| AMPHIPODS | • amphipods n. Plural of amphipod. • AMPHIPOD n. a crustacean of the order Amphipoda, that includes e.g. sand-hoppers. |
| APOPHASIS | • apophasis n. (Rhetoric) An allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned. • apophasis n. (Christianity, philosophy, theology) A process of arriving at knowledge by statements of denial; particularly… • APOPHASIS n. the rhetorical device of emphasizing a fact, by pretending to ignore or deny it. |
| 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. |
| APOPHENIA | • apophenia n. (Psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena. • APOPHENIA n. the tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things. |
| APOPHYSIS | • apophysis n. (Anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone. • apophysis n. (Botany) The external part of a cone scale. • apophysis n. (Geology) A branch of a dike or vein. |
| HAPLOPIAS | • HAPLOPIA n. normal vision. |
| HIPPOCRAS | • hippocras n. A cordial, made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices, usually including cinnamon, which were… • HIPPOCRAS n. a kind of medieval hot spiced wine. |
| HIPPODAME | • hippodame n. (Obsolete, rare, mythology) A sea horse or hippocampus. • HIPPODAME n. (Spenser) a fabulous sea monster. |
| HYPEROPIA | • hyperopia n. (Pathology) A disorder of the vision where the eye focusses images behind the retina instead of on it… • HYPEROPIA n. longsightedness, aka hypermetropia. |
| PANSOPHIC | • pansophic adj. Of or relating to pansophy; all-knowing, or comprehending all knowledge. • PANSOPHIC adj. relating to pansophy, knowledge of everything, also PANSOPHICAL. |
| PHILOPENA | • philopena n. A game in which a person, on finding a double-kernelled almond or nut, may offer the second kernel to… • philopena n. The occasion on which a philopena is forfeited; the forfeit paid. • philopena n. A nut or almond with a double kernel, as used to set a philopena. |
| PHOTOPIAS | • PHOTOPIA n. vision in illumination similar to daylight, believed to involve chiefly the cones of the retina. |
| PHOTOPSIA | • photopsia n. (Medicine) The presence of perceived flashes of light. • PHOTOPSIA n. the appearance of light flashes due to retinal irritation, also PHOTOPSY. |
| PORPHYRIA | • porphyria n. (Pathology) Any of several usually hereditary abnormalities of porphyrin metabolism characterized by… • PORPHYRIA n. any of various disorders of metabolism resulting in the excretion of an excessive quantity of porphyrins in the urine. |
| PROPHASIC | • prophasic adj. Relating to the prophase. • PROPHASIC adj. relating to prophase, the first stage in cell division. |
| XIPHOPAGI | • xiphopagi n. Plural of xiphopagus. • XIPHOPAGUS n. a set of Siamese twins joined in the region of the xiphoid cartilage. |