| 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. |
| APPASSIONATO | • appassionato adv. (Music) (to be played) passionately. • APPASSIONATO adv. to be performed in an impassioned manner. |
| INAPPEASABLE | • inappeasable adj. That cannot be appeased. • INAPPEASABLE adj. not capable of being appeased, also UNAPPEASABLE. |
| MISAPPRAISAL | • misappraisal n. A bad or inaccurate appraisal. • MISAPPRAISAL n. a wrong appraisal. |
| NAPRAPATHIES | • NAPRAPATHY n. (Czech) medical treatment by manipulation of spine, thorax or pelvis. |
| PARABAPTISMS | • PARABAPTISM n. uncanonical baptism. |
| PARAGRAPHIAS | • PARAGRAPHIA n. writing of different letters and words than intended. |
| PARAGRAPHIST | • paragraphist n. A writer of paragraphs. • PARAGRAPHIST n. a person who writes paragraphs, news items esp. for newspapers. |
| PARAPHILIACS | • paraphiliacs n. Plural of paraphiliac. • PARAPHILIAC n. a person who indulges in paraphilia, abnormal sexual practices. |
| PARAPHRASING | • paraphrasing v. Present participle of paraphrase. • paraphrasing n. A paraphrased statement. • PARAPHRASE v. to restate in different words. |
| 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. |
| PARAPHRAXIAS | • PARAPHRAXIA n. the inability to perform purposive movements properly, also PARAPHRAXIS. |
| PARAPHRENIAS | • paraphrenias n. Plural of paraphrenia. • PARAPHRENIA n. any mental disorder of the paranoid type. |
| PARAPRAXISES | • PARAPRAXIS n. a slip of the tongue or pen that reveals the unconscious mind. |
| PARASYNAPSIS | • parasynapsis n. The parallel (side-by-side) conjugation of chromosomes. • PARASYNAPSIS n. the pairing of chromosomes of paternal and maternal origin before the reducing division. |
| PARASYNAPTIC | • parasynaptic adj. Relating to parasynapsis. • PARASYNAPTIC adj. of or like a parasynapsis. |
| PIROPLASMATA | • piroplasmata n. Plural of piroplasma. • PIROPLASMA n. a parasite causing cattle fever, aka babesia, also PIROPLASM. |
| PRELAPSARIAN | • prelapsarian adj. (Judaism, Christianity) Of, or relating to the period of innocence before the Fall of man; innocent, unspoiled. • PRELAPSARIAN adj. relating to any innocent or carefree period in the past. |
| REAPPRAISALS | • reappraisals n. Plural of reappraisal Instances of appraising again. • REAPPRAISAL n. the act of reappraising. |
| SPANAKOPITAS | • spanakopitas n. Plural of spanakopita. • SPANAKOPITA n. (Modern Greek) a Greek dish of spinach and feta cheese in filo pastry, also SPANOKOPITA. |