| ACAROPHILY | • ACAROPHILY n. the symbiotic association of plants with mites. |
| 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. |
| APOCRYPHAL | • apocryphal adj. (Christianity) Of, or pertaining to, the Apocrypha. • apocryphal adj. (By extension) Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical. • apocryphal adj. (By extension) Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; anecdotal or in the nature… |
| 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. |
| CACOGRAPHY | • cacography n. Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect. • cacography n. Poor or illegible handwriting. • CACOGRAPHY n. bad handwriting (the antithesis of calligraphy) or orthography. |
| CAPNOMANCY | • capnomancy n. Divination by interpreting smoke rising from a fire. A form of pyromancy. • CAPNOMANCY n. divination by means of smoke. |
| COMPARABLY | • comparably adv. In a comparable manner. • COMPARABLE adv. that can be compared. |
| MACROPHYLA | • macrophyla n. Plural of macrophylum. • MACROPHYLUM n. a large phylum, as in New Guinea macrophylum. |
| MYCOPLASMA | • mycoplasma n. Any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae. • Mycoplasma prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Mycoplasmataceae – bacteria that lack cell walls. • MYCOPLASMA n. a member of the Mycoplasma, a variety of pathogenic agents apparently neither viruses not true bacteria. |
| NYCTALOPIA | • nyctalopia n. (Medicine) The inability to see clearly in dim light; night blindness. • NYCTALOPIA n. reduced visual capacity in faint light (as at night), night blindness. |
| PARAMOUNCY | • PARAMOUNCY n. the state of being paramount, also PARAMOUNTCY. |
| PARONYCHIA | • paronychia n. (Medicine) An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail. • PARONYCHIA n. a whitlow, or felon. |
| PLAYACTORS | • playactors n. Plural of playactor. • play-actors n. Plural of play-actor. • PLAYACTOR n. one who playacts. |
| POLYCHASIA | • POLYCHASIUM n. a cymose inflorescence in which three or more branches arise from each node. |
| PYROMANIAC | • pyromaniac n. A person experiencing pyromania. • PYROMANIAC n. a sufferer from pyromania, an obsessive urge to set fire to things. |
| SCATOPHAGY | • scatophagy n. Synonym of coprophagy. • SCATOPHAGY n. the religious practice of eating excrement. |
| TACHYPNOEA | • tachypnoea n. (Medicine) Hyperventilation. • tachypnœa n. Obsolete spelling of tachypnoea. • TACHYPNOEA n. abnormally rapid respiration, also TACHYPNEA. |