) deep and rapid breathing; panting. • POLYPNEA n. rapid breathing. |
| POPINJAY | • popinjay n. (Now archaic outside heraldry) A parrot. • popinjay n. (Obsolete) A decorative image of a parrot on a tapestry, cloth etc. • popinjay n. (Dated) A vain, gaudy person; someone who is shallow or superficial. |