| 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.
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| ARCHETYPAL | • archetypal adj. Of or pertaining to an archetype. • ARCHETYPAL adj. of or like an archetype, also ARCHETYPICAL.
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| BATHYSCAPE | • bathyscape n. Alternative form of bathyscaphe. • BATHYSCAPE n. a submersible observation chamber.
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| BATHYSCAPH | • bathyscaph n. Alternative spelling of bathyscaphe. • BATHYSCAPH n. a submersible observation chamber, also BATHYSCAPHE.
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| CATAPHYLLS | • cataphylls n. Plural of cataphyll. • CATAPHYLL n. a rudimentary or simplified leaf.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| PHLYCTAENA | • phlyctaena n. Alternative form of phlyctena. • PHLYCTAENA n. (Greek) a small blister or vesicle, also PHLYCTENA.
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| 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.
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| PYRACANTHS | • pyracanths n. Plural of pyracanth. • PYRACANTH n. the evergreen thorn, a shrub native of Europe, also PYRACANTHA.
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| SCATOPHAGY | • scatophagy n. Synonym of coprophagy. • SCATOPHAGY n. the religious practice of eating excrement.
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| TACHYGRAPH | • tachygraph n. An example of tachygraphy or shorthand, especially an ancient manuscript. • TACHYGRAPH n. a shorthand writer, also TACHYGRAPHER, TACHYGRAPHIST.
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| TACHYPNEAS | • tachypneas n. Plural of tachypnea. • TACHYPNEA n. abnormally rapid breathing, also TACHYPNOEA.
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| TACHYPNOEA | • tachypnoea n. (Medicine) Hyperventilation. • tachypnœa n. Obsolete spelling of tachypnoea.
 • TACHYPNOEA n. abnormally rapid respiration, also TACHYPNEA.
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