| APOTROPAIC | • apotropaic adj. (Religion, mysticism) Intended to ward off evil. • apotropaic n. An agent intended to ward off evil. • APOTROPAIC adj. averting or combating evil. |
| APPARITION | • apparition n. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. • apparition n. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. • apparition n. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom. |
| APPARITORS | • apparitors n. Plural of apparitor. • APPARITOR n. an officer in court who attends to execute orders, also PARITOR. |
| APPLICATOR | • applicator n. A tool or device used to apply a fluid or semi-fluid substance to a surface. • applicator n. A tubular device to insert a tampon into the vagina. • APPLICATOR n. a device used to applicate something. |
| APPROBATED | • approbated v. Simple past tense and past participle of approbate. • APPROBATE v. to approve expressly or formally. |
| APPROBATES | • approbates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approbate. • APPROBATE v. to approve expressly or formally. |
| PANTOGRAPH | • pantograph n. A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid. • pantograph n. By extension, a structure of crosswise bars linked in such a way that it can extend and compress like… • pantograph n. A pattern printed on a document to reduce the ease of photocopying. |
| PARATROOPS | • paratroops n. Infantry soldiers deployed by parachute. • PARATROOPS n. troops carried by air. |
| PORTAPACKS | • portapacks n. Plural of portapack. • PORTAPACK n. a small portable combined videotape and camera, also PORTAPAK. |
| PREPARATOR | • preparator n. A person who prepares specimens or exhibits. • PREPARATOR n. one who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc. |
| PROPAGATED | • propagated v. Simple past tense and past participle of propagate. • PROPAGATE v. to increase by natural process; to multiply. |
| PROPAGATES | • propagates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of propagate. • PROPAGATE v. to increase by natural process; to multiply. |
| PROPAGATOR | • propagator n. A person who disseminates news or rumour. • propagator n. A person who propagates plants. • propagator n. A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings. |
| PROTANOPIA | • protanopia n. (Pathology) A form of color blindness. Involves a defect in distinguishing between red and green. • PROTANOPIA n. colour-blindness with respect to red. |
| RAPPORTAGE | • rapportage n. The reporting of social news, especially by an eyewitness. • rapportage n. Information of a social nature that has been reported. • RAPPORTAGE n. (French) the description of real events in writing. |
| STRAPPADOS | • strappados n. Plural of strappado. • STRAPPADO n. (Italian) a form of torture in which victim is left dangling from a rope. |