| 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. |
| CLAPPERBOYS | • CLAPPERBOY n. the person who works the clapperboards. |
| DIAPOPHYSES | • diapophyses n. Plural of diapophysis. • DIAPOPHYSIS n. a dorsal transverse process of a vertebra. |
| EPISCOPALLY | • episcopally adv. By episcopal authority. • EPISCOPAL adv. governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church. |
| HEPATOSCOPY | • hepatoscopy n. (Rare) Divination by the liver of an animal or bird. The liver was divided into sections, each section… • HEPATOSCOPY n. divination by examining animal livers. |
| HYPERPNOEAS | • HYPERPNOEA n. abnormally fast breathing, also HYPERPNEA. |
| HYPOPHYSEAL | • hypophyseal adj. Alternative spelling of hypophysial. • HYPOPHYSEAL adj. relating to the pituitary gland. |
| PALAEOTYPES | • palaeotypes n. Plural of palaeotype. • PALAEOTYPE n. a nineteenth century phonetic adaptation of ordinary alphabetical type. |
| PAPYRACEOUS | • papyraceous adj. Made of papyrus. • papyraceous adj. Of the consistency of paper; papery. • PAPYRACEOUS adj. like paper; papery. |
| PHAENOTYPES | • PHAENOTYPE v. to categorise by phaenotype, the sum of the attributes of an individual, regarded as resulting from the interaction of its genotype with its environment, also PHENOTYPE. |
| POLYCARPIES | • POLYCARPY n. the condition of being able to produce fruit and flowers several times in successive years or seasons. |
| POLYPHAGIES | • POLYPHAGY n. the practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food. |
| PRESBYOPIAS | • presbyopias n. Plural of presbyopia. • PRESBYOPIA n. long-sightedness in old age, also PRESBYOPY. |
| PROPHYLAXES | • prophylaxes n. Plural of prophylaxis. • PROPHYLAXIS n. preventive treatment against diseases, etc. |
| PSAMMOPHYTE | • psammophyte n. (Botany) Any plant which thrives in sandy conditions. • PSAMMOPHYTE n. a plant adapted to growing in sand. |
| PYRENOCARPS | • PYRENOCARP n. a perithecium, a small fruiting body containing ascospores. |
| SAPROPHYTES | • saprophytes n. Plural of saprophyte. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |