| APOSTROPHE | • apostrophe n. (Orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a… • apostrophe n. (Rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| 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. |
| COPYGRAPHS | • copygraphs n. Plural of copygraph. • COPYGRAPH n. a process for copying type. |
| HOPPERCARS | • hopper␣cars n. Plural of hopper car. • HOPPERCAR n. a container for grain, also HOPPER. |
| HYPEROPIAS | • hyperopias n. Plural of hyperopia. • HYPEROPIA n. longsightedness, aka hypermetropia. |
| PARAMORPHS | • paramorphs n. Plural of paramorph. • PARAMORPH n. a pseudomorph formed by a change in molecular structure without change of chemical composition. |
| PASTORSHIP | • pastorship n. Dignity or office of a pastor. • PASTORSHIP n. the office of pastor. |
| PHALAROPES | • phalaropes n. Plural of phalarope. • PHALAROPE n. a small sandpiper-like shore bird. |
| POLYGRAPHS | • polygraphs n. Plural of polygraph. • polygraphs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of polygraph. • POLYGRAPH n. an instrument for multiplying copies of a writing. |
| 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. |
| SAPROPHYTE | • saprophyte n. Any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
| SAPROTROPH | • saprotroph n. An organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing… • SAPROTROPH n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROBIONT. |
| 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. |
| TOPOGRAPHS | • topographs n. Plural of topograph. • TOPOGRAPH n. a type of X-ray photograph. |
| TYPOGRAPHS | • typographs n. Plural of typograph. • TYPOGRAPH v. to produce stamps by letterpress. |