| ADAPTERS | • adapters n. Plural of adapter. • ADAPTER n. something that adapts, also ADAPTOR. |
| APTAMERS | • aptamers n. Plural of aptamer. • APTAMER n. any of various created RNA-based molecules with therapeutic properties. |
| ASPERATE | • asperate v. To make rough or harsh. • asperate adj. Rough. • ASPERATE v. to make rough or harsh. |
| ASPIRATE | • aspirate n. (Linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant. • aspirate n. (Linguistics) A sound produced by such a puff of air. • aspirate n. A mark of aspiration (#) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. |
| CAPRATES | • caprates n. Plural of caprate. • CAPRATE n. a salt of capric acid. |
| PALESTRA | • palestra n. Alternative form of palaestra. • PALESTRA n. (Latin) a school for athletics in ancient Greece. |
| PARAPETS | • parapets n. Plural of parapet. • PARAPET n. a protective wall. |
| PARASITE | • parasite n. (Derogatory) A person who lives on other people’s efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. • parasite n. (Derogatory) A sycophant or hanger-on. • parasite n. (Biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit… |
| PARTAKES | • partakes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of partake. • PARTAKE v. to participate, also PERTAKE. |
| READAPTS | • readapts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of readapt. • re-adapts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of re-adapt. • READAPT v. to adapt again. |
| SEPARATA | • separata n. Plural of separatum. • SEPARATUM n. a separate offprint. |
| SEPARATE | • separate adj. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). • separate adj. (Followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to). • separate v. (Transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts. |
| SEPTARIA | • septaria n. Plural of septarium. • Septaria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Neritidae – certain snails of fresh and brackish waters of the Indo-Pacific. • SEPTARIUM n. a nodule of mineral substance with a network of cracks filled with another mineral. |