| 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. |
| ASPHYXIANT | • asphyxiant adj. That can cause asphyxiation. • asphyxiant n. Any substance that can cause asphyxia. • ASPHYXIANT n. an agent causing asphyxiation. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| HYOPLASTRA | • hyoplastra n. Plural of hyoplastron. • HYOPLASTRON n. in a turtle's plastron, a plate between the hypoplastron and the entoplastron. |
| 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. |
| PARHYPATES | • parhypates n. Plural of parhypate. • PARHYPATE n. (Greek) in Greek music, the lowest note but one in a tetrachord. |
| PHANTASTRY | • PHANTASTRY n. dandyism, also FANTASTRY. |
| PHEASANTRY | • pheasantry n. (Zoology) A place for keeping and rearing pheasants. • PHEASANTRY n. a place for keeping and rearing pheasants. |
| POLYANTHAS | • polyanthas n. Plural of polyantha. • POLYANTHA n. any of large number of dwarf hybrid roses. |
| 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. |
| STAPHYLOMA | • staphyloma n. (Medicine) An abnormal protrusion of the uveal tissue through the eyeball. • STAPHYLOMA n. a protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea. |
| TACHYPNEAS | • tachypneas n. Plural of tachypnea. • TACHYPNEA n. abnormally rapid breathing, also TACHYPNOEA. |