| ANAPAESTS | • anapaests n. Plural of anapaest. • anapæsts n. Plural of anapæst. • ANAPAEST n. (Greek) a type of metrical foot, also ANAPEST. |
| ANTEPASTS | • antepasts n. Plural of antepast. • ANTEPAST n. (obsolete) a foretaste, an appetiser. |
| 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. |
| APARTNESS | • apartness n. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being apart. • apartness n. (Countable) The result or product of being apart. • APARTNESS n. the state of being apart. |
| ASHPLANTS | • ashplants n. Plural of ashplant. • ASHPLANT n. a walking stick made of ash. |
| ASPIRANTS | • aspirants n. Plural of aspirant. • ASPIRANT n. a candidate. |
| PAGANISTS | • paganists n. Plural of paganist. • PAGANIST n. a student of pagans or paganism. |
| PARTISANS | • partisans n. Plural of partisan. • PARTISAN n. an adherent, esp. a blind or unreasoning adherent, of a party or a faction, also PARTIZAN. |
| PASSAMENT | • passament n. Alternative form of passement. • PASSAMENT n. (French) a decorative trimming of beads or braid, also PASSEMENT, PASSEMENTERIE, PASSMENT. • PASSAMENT v. to trim with braid. |
| PASTANCES | • pastances n. Plural of pastance. • PASTANCE n. (archaic) a pastime. |
| PHANTASMS | • phantasms n. Plural of phantasm. • PHANTASM n. an airy or insubstantial figure, an apparition, also FANTASM. |
| PHANTASTS | • phantasts n. Plural of phantast. • PHANTAST n. an impractical person, also FANTAST. |
| PHEASANTS | • pheasants n. Plural of pheasant. • PHEASANT n. a large, long-tailed bird. |
| POSTNASAL | • postnasal adj. Of, pertaining to, or located near the posterior of the nasal cavity. • postnasal n. The posterior half of a divided nasal scale. • POSTNASAL adj. situated or occurring at the back of or behind the nose or nasal cavity. |
| SPARTINAS | • spartinas n. Plural of spartina. • SPARTINA n. a salt-marsh grass of coastal regions. |
| SYNAPTASE | • synaptase n. (Chemistry) Emulsin. • SYNAPTASE n. emulsin, the white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. |