| APOCOPATE | • apocopate adj. Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable. • apocopate v. (Linguistics) To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable. • apocopate v. (Linguistics, intransitive) To undergo apocope. |
| 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. |
| APOPLASTS | • apoplasts n. Plural of apoplast. • APOPLAST n. the non-protoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material. |
| 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. |
| APPROBATE | • approbate adj. Approved. • approbate v. (Transitive) To give official sanction, consent or authorization to. • APPROBATE v. to approve expressly or formally. |
| 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. |
| PARATROOP | • paratroop n. A company of paratroopers. • PARATROOP adj. relating to paratroops, troops trained to drop by parachute. |
| PORTAPACK | • portapack n. Alternative form of portapak. • PORTAPACK n. a small portable combined videotape and camera, also PORTAPAK. |
| PORTAPAKS | • portapaks n. Plural of portapak. • PORTAPAK n. a small portable combined videotape and camera, also PORTAPACK. |
| PROPAGATE | • propagate v. (Transitive, of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production. • propagate v. (Transitive) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space. • propagate v. (Transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to… |
| STRAPPADO | • strappado n. A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which… • strappado v. (Transitive) To torture by means of this device. • STRAPPADO n. (Italian) a form of torture in which victim is left dangling from a rope. |