| APARTHEID | • apartheid n. (South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990. • apartheid n. (By extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination. • apartheid n. (By extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute. |
| APPRAISED | • appraised v. Simple past tense and past participle of appraise. • APPRAISE v. to set a value on. |
| APRICATED | • apricated v. Simple past tense and past participle of apricate. • APRICATE v. to expose to sunlight. |
| ASPIRATED | • aspirated v. Simple past tense and past participle of aspirate. • aspirated adj. (Phonetics) Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound. • aspirated adj. (French linguistics) In French, describing an initial letter h which, though silent, does not permit… |
| DISAPPEAR | • disappear v. (Intransitive) To vanish. • disappear v. (Intransitive) To go missing; to become a missing person. • disappear v. (Intransitive) To go away; to become lost. |
| DISPARAGE | • disparage n. (Obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. • disparage v. (Obsolete) To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor. • disparage v. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words;… |
| DISPARATE | • disparate adj. Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous. • disparate adj. Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs. • disparate adj. Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground. |
| EPICARDIA | • epicardia n. Plural of epicardium. • EPICARDIUM n. (Latin) that part of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart. |
| PAEDIATRY | • paediatry n. Alternative form of paediatrics, the branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children. • pædiatry n. Obsolete spelling of paediatry. • PAEDIATRY n. the care of children. |
| PARADISES | • paradises n. Plural of paradise. • PARADISE n. a place of extreme beauty and delight. |
| PARAGLIDE | • paraglide v. To take part in paragliding. • PARAGLIDE v. to glide through the air on a special parachute. |
| PARAMEDIC | • paramedic n. An individual trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions, victims of trauma… • paramedic n. (US) An individual who is licensed at the state or national level to practice medical interventions… • PARAMEDIC adj. helping doctors or supplementing medical work. |
| PATRIATED | • patriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of patriate. • PATRIATE v. to transfer constitutional responsibility from England to Canada. |
| PERRADIAL | • perradial adj. (Zoology) Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate. • PERRADIAL adj. situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate. |
| PINTADERA | • PINTADERA n. (Spanish) a decorative stamp, usually made of clay, found in certain Neolithic cultures. |
| PRAEDIALS | • praedials n. Plural of praedial. • PRAEDIAL n. a rural slave, also PREDIAL. |
| PRAELUDIA | • PRAELUDIUM n. (Latin) a prelude. |
| PRAESIDIA | • praesidia n. Plural of praesidium. • PRAESIDIUM n. (Latin) a standing committee in the former Soviet Union. |
| PREADAMIC | • preadamic adj. Prior to the existence of the Biblical Adam. • PREADAMIC adj. relating to the belief that there were people on the earth before Adam. |
| TEPIDARIA | • tepidaria n. Plural of tepidarium. • TEPIDARIUM n. (Latin) a warm room between the hot and cold rooms of a Roman bath. |