| ANAPAESTS | • anapaests n. Plural of anapaest. • anapæsts n. Plural of anapæst. • ANAPAEST n. (Greek) a type of metrical foot, also ANAPEST. |
| ANAPLASTY | • anaplasty n. (Surgery) The restoration of lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue. • ANAPLASTY n. the art or operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue. |
| 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. |
| APATHATON | • APATHATON n. (Shakespeare) an epitheton, an epithet, also EPITHET, EPITHETON. |
| 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. |
| CAPONATAS | • caponatas n. Plural of caponata. • CAPONATA n. (Italian) a type of Italian fish salad. |
| PANATELAS | • panatelas n. Plural of panatela. • PANATELA n. (Spanish) a long thin cigar, also PANATELLA, PANETELA, PANETELLA. |
| PANATELLA | • panatella n. Alternative form of panatela (“type of cigar”). • PANATELLA n. (Spanish) a long thin cigar, also PANATELA, PANETELA, PANETELLA. |
| PANCHAYAT | • panchayat n. (South Asia, chiefly India) A village council or local government. • PANCHAYAT n. (Hindi) five elders, a council of five that is the basis for Indian village government. |
| PANCRATIA | • PANCRATIUM n. an athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling. |
| PANTAGAMY | • pantagamy n. (Historical) A system of communistic marriage, once practised in the Oneida community. • PANTAGAMY n. marriage in which all spouses are held in common. |
| PARAMENTA | • paramenta n. Paraments. • PARAMENT n. (obsolete) a rich decoration, hanging or robe. |
| PARAVANTS | • PARAVANT n. a preeminent person or thing. |
| PARAVAUNT | • paravaunt adv. (Obsolete) perhaps; peradventure. • PARAVAUNT adv. (Spenser) before, in front, also PARAVANT. |
| PHANTASMA | • phantasma n. Alternative form of phantasm. • PHANTASMA n. a phantasm. |
| PLATANNAS | • platannas n. Plural of platanna. • PLATANNA n. (South African) the African clawed frog. |
| RATAPLANS | • rataplans n. Plural of rataplan. • rataplans v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rataplan. • RATAPLAN v. to make a rapidly repeating sound, as on a drum. |
| VANASPATI | • vanaspati n. (Botany) Any plant that bears fruits but no evident flowers. • Vanaspati prop.n. (Music) Name of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the fourth melakarta rāgam of the 72 melakarta rāgams… • VANASPATI n. (Sanskrit) a hydrogenated vegetable fat used as a butter substitute. |