| 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. |
| ACCEPTABLY | • acceptably adv. In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction. • acceptably adv. To an acceptable degree. • ACCEPTABLE adv. that can be accepted. |
| ACCEPTANCY | • acceptancy n. (Dated) acceptance. • ACCEPTANCY n. the act of accepting, also ACCEPTANCE. |
| APOCALYPSE | • apocalypse n. A revelation, especially of supernatural events. • apocalypse n. (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of… • apocalypse n. (Christianity) The Book of Revelation. |
| APOTHECARY | • apothecary n. (Archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical)… • apothecary n. (Archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary’s shop, a drugstore. • apothecary n. (Uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine. |
| ARCHETYPAL | • archetypal adj. Of or pertaining to an archetype. • ARCHETYPAL adj. of or like an archetype, also ARCHETYPICAL. |
| BATHYSCAPE | • bathyscape n. Alternative form of bathyscaphe. • BATHYSCAPE n. a submersible observation chamber. |
| CALYPTERAS | • calypteras n. Plural of calyptera. • CALYPTERA n. a hood or hoodlike structure, esp. that covering the spore capsule of mosses and liverworts, also CALYPTER, CALYPTRA. |
| CALYPTRATE | • calyptrate adj. Having a calyptra. • calyptrate n. Any insect of the taxon Calyptratae. • CALYPTRATE adj. capped or hooded. |
| CAPRYLATES | • caprylates n. Plural of caprylate. • CAPRYLATE n. a salt of caprylic acid. |
| CARDPLAYER | • cardplayer n. One who plays card games. • CARDPLAYER n. one who plays cards. |
| CARPELLARY | • carpellary adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to carpels. • CARPELLARY adj. belonging to, forming, or containing carpels. |
| PANEGYRICA | • PANEGYRICON n. a collection of sermons for Orthodox church festivals. |
| PARENCHYMA | • parenchyma n. (Anatomy) The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue. • parenchyma n. (Botany) The cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent, found chiefly in the softer parts of leaves… • parenchyma n. (Zoology) Cellular tissue lying between the body wall and the organs of invertebrate animals lacking… |
| PHLYCTAENA | • phlyctaena n. Alternative form of phlyctena. • PHLYCTAENA n. (Greek) a small blister or vesicle, also PHLYCTENA. |
| TACHYPNEAS | • tachypneas n. Plural of tachypnea. • TACHYPNEA n. abnormally rapid breathing, also TACHYPNOEA. |
| TACHYPNOEA | • tachypnoea n. (Medicine) Hyperventilation. • tachypnœa n. Obsolete spelling of tachypnoea. • TACHYPNOEA n. abnormally rapid respiration, also TACHYPNEA. |