| DIAGLYPH | • diaglyph n. Glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem. • DIAGLYPH n. a figure cut into any substance. |
| DISAPPLY | • disapply v. (Transitive, law) To decline to apply a rule or law that previously applied. • DISAPPLY v. to make a law inapplicable. |
| DISPLAYS | • displays n. Plural of display. • displays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of display. • DISPLAY v. to put on show. |
| HAPLOIDY | • haploidy n. (Genetics) The state of being haploid. • HAPLOIDY n. the state of being a haploid. |
| LADYSHIP | • ladyship n. Term of respect for a woman of the peerage without using her title. • ladyship n. (English and Commonwealth) Formal form of address for a lady judge (as opposed to the informal "judge"). • LADYSHIP n. the condition of being a lady. |
| LAMPYRID | • lampyrid n. (Zoology) Any member of the family Lampyridae; a firefly or lightning bug. • LAMPYRID n. a glowworm or firefly. |
| LAPIDARY | • lapidary n. A person who cuts, polishes, engraves, or deals in gems. • lapidary n. The field in which such a person works, a subfield of gemology. • lapidary n. The process of such work. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| LAPIDIFY | • lapidify v. (Intransitive) To become stone or stony. • lapidify v. (Transitive) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify. • lapidify v. (Transitive) To cause to become permanent; to solidify. |
| OLYMPIAD | • olympiad n. Alternative letter-case form of Olympiad, q.v. • Olympiad n. A four-year period, particularly (historical) those based on Hippias’s computations of the ancient Olympic… • Olympiad n. (Sports, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of Olympic Games: an instance of the ancient or modern Olympic Games. |
| PALINODY | • palinody n. Obsolete form of palinode. • PALINODY n. a poem which retracts an earlier poem, also PALINODE. |
| PALLIDLY | • pallidly adv. In a pallid manner. • PALLID adv. pale, wan. |
| PLACIDLY | • placidly adv. In a placid manner. • PLACID adv. calm in nature. |
| POLYACID | • polyacid n. (Chemistry) Any polybasic acid. • polyacid adj. (Chemistry, of a base) polybasic. • POLYACID n. a compound made up of two or more hydroxyl groups. |
| POLYADIC | • polyadic adj. Of or pertaining to a polyad (comprising many elements). • POLYADIC adj. of a mathematical function, taking several arguments, cf. monadic. |
| PYGIDIAL | • pygidial adj. Of, or pertaining to, the pygidium. • PYGIDIAL adj. of or like a pygidium, the posterior division of the body in trilobites. |
| PYRALIDS | • pyralids n. Plural of pyralid. • PYRALID n. (Greek) a long-legged moth, also PYRALIS. |