| APPEARANCE | • appearance n. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye. • appearance n. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition. • appearance n. The way something looks; personal presence. |
| APPRAISALS | • appraisals n. Plural of appraisal. • APPRAISAL n. the act of appraising. |
| EPANAPHORA | • epanaphora n. (Rhetoric) anaphora. • EPANAPHORA n. the repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences or verses esp. for rhetorical effect, also ANAPHOR, ANAPHORA. |
| GRANDPAPAS | • grandpapas n. Plural of grandpapa. • GRANDPAPA n. a grandfather. |
| NAPRAPATHY | • naprapathy n. A branch of alternative medicine, a manipulative therapy that focuses on the evaluation and treatment… • NAPRAPATHY n. (Czech) medical treatment by manipulation of spine, thorax or pelvis. |
| PANTAGRAPH | • pantagraph n. Alternative form of pantograph. • PANTAGRAPH n. a jointed framework of rods, based on the geometry of a parallelogram, for copying drawings, plans, etc., also PANTOGRAPH. |
| PARAGRAPHS | • paragraphs n. Plural of paragraph. • PARAGRAPH v. to split up into paragraphs. |
| PARAPHASIA | • paraphasia n. (Pathology) A symptom of aphasia in which the sufferer substitutes a spoken word different from the one intended. • PARAPHASIA n. a disorder in which one word substituted for another. |
| PARAPHASIC | • paraphasic adj. Relating to paraphasia. • PARAPHASIC adj. of or like paraphasia, a disorder in which one word substituted for another. |
| PARAPHILIA | • paraphilia n. (Sexology) An abnormal sexual arousal or attraction, especially to objects or situations that are not… • paraphilia n. (Sexology) Sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity… • PARAPHILIA n. abnormal sexual practices. |
| PARAPHONIA | • paraphonia n. (Music) In Byzantine music, a melodic progression by consonances (fourths and fifths). • paraphonia n. (Medicine) An abnormal condition or alteration of the voice, as at puberty. • PARAPHONIA n. alteration of the voice; as at puberty. |
| PARAPHRASE | • paraphrase n. A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning. • paraphrase n. (Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise. • paraphrase v. (Transitive, intransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. |
| PARAPHRAST | • paraphrast n. (Rare) someone who paraphrases. • PARAPHRAST n. a paraphraser. |
| PARAPINEAL | • parapineal adj. Beside the pineal. • PARAPINEAL adj. beside the pineal gland. |
| PARAPLEGIA | • paraplegia n. (Pathology) A condition where the lower half of a patient’s body is paralyzed and cannot move. • PARAPLEGIA n. paralysis of lower half of body. |
| PARAPODIAL | • parapodial adj. Pertaining to the parapodium. • PARAPODIAL adj. relating to a parapodium, one of the lateral appendages of an annelid. |
| PARAPRAXES | • parapraxes n. Plural of parapraxis. • PARAPRAXIS n. a slip of the tongue or pen that reveals the unconscious mind. |
| PARAPRAXIS | • parapraxis n. (Psychology) A mistake, such as a slip of the tongue, that reveals a concealed thought or motive. • PARAPRAXIS n. a slip of the tongue or pen that reveals the unconscious mind. |
| PROPAGANDA | • propaganda n. A concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of large numbers of people. • PROPAGANDA n. a congregation of the Roman curia having jurisdiction over missionary territories and related institutions. |