| ACALEPHE | • acalephe n. Alternative form of acaleph. • ACALEPHE n. (Greek) any cnidarian (a jellyfish), also ACALEPH, ACALEPHAN. |
| ACALEPHS | • acalephs n. Plural of acaleph. • ACALEPH n. (Greek) any cnidarian (jellyfish), also ACALEPHAN, ACALEPHE. |
| ALPHABET | • alphabet n. The set of letters used when writing in a language. • alphabet n. A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in… • alphabet n. (Computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols. |
| APHELIAN | • aphelian adj. (Astronomy) Relating to aphelion. • APHELIAN adj. relating to an aphelion, the point when the earth is farthest from the sun during its annual orbit. |
| APHOLATE | • APHOLATE n. a chemical used to kill houseflies. |
| CEPHALAD | • cephalad adv. (Anatomy) Towards the head (or anterior extremity), a direction that in humans corresponds to superior. • CEPHALAD adv. towards the head. |
| HALFPACE | • halfpace n. (Archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse… • HALFPACE n. a dais; a small landing on staircase. |
| HEADLAMP | • headlamp n. An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle. • headlamp n. A flashlight worn on the head. • HEADLAMP n. a light on the front of a car. |
| HEXAPLAR | • Hexaplar adj. Being or relating to a Hexapla. • HEXAPLAR adj. relating to a hexapla, an edition of the bible in six languages, also HEXAPLARIAN, HEXAPLARIC. |
| HEXAPLAS | • hexaplas n. Plural of hexapla. • Hexaplas n. Plural of Hexapla. • HEXAPLA n. (Greek) a book of six (especially Biblical) parallel texts. |
| PARHELIA | • parhelia n. Plural of parhelion. • PARHELION n. a halolike light seen in sky opposite the sun. |
| PEARLASH | • pearlash n. (Organic chemistry) A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium… • pearl-ash n. A gray-white powder, having chemical properties of quicklime, made by heating mollusk shells to a temperature… • PEARLASH n. an alkaline compound obtained from wood ash. |
| PHACELIA | • phacelia n. Any of many annual or perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Phacelia, native to the Americas. • Phacelia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – scorpionweeds. • PHACELIA n. any of various chiefly annual North American plants, with clustered blue, violet, or white flowers, frequently grown for ornament. |
| PHALANGE | • phalange n. (Obsolete) A phalanx (Of soldiers, people etc.). • phalange n. (Anatomy) A phalanx. • phalange n. (Zoology) Any of the joints of an insect’s tarsus. |
| SHAPABLE | • shapable adj. Capable of being shaped. • SHAPABLE adj. that may be shaped, also SHAPEABLE. |
| SLAGHEAP | • slagheap n. Alternative form of slag heap. • slag␣heap n. A man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining. Can also… • SLAGHEAP n. a heap of slag refuse. |
| SLAPHEAD | • slaphead n. (Britain, slang, derogatory) A bald person; somebody with a shaved or hairless head. • SLAPHEAD n. (slang) a bald person. |
| UPHEAVAL | • upheaval n. Disruptive change, from one state to another. • upheaval n. The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth’s crust. • upheaval n. A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion. |