| 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. |
| ALPHABETICAL | • alphabetical adj. Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet. • alphabetical adj. According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet. • alphabetical adj. (Obsolete) literal. |
| ANALPHABETES | • analphabetes n. Plural of analphabete. • ANALPHABETE n. an illiterate; one who doesn't know the alphabet or the basics of something, also ANALPHABET. |
| ANALPHABETIC | • analphabetic adj. (Not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic. • analphabetic adj. (Comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write. • analphabetic n. An illiterate person. |
| ANAPAESTICAL | • anapaestical adj. Anapestic. • ANAPAESTICAL adj. in the form of an anapaest, two short metrical syllables followed by one long one. |
| ANTEPRANDIAL | • anteprandial adj. Before a meal, especially before dinner. • ANTEPRANDIAL adj. before dinner. |
| ANTIPARALLEL | • antiparallel adj. (Mathematics) (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions. • antiparallel n. (Geometry) A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions. • ANTIPARALLEL adj. making with a transverse line an internal angle equal to the external angle made by another line. |
| APLANOGAMETE | • aplanogamete n. A non-motile gamete found in certain lower algae. • APLANOGAMETE n. a nonmotile gamete. |
| PALAEOBOTANY | • palaeobotany n. Alternative spelling of paleobotany. • palæobotany n. Obsolete spelling of palaeobotany. • PALAEOBOTANY n. the study of fossil plants, also PALEOBOTANY. |
| PALAESTRICAL | • PALAESTRICAL adj. relating to a palaestra, a wrestling school, also PALAESTRIC. |
| PALATIALNESS | • palatialness n. The quality of being palatial. • PALATIALNESS n. the state of being palatial. |
| PALATOVELARS | • palatovelars n. Plural of palatovelar. |
| PARACETAMOLS | • paracetamols n. Plural of paracetamol. • PARACETAMOL n. a mild analgesic and antipyretic drug, often recommended instead of aspirin. |
| PARAENETICAL | • paraenetical adj. (Now rare) Giving advice; advisory, hortatory. • parænetical adj. Obsolete form of paraenetical. • PARAENETICAL adj. exhortatory, also PARAENETIC. |
| PARAGLOSSATE | • PARAGLOSSATE adj. relating to the paraglossae, small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects, also PARAGLOSSAL. |
| PARAMETRICAL | • parametrical adj. Parametric. • PARAMETRICAL adj. relating to parameters, also PARAMETRAL, PARAMETRIC. |
| PETALOMANIAS | • PETALOMANIA n. an abnormal increase in number of petals. |
| PLATANACEOUS | • platanaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Platanaceae of plane trees. • PLATANACEOUS adj. belonging to the family Platanaceae, plane trees etc. |