| APOSTROPHES | • apostrophes n. Plural of apostrophe. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| APOSTROPHUS | • APOSTROPHUS n. (Greek) a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers. |
| GRASSHOPPER | • grasshopper n. A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and… • grasshopper n. A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao. • grasshopper n. (Figuratively) A young student in initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent. |
| HIPPOCRASES | • HIPPOCRAS n. a kind of medieval hot spiced wine. |
| HYPERSPACES | • hyperspaces n. Plural of hyperspace. • HYPERSPACE n. an imagined space having more than three dimensions. |
| PAPRIKASHES | • paprikashes n. Plural of paprikash. • PAPRIKASH n. a chicken dish of Hungarian origin, also PAPRIKAS. |
| PARAPHASIAS | • paraphasias n. Plural of paraphasia. • PARAPHASIA n. a disorder in which one word substituted for another. |
| PARAPHRASES | • paraphrases n. Plural of paraphrase. • paraphrases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paraphrase. • PARAPHRASE v. to restate in different words. |
| PARAPHRASTS | • paraphrasts n. Plural of paraphrast. • PARAPHRAST n. a paraphraser. |
| PASTORSHIPS | • pastorships n. Plural of pastorship. • PASTORSHIP n. the office of pastor. |
| PERIPHRASES | • periphrases n. Plural of periphrase. • periphrases n. Plural of periphrasis. • periphrases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of periphrase. |
| PERIPHRASIS | • periphrasis n. The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going… • periphrasis n. (Linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather… • periphrasis n. (Rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution). |
| SAPPHIRINES | • sapphirines n. Plural of sapphirine. • SAPPHIRINE n. a blue mineral, aluminium-magnesium silicate. |
| SAPROPHYTES | • saprophytes n. Plural of saprophyte. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
| SAPROTROPHS | • saprotrophs n. Plural of saprotroph. • SAPROTROPH n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROBIONT. |
| SPEAKERSHIP | • speakership n. (Politics) The role or status of speaker. • SPEAKERSHIP n. the office of speaker. |
| SPHEROPLAST | • spheroplast n. (Cytology) A cell from which the cell wall has been removed. • SPHEROPLAST n. a bacterium or yeast cell that is modified, as by enzymatic action, so that there is partial loss of the cell wall and increased osmotic sensitivity. |
| SPIROGRAPHS | • spirographs n. Plural of spirograph. • Spirographs n. Plural of Spirograph. • SPIROGRAPH n. an instrument recording movements of breathing. |
| SPLASHPROOF | • splashproof adj. Alternative spelling of splash-proof. • splash-proof adj. Constructed to withstand splashing. • SPLASHPROOF adj. resistant to being splashed. |