| DIAPHRAGMAL | • diaphragmal adj. Of or relating to the diaphragm. • DIAPHRAGMAL adj. relating to the diaphragm. |
| GRAPHOMANIA | • graphomania n. The compulsion to write. • graphomania n. (Art) Used as part of the name of various surrealist techniques, e.g., a method in which dots are made… • GRAPHOMANIA n. an obsession with writing. |
| LAMPADARIES | • LAMPADARY n. in the Greek Church, someone who looks after the lamps and carries a lighted taper before the patriarch. |
| MALAPROPIAN | • malapropian adj. Malapropic. • MALAPROPIAN adj. relating to malapropism. |
| PARABAPTISM | • parabaptism n. A baptism not authorised by the established church. • PARABAPTISM n. uncanonical baptism. |
| PARABEMATIC | • PARABEMATIC adj. of or like a parabema. |
| PARAMAECIUM | • paramaecium n. Archaic form of paramecium. • PARAMAECIUM n. a microscopic unicellular ciliate protozoa, also PARAMECIUM, PARAMOECIUM. |
| PARAMASTOID | • paramastoid adj. (Anatomy) Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; applied… • paramastoid n. (Anatomy) A paramastoid process. • PARAMASTOID adj. situated near the mastoid, paroccipital. |
| PARAMEDICAL | • paramedical adj. Of or relating to the provision of emergency medical treatment. • paramedical adj. Of or relating to a paramedic. • paramedical n. Alternative form of paramedic. |
| PARAMNESIAS | • paramnesias n. Plural of paramnesia. • PARAMNESIA n. abnormality of memory, esp. forgetting of meaning of words. |
| PARASOMNIAS | • parasomnias n. Plural of parasomnia. • PARASOMNIA n. any of several sleep disorders characterized by abnormal or unusual behaviour of the nervous system during any of the stages of sleep. |
| PARONOMASIA | • paronomasia n. (Rhetoric) A pun or play on words. • PARONOMASIA n. a play on words, a pun. |
| PRAGMATICAL | • pragmatical adj. Alternative form of pragmatic (“practical”). • pragmatical adj. Alternative form of pragmatic (“officious, meddlesome”). • pragmatical adj. (Law) Relating to affairs of state. |
| PROTHALAMIA | • prothalamia n. Plural of prothalamion. • prothalamia n. Plural of prothalamium. • PROTHALAMIUM n. (Spenser) a song in honour of a marriage, also PROTHALAMION. |
| RAMPALLIANS | • rampallians n. Plural of rampallian. • RAMPALLIAN n. (Shakespeare) a mean wretch. |
| SPARAGMATIC | • sparagmatic adj. Relating to sparagmos. • SPARAGMATIC adj. like a Sparagmite, a type of Precambrian rock. |