| 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. |
| 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… |
| AUDIOTAPE | • audiotape n. A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player. • audiotape n. Any of a cassette tape, eight-track tape, reel-to-reel tape, DAT, etc. • audiotape v. (Transitive) To record onto audiotape. |
| CAPITATED | • capitated v. Simple past tense and past participle of capitate. • capitated adj. Of or related to a capitation payment system for health care providers. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • CAPITATED adj. having fixed upper limits. |
| CAPTAINED | • captained v. Simple past tense and past participle of captain. • CAPTAIN v. to lead or command. |
| 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. |
| LAPIDATED | • lapidated v. Simple past tense and past participle of lapidate. • LAPIDATE v. to hurl stones at. |
| LAPIDATES | • lapidates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lapidate. • LAPIDATE v. to hurl stones at. |
| 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. |
| PAGINATED | • paginated v. Simple past tense and past participle of paginate. • paginated adj. (Of text) Whose pages have been numbered. • PAGINATE v. to mark with consecutive numbers. |
| PALLIATED | • palliated v. Simple past tense and past participle of palliate. • PALLIATE v. to cloak or disguise. |
| PATINATED | • patinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of patinate. • patinated adj. Bearing a patina. • PATINATE v. to give a patina to, also PATINISE, PATINIZE. |
| PATRIATED | • patriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of patriate. • PATRIATE v. to transfer constitutional responsibility from England to Canada. |
| PINTADERA | • PINTADERA n. (Spanish) a decorative stamp, usually made of clay, found in certain Neolithic cultures. |
| STAPEDIAL | • stapedial adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the stapes. • STAPEDIAL adj. of or pertaining to the stapes, the stirrup-shaped bone of the ear. |
| TEPIDARIA | • tepidaria n. Plural of tepidarium. • TEPIDARIUM n. (Latin) a warm room between the hot and cold rooms of a Roman bath. |