| APOTHECARY | • apothecary n. (Archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical)… • apothecary n. (Archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary’s shop, a drugstore. • apothecary n. (Uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine. |
| ARCHETYPAL | • archetypal adj. Of or pertaining to an archetype. • ARCHETYPAL adj. of or like an archetype, also ARCHETYPICAL. |
| BATHYSCAPE | • bathyscape n. Alternative form of bathyscaphe. • BATHYSCAPE n. a submersible observation chamber. |
| BATHYSCAPH | • bathyscaph n. Alternative spelling of bathyscaphe. • BATHYSCAPH n. a submersible observation chamber, also BATHYSCAPHE. |
| CATAPHYLLS | • cataphylls n. Plural of cataphyll. • CATAPHYLL n. a rudimentary or simplified leaf. |
| MATCHPLAYS | • MATCHPLAY n. scoring in golf according to holes won and lost. |
| PANCHAYATS | • panchayats n. Plural of panchayat. • PANCHAYAT n. (Hindi) five elders, a council of five that is the basis for Indian village government. |
| PARASTICHY | • parastichy n. (Botany) A secondary spiral of leaves or florets. • PARASTICHY n. a secondary helix joining leaf-bases on an axis, visible where the leaves are crowded together, e.g. the scales of a pine cone. |
| PATRIARCHY | • patriarchy n. (Anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority… • patriarchy n. A power structure in which men are dominant. • patriarchy n. (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate. |
| PHATICALLY | • phatically adv. In a phatic manner. • PHATIC adv. relating to a communication meant to generate an atmosphere of social relationship rather than to convey some information. |
| PHLYCTAENA | • phlyctaena n. Alternative form of phlyctena. • PHLYCTAENA n. (Greek) a small blister or vesicle, also PHLYCTENA. |
| PYRACANTHA | • pyracantha n. A firethorn, any of the genus Pyracantha of thorny evergreen large shrubs. • Pyracantha prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the firethorns. • PYRACANTHA n. the evergreen thorn, a shrub native of Europe, also PYRACANTH. |
| PYRACANTHS | • pyracanths n. Plural of pyracanth. • PYRACANTH n. the evergreen thorn, a shrub native of Europe, also PYRACANTHA. |
| SCATOPHAGY | • scatophagy n. Synonym of coprophagy. • SCATOPHAGY n. the religious practice of eating excrement. |
| TACHYGRAPH | • tachygraph n. An example of tachygraphy or shorthand, especially an ancient manuscript. • TACHYGRAPH n. a shorthand writer, also TACHYGRAPHER, TACHYGRAPHIST. |
| TACHYPNEAS | • tachypneas n. Plural of tachypnea. • TACHYPNEA n. abnormally rapid breathing, also TACHYPNOEA. |
| TACHYPNOEA | • tachypnoea n. (Medicine) Hyperventilation. • tachypnœa n. Obsolete spelling of tachypnoea. • TACHYPNOEA n. abnormally rapid respiration, also TACHYPNEA. |