| EPIPHRAGMS | • epiphragms n. Plural of epiphragm. • EPIPHRAGM n. the disc with which certain molluscs close the aperture of their shell. |
| EPITAPHERS | • epitaphers n. Plural of epitapher. • EPITAPHER n. a writer of epitaphs. |
| FLAPPERISH | • flapperish adj. Reminiscent of a flapper (unconventional young woman of the 1920s). • FLAPPERISH adj. like a flapper, a young girl nearing womanhood. |
| HYPEROPIAS | • hyperopias n. Plural of hyperopia. • HYPEROPIA n. longsightedness, aka hypermetropia. |
| PARAPHASIA | • paraphasia n. (Pathology) A symptom of aphasia in which the sufferer substitutes a spoken word different from the one intended. • PARAPHASIA n. a disorder in which one word substituted for another. |
| PARAPHASIC | • paraphasic adj. Relating to paraphasia. • PARAPHASIC adj. of or like paraphasia, a disorder in which one word substituted for another. |
| PARAPHYSIS | • paraphysis n. (Botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the… • paraphysis n. (Mycology) A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci. • paraphysis n. (Anatomy) A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon. |
| PASIGRAPHY | • pasigraphy n. (Linguistics) A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic… • PASIGRAPHY n. a system of universal ideographic writing. |
| PASTORSHIP | • pastorship n. Dignity or office of a pastor. • PASTORSHIP n. the office of pastor. |
| PERIPHRASE | • periphrase n. (Rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect… • periphrase v. (Transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution. • periphrase v. (Intransitive) To use circumlocution. |
| PORPHYRIAS | • porphyrias n. Plural of porphyria. • PORPHYRIA n. any of various disorders of metabolism resulting in the excretion of an excessive quantity of porphyrins in the urine. |
| PRESHAPING | • preshaping v. Present participle of preshape. • PRESHAPE v. to shape beforehand. |
| SAPPHIRINE | • sapphirine n. (Mineralogy) A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its… • sapphirine adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire. • SAPPHIRINE n. a blue mineral, aluminium-magnesium silicate. |
| SPIROGRAPH | • spirograph n. (Medicine) an instrument for measuring and recording the depth and rapidity of breathing movements. • Spirograph n. A geometric drawing toy consisting of a set of plastic gears and toothed rings. • SPIROGRAPH n. an instrument recording movements of breathing. |