| APOSIOPESES | • aposiopeses n. Plural of aposiopesis. • APOSIOPESIS n. a conscious breaking off in the middle of a sentence. |
| 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. |
| APOSTOLISES | • apostolises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apostolise. • APOSTOLISE v. to preach, also APOSTOLIZE. |
| COMPASSIONS | • compassions n. Plural of compassion. • COMPASSION v. (archaic) to pity. |
| GASTROSOPHS | • gastrosophs n. Plural of gastrosoph. • GASTROSOPH n. a person skilled in matters of eating, also GASTROSOPHER. |
| OUTPASSIONS | • outpassions v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpassion. • OUTPASSION v. to exceed in passion. |
| PLASMOSOMES | • PLASMOSOME n. a nucleolus, also PLASMOSOMA. |
| POSTSEASONS | • postseasons n. Plural of postseason. • post-seasons n. Plural of post-season. • POSTSEASON n. the time after the end of the season. |
| SOUSAPHONES | • sousaphones n. Plural of sousaphone. • SOUSAPHONE n. a musical instrument similar to a tuba. |
| STATOSCOPES | • statoscopes n. Plural of statoscope. • STATOSCOPE n. an instrument for measuring small changes in atmospheric pressure. |
| TRANSPOSONS | • transposons n. Plural of transposon. • TRANSPOSON n. a sequence of DNA capable of moving to different sites in a chromosome. |
| VASOPRESSOR | • vasopressor adj. (Medicine) Of or relating to the constriction of blood vessels, which usually causes a rise in blood pressure. • vasopressor n. (Medicine) An agent that causes such constriction: a medication that tends to increase blood pressure. • VASOPRESSOR n. a drug causing a rise in blood pressure by exerting a vasoconstrictor effect. |