| APLANOSPORE | • aplanospore n. An immobile spore that may nevertheless potentially grow flagella. • APLANOSPORE n. a nonmotile spore. |
| 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. |
| APPRESSORIA | • appressoria n. Plural of appressorium. • APPRESSORIUM n. the flattened thickened tip of a hyphal branch by which some parasitic fungi attach to and penetrate their host. |
| APPROVANCES | • APPROVANCE n. (archaic) approval. |
| EPANAPHORAS | • EPANAPHORA n. the repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences or verses esp. for rhetorical effect, also ANAPHOR, ANAPHORA. |
| LAPAROSCOPE | • laparoscope n. A thin endoscope that may be inserted through a small incision in the abdominal wall. • LAPAROSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the interior of the peritoneal cavity. |
| PALAEOTYPES | • palaeotypes n. Plural of palaeotype. • PALAEOTYPE n. a nineteenth century phonetic adaptation of ordinary alphabetical type. |
| PAPERBOARDS | • paperboards n. Plural of paperboard. • paper␣boards n. Plural of paper board. • PAPERBOARD n. a type of strong thick cardboard; pasteboard. |
| PAPYRACEOUS | • papyraceous adj. Made of papyrus. • papyraceous adj. Of the consistency of paper; papery. • PAPYRACEOUS adj. like paper; papery. |
| PARANEPHROS | • PARANEPHROS n. the suprarenal gland, near the kidney. |
| PHOSPHATASE | • phosphatase n. (Biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism… • PHOSPHATASE n. an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of phosphate esters. |
| PREPARATORS | • preparators n. Plural of preparator. • PREPARATOR n. one who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc. |
| RAPPORTAGES | • RAPPORTAGE n. (French) the description of real events in writing. |
| REAPPROVALS | • reapprovals n. Plural of reapproval. |
| STRAPPADOED | • strappadoed v. Simple past tense and past participle of strappado. • STRAPPADO v. to torture by this. |
| STRAPPADOES | • strappadoes n. Plural of strappado. • STRAPPADO v. to torture by this. |