| ANAPLASIA | • anaplasia n. (Biology) A reversion of differentiation in cells that is characteristic of malignancy in tumours. • ANAPLASIA n. reversion of plant or animal cells to a simpler form. |
| ANTIPAPAL | • antipapal adj. (Roman Catholicism) characterized by opposition to the pope. • antipapal adj. (Roman Catholicism) of or relating to an antipope. • ANTIPAPAL adj. opposed to the pope or to popery. |
| APLANATIC | • aplanatic adj. (Optics, of an optical system) Free from, or corrected for, spherical aberration and chromatic aberration. • APLANATIC adj. of a lens, free of spherical aberration. |
| APPRAISAL | • appraisal n. The act or process of developing an opinion of value. • appraisal n. A judgment or assessment of the value of something, especially a formal one. • APPRAISAL n. the act of appraising. |
| PALILALIA | • palilalia n. (Clinical psychology) A complex tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one’s own spoken words… • PALILALIA n. a speech disorder characterized by rapid repetition of words. |
| PALMARIAN | • palmarian adj. (Archaic, formal) palmary; superior. • PALMARIAN adj. worthy of the ceremonial palm; preeminent, also PALMARY. |
| PARADISAL | • paradisal adj. Like paradise; paradisiacal. • PARADISAL adj. relating to paradise, also PARADISIC. |
| PARAKELIA | • PARAKELIA n. (Native Australian) a succulent Australian herb, also PARAKEELYA. |
| PARALALIA | • paralalia n. Disturbance of the faculty of speech. • PARALALIA n. abnormality of speech sounds. |
| PARALEXIA | • paralexia n. (Pathology) A language disorder in which the words or syllables of a text being read are transposed… • PARALEXIA n. transposition of words or syllables in reading, due to brain damage. |
| PARALOGIA | • paralogia n. (Dated, pathology) delirium. • PARALOGIA n. the impairment of reasoning power characterized by difficulty in expressing logical ideas in speech. |
| PARASAILS | • parasails n. Plural of parasail. • parasails v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parasail. • PARASAIL v. to soar while harnessed to a parachute towed by a car or boat. |
| PLANARIAN | • planarian n. Any of various flatworms of the order Tricladida living in marine, freshwater, or terrestrial environments. • PLANARIAN n. a kind of aquatic flatworm, also PLANARIA. |
| PLANARIAS | • PLANARIA n. a kind of aquatic flatworm, also PLANARIAN. |