| APOCALYPTISMS | • APOCALYPTISM n. the doctrine of the imminent end of the world, also APOCALYPTICISM. |
| APOPHLEGMATIC | • apophlegmatic adj. (Medicine) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils. • apophlegmatic n. (Medicine) Any apophlegmatic medicine. • APOPHLEGMATIC n. an agent preventing the flow of mucus. |
| APPERTAINMENT | • appertainment n. (Obsolete) That which appertains or belongs to a person; an appurtenance; trappings. • APPERTAINMENT n. (Shakespeare) an appurtenance. |
| APPRAISEMENTS | • appraisements n. Plural of appraisement. • APPRAISEMENT n. the act of appraising. |
| APPROXIMATELY | • approximately adv. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount. • APPROXIMATE adv. close together. |
| APPROXIMATING | • approximating v. Present participle of approximate. • APPROXIMATE v. to come close to. |
| APPROXIMATION | • approximation n. The act, process or result of approximating. • approximation n. (Mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose. • approximation n. (Medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured. |
| APPROXIMATIVE | • approximative adj. Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation. • approximative n. (Grammar) A grammatical construct that expresses approximation. • APPROXIMATIVE adj. approaching closely. |
| HIPPOPOTAMIAN | • hippopotamian adj. Resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus. • HIPPOPOTAMIAN adj. like a hippopotamus, clumsy, also HIPPOPOTAMIC. |
| IMPALPABILITY | • impalpability n. The quality of being impalpable; intangibility. • IMPALPABILITY n. the state of being impalpable. |
| IMPARIPINNATE | • imparipinnate adj. (Botany) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex. • IMPARIPINNATE adj. pinnate with the rachis terminated by a single leaflet or tendril. |
| MISAPPRECIATE | • misappreciate v. (Transitive) To appreciate improperly; to fail to understand in the right way. • MISAPPRECIATE v. to fail to appreciate. |
| PAEDOBAPTISMS | • paedobaptisms n. Plural of paedobaptism. • pædobaptisms n. Plural of pædobaptism. • PAEDOBAPTISM n. the doctrine of infant baptism. |
| PANOPHTHALMIA | • PANOPHTHALMIA n. inflammation of the whole eye, also PANOPHTHALMITIS. |
| PANSPERMATISM | • panspermatism n. (Historical) The obsolete theory that germs are omnipresent. • PANSPERMATISM n. the theory that life could be diffused through the universe by means of germs carried by meteorites, also PANSPERMIA, PANSPERMISM, PANSPERMY. |
| PANSPERMATIST | • panspermatist n. Alternative form of panspermist. • PANSPERMATIST n. a believer in panspermia. |
| PAPILLOMATOUS | • papillomatous adj. Having papillomae. • PAPILLOMATOUS adj. of or like a papilloma. |