| APODEICTICAL | • apodeictical adj. (Logic) apodeictic. • APODEICTICAL adj. (archaic) necessarily true, also APODEICTIC, APODICTIC, APODICTICAL. |
| CAESALPINOID | • CAESALPINOID adj. belonging to the Caesalpinoidea, a tropical subfamily of leguminous plants. |
| CAMELEOPARDS | • cameleopards n. Plural of cameleopard. • CAMELEOPARD n. (obsolete) a giraffe, also CAMELOPARD. |
| CARDIOPLEGIA | • cardioplegia n. (Surgery) The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery. • CARDIOPLEGIA n. deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out. |
| CEPHALOPODAN | • CEPHALOPODAN n. any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, that includes the octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and pearly nautilus, also CEPHALOPOD. |
| CLAPPERBOARD | • clapperboard n. (Film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap… • clapper␣board n. (Film) Alternative form of clapperboard. • CLAPPERBOARD n. a hinged board (or a set of hinged boards) clapped together in front of the camera before or after shooting a piece of film, to help synchronize sound and vision. |
| CYCLOPAEDIAS | • cyclopaedias n. Plural of cyclopaedia. • cyclopædias n. Plural of cyclopædia. • CYCLOPAEDIA n. an encyclopaedia, also CYCLOPEDIA. |
| EXTRAPOLATED | • extrapolated v. Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate. • EXTRAPOLATE v. to infer (values of a variable in an unobserved interval) from values within an already observed interval. |
| LAMPADEDROMY | • LAMPADEDROMY n. a foot race with lighted torches, esp. a relay race in which the torch is passed on, also LAMPADEPHORIA. |
| PADDLEBOARDS | • paddleboards n. Plural of paddleboard. • paddle␣boards n. Plural of paddle board. • PADDLEBOARD n. a long narrow buoyant board used for riding the surf or in rescuing swimmers. |
| PAEDOLOGICAL | • paedological adj. Alternative form of pedological. • PAEDOLOGICAL adj. related to paedology. |
| PAEDOPHILIAC | • paedophiliac n. A person who is sexually attracted to children; a paedophile. • paedophiliac adj. Relating to paedophilia or to a paedophile. • pædophiliac adj. Alternative spelling of paedophiliac. |
| PAEDOPHILIAS | • paedophilias n. Plural of paedophilia. • PAEDOPHILIA n. the sexual love of children. |
| PARFOCALISED | • PARFOCALISE v. to make parfocal, also PARFOCALIZE. |
| PARFOCALIZED | • parfocalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of parfocalize. • PARFOCALIZE v. to make parfocal, also PARFOCALISE. |
| PLASMODESMAS | • plasmodesmas n. Plural of plasmodesma. • PLASMODESMA n. a strand of living cytoplasm connecting two cells, also PLASMODESM. |
| PLASTERBOARD | • plasterboard n. A construction material consisting of a rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core. • plasterboard v. (Transitive) To fit or reinforce with plasterboard. • PLASTERBOARD n. a thin rigid board, in the form of a layer of plaster compressed between two layers of fibreboard, used to form or cover walls. |
| PROCATHEDRAL | • procathedral n. A church used in place of a cathedral. • procathedral adj. Used in place of a cathedral. • pro-cathedral n. Alternative form of procathedral. |
| PSEUDOSCALAR | • pseudoscalar n. (Physics) A quantity that behaves like a scalar, but changes sign under a parity inversion. • PSEUDOSCALAR n. a variable quantity that has magnitude but not direction and is an odd function of the coordinates. |
| UNPARDONABLE | • unpardonable adj. Impossible to pardon; impossible to excuse or justify. • UNPARDONABLE adj. not pardonable. |