| APPARATCHIKI | • apparatchiki n. Plural of apparatchik. • APPARATCHIK n. (Russian) a member of the (Soviet) bureaucracy; now extended to apply to any inflexible organisation man, particularly in a political party. |
| APPARATCHIKS | • apparatchiks n. Plural of apparatchik. • APPARATCHIK n. (Russian) a member of the (Soviet) bureaucracy; now extended to apply to any inflexible organisation man, particularly in a political party. |
| CAPROLACTAMS | • caprolactams n. Plural of caprolactam. • CAPROLACTAM n. a white crystalline cyclic amide used esp. in making one type of nylon. |
| CARPENTARIAS | • CARPENTARIA n. an evergreen shrub of the hydrangea family, cultivated for its glossy foliage and yellow-centred white flowers. |
| CATAPHRACTIC | • cataphractic adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cataphract. • CATAPHRACTIC adj. of or like a cataphract, a suit of mail; a soldier in full armour. |
| CATAPHYLLARY | • cataphyllary n. (Botany) A simple leaf in the form of a scale. • CATAPHYLLARY adj. of or like a cataphyll, a rudimentary or simplified leaf. |
| PALAESTRICAL | • PALAESTRICAL adj. relating to a palaestra, a wrestling school, also PALAESTRIC. |
| PANCRATIASTS | • pancratiasts n. Plural of pancratiast. • PANCRATIAST n. a competitor or victor in the pancratium, an athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling. |
| PARACETAMOLS | • paracetamols n. Plural of paracetamol. • PARACETAMOL n. a mild analgesic and antipyretic drug, often recommended instead of aspirin. |
| PARADIGMATIC | • paradigmatic adj. Of or pertaining to a paradigm. • paradigmatic adj. (Philosophy) Related as members of a substitution class. • paradigmatic adj. (Obsolete) Exemplary. |
| PARAENETICAL | • paraenetical adj. (Now rare) Giving advice; advisory, hortatory. • parænetical adj. Obsolete form of paraenetical. • PARAENETICAL adj. exhortatory, also PARAENETIC. |
| PARAMAGNETIC | • paramagnetic adj. (Physics) Exhibiting paramagnetism. • PARAMAGNETIC adj. applied to any substance of which a rod suspended between the poles of a magnet arranges itself parallel to the lines of force, as opposed to diamagnetic. |
| PARAMETRICAL | • parametrical adj. Parametric. • PARAMETRICAL adj. relating to parameters, also PARAMETRAL, PARAMETRIC. |
| PARAPHRASTIC | • paraphrastic adj. Pertaining to a paraphrase. • paraphrastic adj. (Grammar) Of a Latin conjugation: composed of the verb sum with participial forms of the verbs conjugated… • PARAPHRASTIC adj. of the nature of a paraphrase, also PARAPHRASTICAL. |
| PARASYNAPTIC | • parasynaptic adj. Relating to parasynapsis. • PARASYNAPTIC adj. of or like a parasynapsis. |
| PARATACTICAL | • paratactical adj. Synonym of paratactic. • PARATACTICAL adj. of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis, also PARATACTIC. |
| PARENCHYMATA | • parenchymata n. Plural of parenchyma. • PARENCHYMA n. the ordinary soft thin-walled tissue of plants, not differentiated into conducting or mechanical tissue. |
| PATRIARCHATE | • patriarchate n. (Christianity) The term of office of a Christian patriarch. • patriarchate n. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch. • patriarchate n. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff. |
| PESCATARIANS | • pescatarians n. Plural of pescatarian. • PESCATARIAN n. one whose diet includes fish but no other meat, also PESCETARIAN. |
| TACHYPHRASIA | • tachyphrasia n. Tachyphemia. • TACHYPHRASIA n. abnormally rapid or voluble speech, also TACHYPHASIA. |