| ANAMORPHOUS | • anamorphous adj. Distorted, deformed. • ANAMORPHOUS adj. relating to anamorphosis, also ANAMORPHIC. |
| ANEMOPHOBIA | • anemophobia n. (Rare, traditional Chinese medicine) Mild chills. • ANEMOPHOBIA n. the fear of wind or draughts. |
| APOCHROMATS | • apochromats n. Plural of apochromat. • APOCHROMAT n. an apochromatic lens or instrument. |
| APOGAMOUSLY | • APOGAMOUS adv. engaging in apogamy, asexual reproduction. |
| APOMORPHIAS | • APOMORPHIA n. an alkaloid prepared by dehydrating morphine, also APOMORPHINE. |
| APOTROPAISM | • apotropaism n. (Religion, mysticism) The use of ritual or other magical means (including charms and/or incantations)… • APOTROPAISM n. a magical practice averting evil. |
| AZOOSPERMIA | • azoospermia n. (Medicine) The absence of live sperm in the semen. • AZOOSPERMIA n. absence of spermatozoa from the seminal fluid. |
| CAMPANOLOGY | • campanology n. The study of bells and their casting, tuning, and ringing. • CAMPANOLOGY n. the art of bell ringing. |
| COMPARATORS | • comparators n. Plural of comparator. • COMPARATOR n. any device for comparing accurately, so as e.g. to detect deviations from a standard or to confirm identity. |
| HAEMOPHOBIA | • haemophobia n. Alternative spelling of hemophobia. • hæmophobia n. Obsolete typography of haemophobia. • HAEMOPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of blood. |
| OOJAMAFLIPS | • oojamaflips n. Plural of oojamaflip. • OOJAMAFLIP n. a thing whose name is temporarily forgotten. |
| OPSOMANIACS | • OPSOMANIAC n. one who loves a certain kind of food, bordering on madness. |
| PARONOMASIA | • paronomasia n. (Rhetoric) A pun or play on words. • PARONOMASIA n. a play on words, a pun. |
| PATROLWOMAN | • patrolwoman n. A female equivalent of a patrolman. • PATROLWOMAN n. a female police officer on duty on a beat. |
| POLAROGRAMS | • polarograms n. Plural of polarogram. • POLAROGRAM n. a picture taken by polarography. |
| PROTANOMALY | • protanomaly n. A form of colour blindness causing a lower sensitivity to red light. • PROTANOMALY n. a form of colour blindness in which there is a decreased response to red. |
| PROTONEMATA | • protonemata n. Plural of protonema. • PROTONEMA n. a branched filament produced by germination of a moss spore, giving rise to moss plants from buds. |
| SOMATOPLASM | • somatoplasm n. The protoplasm of somatic cells. • SOMATOPLASM n. protoplasm of the somatic cells. |
| SPERMATOZOA | • spermatozoa n. Plural of spermatozoon. • SPERMATOZOON n. a male sexual cell, which fertilises the egg, also SPERMATOZOAN. |
| TOXOPLASMAS | • toxoplasmas n. Plural of toxoplasma. • TOXOPLASMA n. a genus of microorganisms causing infections in domestic cats and humans. |