| ANOOPSIAS | • ANOOPSIA n. a visual defect, an upward squint. |
| ANTISPAST | • antispast n. (Prosody) A metrical foot composed of an iambus and a trochee. • ANTISPAST n. (Greek) a metrical foot comprising an iambus followed by a trochee. |
| ASPIRANTS | • aspirants n. Plural of aspirant. • ASPIRANT n. a candidate. |
| ASYNAPSIS | • asynapsis n. (Biochemistry) The failure of synapsis during meiosis. • ASYNAPSIS n. a failure of the pairing of homologous chromosomes in meiosis. |
| DIAPASONS | • diapasons n. Plural of diapason. • DIAPASON n. a loud, harmonious burst of music, also DIAPASE. |
| JAPANISES | • japanises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of japanise. • Japanises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Japanise. • JAPANISE v. to make Japanese, also JAPANIZE. |
| PAEANISMS | • paeanisms n. Plural of paeanism. • PAEANISM n. the chanting of a paean. |
| PAGANISES | • paganises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paganise. • PAGANISE v. to make irreligious, also PAGANIZE. |
| PAGANISMS | • paganisms n. Plural of paganism. • PAGANISM n. an irreligious attitude. |
| PAGANISTS | • paganists n. Plural of paganist. • PAGANIST n. a student of pagans or paganism. |
| PANISLAMS | • PANISLAM n. all of Islam or the Muslim world. |
| PARTISANS | • partisans n. Plural of partisan. • PARTISAN n. an adherent, esp. a blind or unreasoning adherent, of a party or a faction, also PARTIZAN. |
| PASHMINAS | • pashminas n. Plural of pashmina. • PASHMINA n. (Persian) a shawl made from pashm, the fine under-fleece of the goats of North India. |
| PASSAGING | • passaging v. Present participle of passage. • PASSAGE v. to make a voyage. |
| PASSIONAL | • passional n. A book describing sufferings of martyrs. • passional adj. Characterized by passion. • PASSIONAL n. a book containing accounts of the sufferings of saints and martyrs, for reading on their feast days. |
| SPADASSIN | • spadassin n. A fighter, duelist. • SPADASSIN n. (Italian) a swordsman; a fighter. |
| SPARTINAS | • spartinas n. Plural of spartina. • SPARTINA n. a salt-marsh grass of coastal regions. |
| SPONSALIA | • SPONSALIA n. nuptials, marriage. |
| VIPASSANA | • vipassana n. (Buddhism) Insight into the true nature of reality, namely as the three marks of existence: impermanence… • VIPASSANA n. (Sanskrit) meditative practice in Buddhism, aimed at obtaining a true metaphysical picture of reality, which means dissolving the stable categories of substance and self in favour of the evanescent. |