| AEROPHAGIES | • AEROPHAGY n. spasmodic swallowing of air. |
| ANAPHORESES | • ANAPHORESIS n. the movement of suspended charged particles towards the anode in an electric field. |
| CAMERAPHONE | • cameraphone n. A mobile phone with a built-in camera. • cameraphone n. (Obsolete) A combination of telephonic device and electronic camera. • cameraphone n. A combination highly-capable digital camera and smartphone. |
| CHAPERONAGE | • chaperonage n. The state of being a chaperon. • chaperonage n. The protection offered by a chaperon. • CHAPERONAGE n. the act of chaperoning. |
| CRAPEHANGER | • crapehanger n. A pessimist or doomsayer. • CRAPEHANGER n. a morose, gloomy, or pessimistic person, also CREPEHANGER. |
| EPIRRHEMATA | • epirrhemata n. Plural of epirrhema. • EPIRRHEMA n. (Greek) in Greek comedy, the address of the coryphaeus to the audience after the parabasis. |
| HEMERALOPIA | • hemeralopia n. (Medicine) The inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness. • hemeralopia n. (Medicine, archaic) Night blindness. • HEMERALOPIA n. the condition of seeing well at night or in partial darkness, while the day sight is poor. |
| HEPTAHEDRAL | • heptahedral adj. Having seven plane surfaces. • HEPTAHEDRAL adj. like a heptahedron. |
| HYPERAEMIAS | • hyperaemias n. Plural of hyperaemia. • HYPERAEMIA n. an excess or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body, also HYPEREMIA. |
| METAPHRASED | • metaphrased adj. Translated literally. • METAPHRASE v. to turn prose into verse or vice versa. |
| METAPHRASES | • metaphrases n. Plural of metaphrase. • metaphrases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metaphrase. • METAPHRASE n. the turning of prose into verse or vice versa. |
| PAPERHANGER | • paperhanger n. Someone who puts wallpaper on walls. • paperhanger n. (Slang) A con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist. • PAPERHANGER n. one that applies wallpaper. |
| PARALDEHYDE | • paraldehyde n. (Organic chemistry) A cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde once used as an antidepressant. • PARALDEHYDE n. a sleep-inducing drug. |
| PARESTHESIA | • paresthesia n. A sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin, with no obvious cause. • PARESTHESIA n. a tingling sensation on the skin, also PARAESTHESIA. |
| PENTAHEDRAL | • pentahedral adj. Relating to a pentahedron. • PENTAHEDRAL adj. of or like a pentahedron, a five-sided solid figure. |
| PERICHAETIA | • perichaetia n. Plural of perichaetium. • PERICHAETIUM n. a sheath or cluster of leaves around the archegonia in mosses and liverworts. |
| PHRASEMAKER | • phrasemaker n. A crafter of phrases; one who pens bombast or rhetoric. • PHRASEMAKER n. a maker of wordy or fine-sounding phrases, also PHRASEMONGER. |
| PREHEADACHE | • preheadache adj. Before the onset of a headache. • PREHEADACHE adj. occurring before a headache. |
| SPEARHEADED | • spearheaded v. Simple past tense and past participle of spearhead. • SPEARHEAD v. to lead an attack. |
| SPERMATHECA | • spermatheca n. (Anatomy) A small sac within the reproductive tract of some female invertebrates, such as insects, which… • SPERMATHECA n. a receptacle for storing spermatozoa in insects. |