| ALLOPHANES | • allophanes n. Plural of allophane. • ALLOPHANE n. a translucent, coloured aluminum silicate. |
| ANASTROPHE | • anastrophe n. (Rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence. • ANASTROPHE n. an inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect e.g. 'To market went she'. |
| ANGOPHORAS | • angophoras n. Plural of angophora. • ANGOPHORA n. (Greek) an East Australian tree, related to the eucalyptus. |
| ANSAPHONES | • ANSAPHONE n. another name for a telephone answering machine, also ANSWERPHONE. |
| ANTHOCARPS | • anthocarps n. Plural of anthocarp. • ANTHOCARP n. a fruit resulting from many flowers, such as a pineapple. |
| APATHATONS | • APATHATON n. (Shakespeare) an epitheton, an epithet, also EPITHET, EPITHETON. |
| APOPHENIAS | • apophenias n. Plural of apophenia. • APOPHENIA n. the tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things. |
| ASTHENOPIA | • asthenopia n. An ophthalmological condition that manifests itself through nonspecific symptoms such as fatigue, red… • ASTHENOPIA n. eyestrain. |
| CANEPHORAS | • canephoras n. Plural of canephora. • CANEPHORA n. (Greek) a sculpted figure carrying a basket on the head, also CANEPHOR, CANEPHORE, CANEPHORUS. |
| DIAPHANOUS | • diaphanous adj. Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through. • diaphanous adj. Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial. • diaphanous adj. (Physics) Isorefractive, having an identical refractive index. |
| HAANEPOOTS | • haanepoots n. Plural of haanepoot. • HAANEPOOT n. (South African) a kind of grape, also HANEPOOT, HONEYPOT. |
| HYPOMANIAS | • hypomanias n. Plural of hypomania. • HYPOMANIA n. slightly abnormal overactivity and elation. |
| ORPHANAGES | • orphanages n. Plural of orphanage. • ORPHANAGE n. a place where orphans are housed. |
| PARATHIONS | • parathions n. Plural of parathion. • PARATHION n. an extremely toxic insecticide. |
| PHAENOGAMS | • phaenogams n. Plural of phaenogam. • PHAENOGAM n. (Greek) any plant of the class Phaenogamia, flowering plants, also PHENOGAM. |
| POLYANTHAS | • polyanthas n. Plural of polyantha. • POLYANTHA n. any of large number of dwarf hybrid roses. |
| SYNALOEPHA | • synaloepha n. Alternative form of synalepha. • synalœpha n. Obsolete form of synalepha. • SYNALOEPHA n. the melting of a final vowel or diphthong into the initial vowel or diphthong of the next word, also SYNALEPHA. |
| XANTHOPSIA | • xanthopsia n. A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow. • XANTHOPSIA n. a visual condition where things appear yellow. |
| ZOOPHAGANS | • zoophagans n. Plural of zoophagan. • ZOOPHAGAN n. an animal that feeds on animal food. |