| AMPHISBAENA | • amphisbaena n. (Mythology) A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction. • amphisbaena n. A member of a genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar. • Amphisbaena prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Amphisbaenidae – worm lizards. |
| ANABAPTISMS | • Anabaptisms n. Plural of Anabaptism. • ANABAPTISM n. the doctrine of the Anabaptists. |
| APLANATISMS | • APLANATISM n. freedom from spherical aberration. |
| LAMPADARIES | • LAMPADARY n. in the Greek Church, someone who looks after the lamps and carries a lighted taper before the patriarch. |
| METAPLASIAS | • metaplasias n. Plural of metaplasia. • METAPLASIA n. the change of one kind of tissue into another, also METAPLASIS. |
| PANTAGAMIES | • PANTAGAMY n. marriage in which all spouses are held in common. |
| PARABAPTISM | • parabaptism n. A baptism not authorised by the established church. • PARABAPTISM n. uncanonical baptism. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PHAGOMANIAS | • PHAGOMANIA n. a compulsive desire to eat. |
| PLASMATICAL | • plasmatical adj. Plasmatic. • PLASMATICAL adj. of or like a plasma, an ionized gas containing electrons and free positive ions, also PLASMATIC, PLASMIC. |
| 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. |
| SPASMATICAL | • spasmatical adj. (Obsolete, rare) spasmodic. • SPASMATICAL adj. in spasms, also SPASMATIC, SPASMIC. |