| AMPUTATE | • amputate v. (Obsolete) To cut off, to prune. • amputate v. To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. • AMPUTATE v. to cut off. |
| ANTEPAST | • antepast n. A foretaste. • ANTEPAST n. (obsolete) a foretaste, an appetiser. |
| APATETIC | • APATETIC adj. having the same colour as the animal's surroundings. |
| APATITES | • apatites n. Plural of apatite. • APATITE n. a mineral, calcium fluoride phosphate, used as a fertilizer. |
| APOSTATE | • apostate adj. Guilty of apostasy. • apostate n. A person who has renounced a religion or faith. • apostate n. (Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession. |
| APPESTAT | • appestat n. The area of the brain (possibly in the hypothalamus) supposed to control appetite and regulate food intake. • APPESTAT n. a neural centre in the hypothalamus believed to control (food) appetite. |
| ASEPTATE | • aseptate adj. Having no septum. • ASEPTATE adj. not partitioned by septa. |
| CAPITATE | • capitate adj. (Anatomy) Having a distinct globular tip. • capitate adj. (Botany) Forming a dense, head-like cluster, such as the inflorescences of composites. • capitate n. (Anatomy) The capitate bone of the wrist. |
| PANCETTA | • pancetta n. A cured belly or pork; bacon. • PANCETTA n. (Italian) unsmoked Italian bacon. |
| PANTALET | • pantalet n. One of the legs of the loose drawers formerly worn by children and women; especially the lower part… • PANTALET n. long underpants trimmed with ruffles. |
| PATINATE | • patinate adj. Having a patina. • patinate v. (Transitive) To coat with a patina. • patinate v. (Intransitive) To become coated with a patina. |
| PATRIATE | • patriate v. (Canada, transitive) To assume control of (a governmental power) from a former mother country. • PATRIATE v. to transfer constitutional responsibility from England to Canada. |
| TETRAPLA | • tetrapla n. A text presented in four parallel versions, especially (historical) the version of the Bible presented… • TETRAPLA n. (Greek) an edition of four parallel texts, esp. Origen's of the Old Testament. |
| WATTAPES | • WATTAPE n. (Native American) a fibre or thread made by some North American Indian peoples from the split roots of conifers, esp. white spruce, also WATAP, WATAPE. |