| ASHPLANTS | • ashplants n. Plural of ashplant. • ASHPLANT n. a walking stick made of ash. |
| ELEPHANTS | • elephants n. Plural of elephant. • Elephants prop.n. The Ivory Coast national football team. • elephant's adj. (Cockney rhyming slang) drunk (intoxicated with alcohol). |
| HAPLONTIC | • haplontic adj. (Biology) Describing an organism that is haploid for most of its life cycle but that briefly has a diploid zygote. • HAPLONTIC adj. of or like a haplont, an organism having a particular chromosomal structure. |
| NAPHTHOLS | • naphthols n. Plural of naphthol. • NAPHTHOL n. any one of a series of hydroxyl derivatives of naphthalene, analogous to phenol, also NAPHTOL. |
| NAPHTHYLS | • naphthyls n. Plural of naphthyl. • NAPHTHYL n. a radical derived from naphthalene. |
| NEPHALIST | • nephalist n. (Obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller. • NEPHALIST n. one who advocates or practices nephalism, total abstinence from alcoholic drinks. |
| NOTAPHILY | • notaphily n. The study or collecting of paper money or banknotes. • NOTAPHILY n. the collecting of banknotes and cheques as a hobby, also NOTAPHILISM. |
| OLIPHANTS | • oliphants n. Plural of oliphant. • OLIPHANT n. (obsolete) an ancient ivory hunting-horn. |
| PANTHENOL | • panthenol n. (Organic chemistry) The alcohol analogue of pantothenic acid, which is quickly oxidized to pantothenate in organisms. • PANTHENOL n. a vitamin of the B-complex affecting the growth of hair. |
| PENTALPHA | • pentalpha n. A pentagram. • PENTALPHA n. a five-pointed star, resembling five alphas joined at their bases. |
| PENTATHLA | • pentathla n. Plural of pentathlon. • PENTATHLUM n. a pentathlon. |
| PHENOLATE | • phenolate n. (Chemistry) phenoxide. • PHENOLATE n. a compound of phenol analogous to a salt, also PHENATE. • PHENOLATE v. to subject to the action of a phenolate. |
| PHLYCTENA | • phlyctena n. A small vesicle. • PHLYCTENA n. (Greek) a small blister or vesicle, also PHLYCTAENA. |
| PHTHALEIN | • phthalein n. (Organic chemistry) any of a range of lactones formed by the reaction of phenols with phthalic anhydride. • PHTHALEIN n. any one of a very important class of dye-yielding materials formed by the union of phenols with phthalic anhydride. |
| PHTHALINS | • phthalins n. Plural of phthalin. • PHTHALIN n. a colourless crystalline compound obtained by reducing a phthalein. |
| PLANCHETS | • planchets n. Plural of planchet. • PLANCHET n. a blank metal disc to be stamped as a coin. |
| PLAYTHING | • plaything n. A thing or person intended for playing with. • plaything n. A person at the mercy of fate. • plaything adj. Used for the purpose of play or amusement. |
| POLYANTHA | • polyantha n. (Botany) Any of several hybrids of Rosa multiflora that have clusters of small flowers; a polyantha… • POLYANTHA n. any of large number of dwarf hybrid roses. |
| POLYANTHI | • polyanthi n. Plural of polyanthus. • POLYANTHUS n. the oxlip, so called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. |