| 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. |
| APOPLASTS | • apoplasts n. Plural of apoplast. • APOPLAST n. the non-protoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material. |
| APPELLANT | • appellant adj. (Law) of or relating to appeals; appellate. • appellant adj. In the process of appealing. • appellant n. (Law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court. |
| APPELLATE | • appellate adj. That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court. • APPELLATE adj. relating to appeals; (of a tribunal) having the power to review cases on appeal. |
| APPLECART | • applecart n. A barrow from which apples and other fruit were formerly sold in the street. • applecart n. A planned situation. • apple-cart n. Alternative form of applecart. |
| 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. |
| CLAPTRAPS | • claptraps n. Plural of claptrap. • CLAPTRAP n. flashy, empty words. |
| 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. |
| PALPATORS | • palpators n. Plural of palpator. • PALPATOR n. one who palpates. |
| PALPATORY | • palpatory adj. (Medicine) Relating to palpation. • PALPATORY adj. relating to palpation. |
| 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. |
| PENTALPHA | • pentalpha n. A pentagram. • PENTALPHA n. a five-pointed star, resembling five alphas joined at their bases. |