| APOSIOPESIS | • aposiopesis n. (Rhetoric) An abrupt breaking-off in speech, often indicated in print using an ellipsis (…) or an em dash (—). • APOSIOPESIS n. a conscious breaking off in the middle of a sentence. |
| APPOSITIONS | • appositions n. Plural of apposition. • APPOSITION n. the position of a word parallel to another in syntactic relation. |
| APPOSITIVES | • appositives n. Plural of appositive. • APPOSITIVE n. a clause in apposition. |
| DIAPOPHYSIS | • diapophysis n. (Anatomy) The dorsal transverse process of a vertebra. • DIAPOPHYSIS n. a dorsal transverse process of a vertebra. |
| DISAPPOINTS | • disappoints v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disappoint. • DISAPPOINT v. to fail to meet the expectation or hope of. |
| EPISPASTICS | • epispastics n. Plural of epispastic. • EPISPASTIC n. a blistering agent. |
| EPITAPHISTS | • epitaphists n. Plural of epitaphist. • EPITAPHIST n. an epitapher. |
| PALINOPSIAS | • PALINOPSIA n. a visual disorder in which the patient perceives a prolonged afterimage, also PALINOPIA. |
| PARALEIPSIS | • paraleipsis n. (Rhetoric, linguistics) Alternative form of paralipsis. • PARALEIPSIS n. a rhetorical figure by which one fixes attention on a subject by pretending to neglect it, also PARALIPSIS. |
| 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). |
| PIPSISSEWAS | • pipsissewas n. Plural of pipsissewa. • PIPSISSEWA n. a Native American medicinal plant. |
| POLYDIPSIAS | • polydipsias n. Plural of polydipsia. • POLYDIPSIA n. abnormal thirst. |
| SAPPHIRINES | • sapphirines n. Plural of sapphirine. • SAPPHIRINE n. a blue mineral, aluminium-magnesium silicate. |
| SOPAIPILLAS | • sopaipillas n. Plural of sopaipilla. • SOPAIPILLA n. a square of deep-fried dough often sweetened and eaten as dessert, also SOPAPILLA. |