| ACATALEPSY | • acatalepsy n. Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge… • ACATALEPSY n. the sceptic doctrine that knowledge cannot be certain. |
| APOPHYSATE | • apophysate adj. (Anatomy) Possessing an apophysis. • APOPHYSATE adj. relating to an apophysis, an expanded or projecting part of an organism, esp. of bone, also APOPHYSEAL, APOPHYSIAL. |
| ASPHYXIATE | • asphyxiate v. (Transitive) To smother or suffocate someone. • asphyxiate v. (Intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated. • ASPHYXIATE v. to cause asphyxia in. |
| BATHYSCAPE | • bathyscape n. Alternative form of bathyscaphe. • BATHYSCAPE n. a submersible observation chamber. |
| CALYPTERAS | • calypteras n. Plural of calyptera. • CALYPTERA n. a hood or hoodlike structure, esp. that covering the spore capsule of mosses and liverworts, also CALYPTER, CALYPTRA. |
| CAPRYLATES | • caprylates n. Plural of caprylate. • CAPRYLATE n. a salt of caprylic acid. |
| PAEDERASTY | • paederasty n. Alternative spelling of pederasty. • pæderasty n. Obsolete spelling of pederasty. • PAEDERASTY n. anal intercourse between a man and a boy, also PEDERASTY. |
| PARHYPATES | • parhypates n. Plural of parhypate. • PARHYPATE n. (Greek) in Greek music, the lowest note but one in a tetrachord. |
| PAYMASTERS | • paymasters n. Plural of paymaster. • PAYMASTER n. the official in an organization, government etc. who pays out money. |
| PHEASANTRY | • pheasantry n. (Zoology) A place for keeping and rearing pheasants. • PHEASANTRY n. a place for keeping and rearing pheasants. |
| PLEASANTLY | • pleasantly adv. In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result. • pleasantly adv. (Degree) Lightly. • pleasantly adv. (Obsolete) Ludicrously. |
| PLEASANTRY | • pleasantry n. (Sometimes proscribed) A casual, courteous remark. • pleasantry n. A playful remark; a jest. • pleasantry n. (Dated) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment. |
| RATEPAYERS | • ratepayers n. Plural of ratepayer. • RATEPAYER n. one who pays rates or taxes. |
| SEPARATELY | • separately adv. In a separate manner; not together; apart. • SEPARATE adv. apart. |
| SEPARATORY | • separatory adj. Used to separate. • separatory n. (Obsolete, chemistry) An apparatus used in separating, such as a separating funnel. • separatory n. (Obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium. |
| STEATOPYGA | • steatopyga n. (Archaic) A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially Khoekhoe women. • STEATOPYGA n. an excessive development of fat on the buttocks, esp. on females, also STEATOPYGIA. |
| SYNAPTASES | • synaptases n. Plural of synaptase. • SYNAPTASE n. emulsin, the white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. |
| TACHYPNEAS | • tachypneas n. Plural of tachypnea. • TACHYPNEA n. abnormally rapid breathing, also TACHYPNOEA. |