| APOCALYPSES | • apocalypses n. Plural of apocalypse. • Apocalypses prop.n. Plural of Apocalypse. • APOCALYPSE n. any book purporting to reveal the future or last things; a revelation or disclosure. |
| APOLAUSTICS | • apolaustics n. The philosophy of the pleasurable. • APOLAUSTIC n. the philosophy of the pleasurable. |
| ARCHOPLASMS | • archoplasms n. Plural of archoplasm. • ARCHOPLASM n. the protoplasmic material surrounding the centrosome, formerly thought to be involved in the formation of the asters and spindle during mitosis, also ARCHIPLASM. |
| CAPODASTROS | • CAPODASTRO n. (Italian) a moveable bridge secured over the fingerboard and strings of a guitar, also CAPOTASTO. |
| COMPASSABLE | • compassable adj. Capable of being compassed or accomplished. • COMPASSABLE adj. that can be compassed. |
| KILOPASCALS | • kilopascals n. Plural of kilopascal. • KILOPASCAL n. a unit of pressure, 1000 pascals. |
| MASCARPONES | • mascarpones n. Plural of mascarpone. • MASCARPONE n. (Italian) an Italian soft cheese, like ricotta. |
| MYCOPLASMAS | • mycoplasmas n. Plural of mycoplasma. • MYCOPLASMA n. a member of the Mycoplasma, a variety of pathogenic agents apparently neither viruses not true bacteria. |
| OPSOMANIACS | • OPSOMANIAC n. one who loves a certain kind of food, bordering on madness. |
| PHASCOGALES | • phascogales n. Plural of phascogale. • PHASCOGALE n. a small insectivorous mouselike marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, native to Australia and New Guinea. |
| RADARSCOPES | • radarscopes n. Plural of radarscope. • RADARSCOPE n. an instrument for detecting radar signals. |
| SAPONACEOUS | • saponaceous adj. Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy. • saponaceous adj. (Figurative) Slippery; evasive. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • SAPONACEOUS adj. slippery, elusive; soapy. |
| SAPOTACEOUS | • sapotaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Sapotaceae of tropical trees. • SAPOTACEOUS adj. pertaining to or like sapota; belonging to sapota family of trees. |
| SARCOPENIAS | • sarcopenias n. Plural of sarcopenia. • SARCOPENIA n. reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing. |
| SARCOPHAGUS | • sarcophagus n. A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture. • sarcophagus n. (By extension). • sarcophagus n. (Obsolete except Ancient Greece, historical) A kind of limestone used by the Ancient Greeks for coffins… |
| SARCOPLASMS | • sarcoplasms n. Plural of sarcoplasm. • SARCOPLASM n. the protoplasmic substance separating the fibrils in muscle fibres. |
| SPASMODICAL | • spasmodical adj. Alternative form of spasmodic. • SPASMODICAL adj. relating to, or occurring in, spasms, also SPASMODIC. |
| SPATHACEOUS | • spathaceous adj. (Botany) Having or resembling a spathe; spathal. • SPATHACEOUS adj. having a spathe. |
| SUPRACOSTAL | • supracostal adj. (Anatomy) Situated above, or on the outside of, the ribs. • SUPRACOSTAL adj. situated above the ribs. |
| VASOSPASTIC | • vasospastic adj. Relating to, or producing vasospasm. • VASOSPASTIC adj. relating to vasospasm, a sharp spasm of a blood vessel. |