| ACATALEPSY | • acatalepsy n. Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge… • ACATALEPSY n. the sceptic doctrine that knowledge cannot be certain. |
| ANAPAESTIC | • anapaestic adj. Alternative spelling of anapestic. • anapaestic n. Alternative spelling of anapestic. • ANAPAESTIC adj. in the form of an anapaest, two short metrical syllables followed by one long one. |
| ANAPLASTIC | • anaplastic adj. (Oncology) Of, or relating to, a tumor that shows little histogenetic differentiation. It implies that… • anaplastic adj. (Surgery) Of or relating to plastic surgery. • ANAPLASTIC adj. of or pertaining to anaplasty. |
| APLACENTAL | • aplacental adj. (Zoology) Lacking a placenta; belonging to the Aplacentata. • APLACENTAL adj. having no placenta. |
| CAPACITATE | • capacitate v. (Transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity. • capacitate v. (Transitive, zoology) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs. • capacitate v. (Transitive, mathematics) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network. |
| CATAPHORAS | • cataphoras n. Plural of cataphora. • CATAPHORA n. (Greek) the use of an expression which refers to or stands for a later word or group of words, also CATAPHOR. |
| CATAPHRACT | • cataphract n. (Military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier’s… • cataphract n. (Ichthyology, by extension, obsolete) An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate. • cataphract adj. (Nautical, historical) Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed. |
| CATAPLASIA | • cataplasia n. The degeneration of cells or tissue. • CATAPLASIA n. the degeneration of cells and tissues to a less highly developed form. |
| CATAPLASMS | • cataplasms n. Plural of cataplasm. • CATAPLASM n. a plaster or poultice. |
| CATAWAMPUS | • catawampus adj. (US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew. • catawampus adv. (US) Diagonally. • catawampus adv. (US) Utterly. |
| METACARPAL | • metacarpal adj. Of the metacarpus. • metacarpal n. Any of the bones of the metacarpus. • METACARPAL n. a bone of the metacarpus. |
| PALACSINTA | Sorry, definition not available. |
| PANCHAYATS | • panchayats n. Plural of panchayat. • PANCHAYAT n. (Hindi) five elders, a council of five that is the basis for Indian village government. |
| PANCRATIAN | • pancratian adj. Athletic. • PANCRATIAN adj. pancratic; athletic. |
| PANNACOTTA | • pannacotta n. Alternative spelling of panna cotta. • panna␣cotta n. A northern Italian dessert consisting of flavoured double cream set with gelatine, often served with… |
| PARATACTIC | • paratactic adj. Pertaining to or using parataxis. • PARATACTIC adj. of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis, also PARATACTICAL. |
| PYRACANTHA | • pyracantha n. A firethorn, any of the genus Pyracantha of thorny evergreen large shrubs. • Pyracantha prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the firethorns. • PYRACANTHA n. the evergreen thorn, a shrub native of Europe, also PYRACANTH. |