| AMPHORIC | • amphoric adj. (Chiefly historical) Of or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure. • amphoric adj. (Medicine) Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced… • AMPHORIC adj. pertaining to the sound of blowing into a bottle. |
| APHONICS | • aphonics n. Plural of aphonic. • APHONIC n. one suffering with aphonia. |
| ATROPHIC | • atrophic adj. (Medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy. • ATROPHIC adj. relating to atrophia. |
| CHAMPION | • champion n. An ongoing winner in a game or contest. • champion n. Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest. • champion n. Someone who fights for a cause or status. |
| HYPOACID | • hypoacid adj. Hypoacidic. • HYPOACID adj. having a lower than normal degree of acidity. |
| ISOPACHS | • isopachs n. Plural of isopach. • ISOPACH n. a line connecting points of equal thickness of geological strata. |
| OMPHALIC | • omphalic adj. Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel. • OMPHALIC adj. pertaining to the navel. |
| ORPHICAL | • Orphical adj. Orphic. • ORPHICAL adj. mystical, oracular, also ORPHIC. |
| PACHINKO | • pachinko n. A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan. • pachinko v. (Intransitive) To tumble down through a series of obstacles. • PACHINKO n. (Japanese) a Japanese pinball game. |
| PACHOULI | • pachouli n. Alternative spelling of patchouli. • PACHOULI n. (Tamil) an Asiatic tree with a fragrant perfume oil; the resulting perfume, also PATCHOULI, PATCHOULY. |
| PANCHION | • panchion n. Alternative form of pancheon. • PANCHION n. a wide-brimmed, shallow vessel into which milk was poured and left to settle, so that the cream could separate, also PANCHEON, PUNCHEON. |
| PAROCHIN | • PAROCHIN n. (Scots) a parish, also PARISCHAN, PARISCHANE, PARISHEN, PAROCHINE. |
| PICACHOS | • PICACHO n. (Spanish) an isolated peak of a hill. |
| POACHIER | • poachier adj. Comparative form of poachy: more poachy. • POACHY adj. spongy and sodden. |
| POACHING | • poaching v. Present participle of poach. • poaching n. Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting. • POACHING n. encroachment on someone's territory. |
| PROCHAIN | • PROCHAIN adj. (French) nearest in time, relation or degree, also PROCHEIN. |
| RHOPALIC | • rhopalic adj. (Poetry, rhetoric) Having each successive word longer by a letter or syllable. • rhopalic n. A rhopalic poem. • RHOPALIC adj. each word being increased by a syllable. |
| SCAPHOID | • scaphoid adj. Shaped like a boat, navicular. • scaphoid n. (Anatomy) Carpal navicular bone. • SCAPHOID n. a boat-shaped bone in the wrist. |