| ACATALEPSIES | • ACATALEPSY n. the sceptic doctrine that knowledge cannot be certain. |
| ACATALEPTICS | • acataleptics n. Plural of acataleptic. • ACATALEPTIC n. a person who suspends judgment in the belief that certainty is impossible. |
| ANABAPTISTIC | • Anabaptistic adj. Of or relating to the Anabaptists. • ANABAPTISTIC adj. relating to anabaptism. |
| ANAPAESTICAL | • anapaestical adj. Anapestic. • ANAPAESTICAL adj. in the form of an anapaest, two short metrical syllables followed by one long one. |
| 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. |
| CAPACITANCES | • capacitances n. Plural of capacitance. • CAPACITANCE n. in electricity, the ability to store an electric charge; measure of such ability. |
| 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. |
| CATAPHYSICAL | • cataphysical adj. Unnatural; going against nature. • CATAPHYSICAL adj. unnatural. |
| MYCOPLASMATA | • mycoplasmata n. Plural of mycoplasma. • MYCOPLASMA n. a member of the Mycoplasma, a variety of pathogenic agents apparently neither viruses not true bacteria. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PESCATARIANS | • pescatarians n. Plural of pescatarian. • PESCATARIAN n. one whose diet includes fish but no other meat, also PESCETARIAN. |
| PHANTASMICAL | • phantasmical adj. Alternative form of phantasmic. • PHANTASMICAL adj. of the nature of a phantasm, also PHANTASMAL, PHANTASMIC. |
| PLATANACEOUS | • platanaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Platanaceae of plane trees. • PLATANACEOUS adj. belonging to the family Platanaceae, plane trees etc. |
| TACHYPHASIAS | • TACHYPHASIA n. abnormally rapid or voluble speech, also TACHYPHRASIA. |
| TACHYPHRASIA | • tachyphrasia n. Tachyphemia. • TACHYPHRASIA n. abnormally rapid or voluble speech, also TACHYPHASIA. |