| APOCARPIES | • APOCARPY n. the state of being an apocarp. |
| APOCARPOUS | • apocarpous adj. (Botany) Having carpels that are not joined. • APOCARPOUS adj. either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil. |
| APPARITORS | • apparitors n. Plural of apparitor. • APPARITOR n. an officer in court who attends to execute orders, also PARITOR. |
| APPROACHES | • approaches n. Movements to gain favour; advances. • approaches n. (Military) The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances… • approaches n. Plural of approach. |
| APPROBATES | • approbates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approbate. • APPROBATE v. to approve expressly or formally. |
| MALAPROPOS | • malapropos adj. Out of place; inappropriate. • malapropos adv. Out of place; inappropriately. • MALAPROPOS adj. inappropriate or inopportune. |
| PALAMPORES | • palampores n. Plural of palampore. • PALAMPORE n. a flowered chintz bedcover common in Asia, also PALEMPORE. |
| PAPAVEROUS | • papaverous adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy. • papaverous adj. (Figuratively) Inducing sleep; soporific. • PAPAVEROUS adj. of or relating to poppies. |
| PARAMORPHS | • paramorphs n. Plural of paramorph. • PARAMORPH n. a pseudomorph formed by a change in molecular structure without change of chemical composition. |
| PARATROOPS | • paratroops n. Infantry soldiers deployed by parachute. • PARATROOPS n. troops carried by air. |
| PHALAROPES | • phalaropes n. Plural of phalarope. • PHALAROPE n. a small sandpiper-like shore bird. |
| PIROPLASMA | • piroplasma n. (Epidemiology, microbiology) Babesia, a genus of hematozoa that invades the red blood cells of humans… • piroplasma n. Any of many other parasitic protozoa related to Babesia in order Piroplasmida. • PIROPLASMA n. a parasite causing cattle fever, aka babesia, also PIROPLASM. |
| PORTAPACKS | • portapacks n. Plural of portapack. • PORTAPACK n. a small portable combined videotape and camera, also PORTAPAK. |
| PROPAGATES | • propagates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of propagate. • PROPAGATE v. to increase by natural process; to multiply. |
| STRAPPADOS | • strappados n. Plural of strappado. • STRAPPADO n. (Italian) a form of torture in which victim is left dangling from a rope. |