| ASPERITY | • asperity n. The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one speaks or behaves toward people. • asperity n. The quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience. • asperity n. The quality of having a rough or uneven surface. |
| DIPTYCAS | • DIPTYCA n. a pair of pictures on hinged panels, also DIPTYCH. |
| DISPATHY | • dispathy n. Alternative form of dyspathy. • DISPATHY n. dislike, also DYSPATHY. |
| DYSTOPIA | • dystopia n. A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society. • dystopia n. A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living. • dystopia n. (Pathology) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place. |
| EPINASTY | • epinasty n. (Botany) The downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates. • epinasty n. (Botany) A nastic movement which bends a plant part (e.g. a petal) outward. • EPINASTY n. a downward bending of plant parts. |
| EPISTASY | • epistasy n. Epistasis. • EPISTASY n. a suppression of genetic effect. |
| PARTYISM | • partyism n. Devotion to a party or faction. • PARTYISM n. devotion to a political party. |
| PAYLISTS | • PAYLIST n. a list of people entitled to receive pay, with the amounts due to each. |
| PLAYLIST | • playlist n. (Radio) A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station. • playlist n. (Computing) A list of tracks or videos to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD or… • playlist n. A list of songs, prepared for a band or musical artist, to be performed during a concert; a setlist. |
| PLAYSUIT | • playsuit n. A one-piece stretch garment worn by very young children. • playsuit n. A one-piece item of clothing for women. • playsuit n. A one-piece undergarment for women. |
| PTYALINS | • ptyalins n. Plural of ptyalin. • PTYALIN n. (Greek) a ferment in saliva that turns starch into sugar. |
| PTYALISE | • ptyalise v. Alternative form of ptyalize. • PTYALISE v. to induce ptyalism in, also PTYALIZE. |
| PTYALISM | • ptyalism n. Sialorrhea. • PTYALISM n. an excessive flow of saliva. |
| SAPIDITY | • sapidity n. The property of being sapid; tastiness. • SAPIDITY n. the state of being sapid, pleasantly flavoured, also SAPIDNESS. |
| SPARSITY | • sparsity n. The property of being sparse; sparseness. • SPARSITY n. the state of being sparse. |
| SYNAPTIC | • synaptic adj. (Physiology) Of or relating to a synapse—the junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell. • synaptic adj. (Cytology) Of or relating to a synapsis—the association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes… • SYNAPTIC adj. of or pertaining to a synapse or synapses between nerve cells. |
| YAPPIEST | • yappiest adj. Superlative form of yappy: most yappy. • YAPPY adj. given to yapping. |