| AMPHIPATH | • amphipath n. Any amphipathic substance or material. • AMPHIPATH adj. of or relating to a molecule that possesses both hydrophobic and hydrophilic elements. |
| 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. |
| APOPHATIC | • apophatic adj. (Theology) Pertaining to knowledge of God obtained through negation rather than positive assertions. • apophatic adj. (By extension) That which passively defines a thing by describing what it is not characteristic thereof. • APOPHATIC adj. emphasizing a fact, by pretending to ignore or deny it. |
| APPARITOR | • apparitor n. (Historical) An officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. • apparitor n. A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. • APPARITOR n. an officer in court who attends to execute orders, also PARITOR. |
| APPERTAIN | • appertain v. To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to. • appertain v. To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc. • APPERTAIN v. to relate to. |
| APPLICANT | • applicant n. One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner. • applicant n. The third coordinate (or z-coordinate) in a three-dimensional coordinate system. • APPLICANT n. one who applies. |
| APPLICATE | • applicate n. An applied material; an application. • applicate n. (Mathematics) A line at right angles to the axis of a conic section that extends from the axis to the curve. • applicate n. (Mathematics) The z-coordinate, similar to abscissa and ordinate for the x- and y-coordinates, respectively. |
| CHAPPATIS | • chappatis n. Plural of chappati. • CHAPPATI n. (Hindi) a thin flat piece of unleavened bread, also CHAPATI, CHAPATTI, CHUPATI, CHUPATTI, CHUPATTY. |
| PALPATING | • palpating v. Present participle of palpate. • PALPATE v. to examine by touch. |
| PALPATION | • palpation n. (Medicine) The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition… • PALPATION n. the act of touching or feeling. |
| PALPITANT | • palpitant adj. Palpitating, throbbing. • PALPITANT adj. palpitating; throbbing; trembling. |
| PALPITATE | • palpitate v. (Intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart. • palpitate v. (Transitive) To cause to beat strongly or rapidly. • palpitate v. (Intransitive) To shake tremulously. |
| PAPALISTS | • papalists n. Plural of papalist. • PAPALIST n. a supporter of the pope. |
| PAPILLATE | • papillate adj. Covered in papillae. • papillate v. (Transitive) To cover with papillae. • papillate v. (Intransitive) To take the form of a papilla, or of papillae. |