| ANAPAESTS | • anapaests n. Plural of anapaest. • anapæsts n. Plural of anapæst. • ANAPAEST n. (Greek) a type of metrical foot, also ANAPEST. |
| ANAPHASES | • anaphases n. Plural of anaphase. • ANAPHASE n. the stage of meiosis in which daughter chromosomes move towards the nuclear spindle. |
| APHASIACS | • aphasiacs n. Plural of aphasiac. • APHASIAC n. one suffering from aphasia, the inability to use or comprehend words, also APHASIC. |
| APSARASES | • APSARAS n. (Sanskrit) a divine water sprite. |
| ASPARAGUS | • asparagus n. Any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers. • asparagus n. The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable. • asparagus n. (Color) A green colour, like that of an asparagus. |
| BAASKAAPS | • BAASKAAP n. (South African) the policy of domination of white people in South Africa, also BAASKAP, BAASSKAP. |
| BAASSKAPS | • BAASSKAP n. (South African) a theory of racial politics. |
| PARABASES | • parabases n. Plural of parabasis. • PARABASIS n. (Greek) a speech in Greek drama where the chorus advances and addresses the audience. |
| PARABASIS | • parabasis n. (Historical, Ancient Greece) The part of an Ancient Greek comedy in which the actors leave the stage… • PARABASIS n. (Greek) a speech in Greek drama where the chorus advances and addresses the audience. |
| 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. |
| PARASANGS | • parasangs n. Plural of parasang. • PARASANG n. (Greek) an old Persian unit of distance. |
| PARASHAHS | • parashahs n. Plural of parashah. • PARASHAH n. (Hebrew) a passage in Jewish literature. |
| PIASSABAS | • piassabas n. Plural of piassaba. • PIASSABA n. (Tupi) a coarse, stiff fibre, also PIASSAVA, PIASABA, PIASAVA. |
| PIASSAVAS | • piassavas n. Plural of piassava. • PIASSAVA n. (Tupi) a coarse, stiff fibre, also PIASABA, PIASAVA, PIASSABA. |
| SAPUCAIAS | • sapucaias n. Plural of sapucaia. • SAPUCAIA n. (Tupi) a South American tree, related to the Brazil nut; the oily edible seed of this. |
| VIPASSANA | • vipassana n. (Buddhism) Insight into the true nature of reality, namely as the three marks of existence: impermanence… • VIPASSANA n. (Sanskrit) meditative practice in Buddhism, aimed at obtaining a true metaphysical picture of reality, which means dissolving the stable categories of substance and self in favour of the evanescent. |