| APHAERESES | • aphaereses n. Plural of aphaeresis. • aphæreses n. Plural of aphæresis. • APHAERESIS n. the omission of a letter, sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, e.g. as knife becoming nife, also APHERESIS. |
| APHAERESIS | • aphaeresis n. (UK, Canada) Alternative spelling of apheresis. • aphæresis n. Obsolete form of apheresis. • APHAERESIS n. the omission of a letter, sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, e.g. as knife becoming nife, also APHERESIS. |
| CHEAPSKATE | • cheapskate n. Someone who stingily avoids spending money. • cheapskate n. (By extension) Someone who does not give freely. • cheap-skate n. Alternative form of cheapskate. |
| EPARCHATES | • eparchates n. Plural of eparchate. • EPARCHATE n. the province or diocese of an eparch, also EPARCHY. |
| ESOPHAGEAL | • esophageal adj. Of or pertaining to the esophagus. • ESOPHAGEAL adj. pertaining to the esophagus, also OESOPHAGEAL. |
| HEADPEACES | • headpeaces n. Plural of headpeace. • HEADPEACE n. (archaic) a helmet, also HEADPIECE. |
| HEADSPACES | • headspaces n. Plural of headspace. • headspaces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headspace. • head-spaces n. Plural of head-space. |
| HEAPSTEADS | • heapsteads n. Plural of heapstead. • HEAPSTEAD n. the buildings and places around a mine shaft. |
| METAPHASES | • metaphases n. Plural of metaphase. • metaphases n. Plural of metaphasis. • METAPHASE n. the stage of mitotic or meiotic nuclear division when the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibres. |
| METAPHRASE | • metaphrase n. A literal, word-for-word translation. • metaphrase n. An answering phrase; repartee. • metaphrase v. To make such a literal translation. |
| PARATHESES | • paratheses n. Plural of parathesis. • PARATHESIS n. apposition; the compounding of words without change. |
| PEARLASHES | • pearlashes n. Plural of pearlash. • PEARLASH n. an alkaline compound obtained from wood ash. |
| PHAGEDENAS | • phagedenas n. Plural of phagedena. • PHAGEDENA n. hospital gangrene, a rapidly spreading destructive ulcer, also PHAGEDAENA. |
| SHAPEWEARS | • SHAPEWEAR n. underwear that shapes the body. |
| SPEARHEADS | • spearheads n. Plural of spearhead. • spearheads v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spearhead. • spear-heads n. Plural of spear-head. |
| SPHACELATE | • sphacelate v. (Transitive, medicine) To affect with gangrene. • sphacelate adj. Affected with gangrene; necrotic. • SPHACELATE v. to cause or affect with gangrene or mortification. |
| WAVESHAPES | • waveshapes n. Plural of waveshape. • WAVESHAPE n. a graph showing the variation in amplitude of any signal propagated as a wave. |