| APOCALYPTISM | • apocalyptism n. Apocalypticism. • APOCALYPTISM n. the doctrine of the imminent end of the world, also APOCALYPTICISM. |
| APOCALYPTIST | • apocalyptist n. One who predicts an apocalypse. • APOCALYPTIST n. the writer of an apocalypse. |
| APOCOPATIONS | • apocopations n. Plural of apocopation. • APOCOPATION n. the cutting off of the last sound or syllable of a word. |
| 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. |
| APPEACHMENTS | • appeachments n. Plural of appeachment. • APPEACHMENT n. (Shakespeare) the act of appeaching. |
| APPLICATIONS | • applications n. Plural of application. • APPLICATION n. an act of putting to use. |
| APPRECIATORS | • appreciators n. Plural of appreciator. • APPRECIATOR n. one who appreciates. |
| CAPTAINSHIPS | • captainships n. Plural of captainship. • CAPTAINSHIP n. the office of captain. |
| HAPPENSTANCE | • happenstance n. (Uncountable) The chance or random quality of an event or circumstance. • happenstance n. (Countable) A chance or random event or circumstance. • HAPPENSTANCE n. a circumstance esp. that is due to chance, also HAPPENCHANCE. |
| PANSPERMATIC | • panspermatic adj. Relating to the theory of panspermatism. • PANSPERMATIC adj. relating to panspermia. |
| 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. |
| PARTICIPANTS | • participants n. Plural of participant. • PARTICIPANT n. one that participates. |
| PARTICIPATES | • participates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of participate. • PARTICIPATE v. to take part in. |
| PARTICIPIALS | • participials n. Plural of participial. • PARTICIPIAL n. a clause involving a participle. |