| 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. |
| CAPTAINSHIPS | • captainships n. Plural of captainship. • CAPTAINSHIP n. the office of captain. |
| COPROPHAGIST | • coprophagist n. Synonym of coprophage. • COPROPHAGIST n. an eater of dung. |
| CRYPTOGRAPHS | • cryptographs n. Plural of cryptograph. • CRYPTOGRAPH n. anything written in cipher, also CRYPTOGRAM. |
| 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. |
| HYPERPLASTIC | • hyperplastic adj. Of, or relating to hyperplasia. • HYPERPLASTIC adj. relating to hyperplasia. |
| PANPSYCHISTS | • panpsychists n. Plural of panpsychist. • PANPSYCHIST n. a believer in panpsychism. |
| 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. |
| PERIPHRASTIC | • periphrastic adj. Expressed in more words than are necessary. • periphrastic adj. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory. • periphrastic adj. (Grammar) Characterized by periphrasis. |
| PETTICHAPSES | • PETTICHAPS n. (dialect) the garden warbler. |
| PHOSPHATIDIC | • phosphatidic adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to a phosphatide. • PHOSPHATIDIC adj. in phosphatidic acid, a type of acid. |
| PHOSPHATURIC | • phosphaturic adj. (Pathology) Relating to phosphaturia. • PHOSPHATURIC adj. relating to phosphaturia, the excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine. |
| PSAMMOPHYTIC | • PSAMMOPHYTIC adj. like a psammophyte, a plant adapted to growing in sand. |
| PSYCHOPATHIC | • psychopathic adj. Exhibiting the behaviors and personality traits of a psychopath. • psychopathic n. (Dated) A psychopath. • PSYCHOPATHIC adj. relating to psychopathy. |
| SAPROTROPHIC | • saprotrophic adj. Of or pertaining to saprotrophs (or saprobes). • SAPROTROPHIC adj. of or like a saprotroph. |
| SCOPTOPHILIA | • scoptophilia n. Alternative form of scopophilia. • SCOPTOPHILIA n. the practice of obtaining sexual pleasure from things seen, as e.g. naked bodies, also SCOPOPHILIA. |
| SCOPTOPHOBIA | • SCOPTOPHOBIA n. fear of being looked at, also SCOPOPHOBIA. |
| SPECTROGRAPH | • spectrograph n. A machine for recording spectra, producing spectrograms. • SPECTROGRAPH n. an instrument for viewing a spectrum. |
| SPERMAPHYTIC | • spermaphytic adj. Synonym of spermatophytic. • SPERMAPHYTIC adj. of or like a spermaphyte, also SPERMOPHYTIC. |