| ANAPHASES | • anaphases n. Plural of anaphase. • ANAPHASE n. the stage of meiosis in which daughter chromosomes move towards the nuclear spindle. |
| ANSAPHONE | • ANSAPHONE n. another name for a telephone answering machine, also ANSWERPHONE. |
| APHANITES | • aphanites n. Plural of aphanite. • APHANITE n. any rock of such close texture that separate minerals contained within it cannot be distinguished by the naked eye. |
| CAMPHANES | • camphanes n. Plural of camphane. • CAMPHANE n. a type of hydrocarbon. |
| NYMPHAEAS | • nymphaeas n. Plural of nymphaea. • NYMPHAEA n. any plant of the waterlily genus. |
| PANCHAXES | • panchaxes n. Plural of panchax. • PANCHAX n. (Latin) any of several kinds of brightly coloured fish, often stocked in aquariums. |
| PATHNAMES | • pathnames n. Plural of pathname. • PATHNAME n. the name of a file or directory together with its position in relation to other directories. |
| PHALANGES | • phalanges n. Plural of phalange. • phalanges n. Plural of phalanx. • PHALANGE n. any bone of a finger or toe. |
| PHALANXES | • phalanxes n. Plural of phalanx. • PHALANX n. a formation of infantry in ancient Greece. |
| PHEASANTS | • pheasants n. Plural of pheasant. • PHEASANT n. a large, long-tailed bird. |
| PHRASEMAN | • phraseman n. A phrasemonger. • PHRASEMAN n. a user or maker of fine phrases. |
| SANDHEAPS | • sandheaps n. Plural of sandheap. • SANDHEAP n. a pile of sand. |
| SNAPHANCE | • snaphance n. A spring lock for discharging a firearm. • snaphance n. The firearm to which it is attached. • snaphance n. (Obsolete) A trifling or second-rate thing or person. |
| SYNALEPHA | • synalepha n. The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel. • synalepha n. The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables. • SYNALEPHA n. the melting of a final vowel or diphthong into the initial vowel or diphthong of the next word, also SYNALOEPHA. |
| SYNAPHEAS | • synapheas n. Plural of synaphea. • SYNAPHEA n. a metrical system of continuity between verses. |
| SYNAPHEIA | • synapheia n. (Prosody) Alternative form of synaphea. • SYNAPHEIA n. metrical continuity between two verses in a system, also SYNAPHEA. |
| WAPENSHAW | • wapenshaw n. Alternative form of wapinschaw. • WAPENSHAW n. (Scots) a periodical gathering of the people within an area for the purpose of seeing that each man was armed according to his rank, and ready to take the field, also WAPENSCHAW, WAPINSCHAW, WAPINSHAW, WAPPENSCHAW, WAPPENSHAW, WAPPENSHAWING. |