| 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. |
| APHORISED | • aphorised v. Simple past tense and past participle of aphorise. • APHORISE v. to make a concise statement, also APHORIZE. |
| APHORIZED | • aphorized v. Simple past tense and past participle of aphorize. • APHORIZE v. to make a concise statement, also APHORISE. |
| APHRODITE | • aphrodite n. (Mineralogy) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found… • Aphrodite prop.n. (Greek mythology) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and… • Aphrodite prop.n. A female given name from Ancient Greek. |
| ATROPHIED | • atrophied v. Simple past tense and past participle of atrophy. • atrophied adj. Characterized by atrophy. • ATROPHY v. to waste away. |
| CRISPHEAD | • crisphead n. A lettuce (such as iceberg lettuce) with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head. • CRISPHEAD n. a variety of lettuce. |
| EIDOGRAPH | • eidograph n. An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of pantograph. • EIDOGRAPH n. an instrument for copying drawings. |
| HYPERACID | • hyperacid adj. Highly acidic. • HYPERACID adj. excessively acid. |
| HYPERARID | • hyperarid adj. (Climatology) Very arid, with an aridity index of less than 0.05. • HYPERARID adj. excessively arid. |
| IDEOGRAPH | • ideograph n. An ideogram. • IDEOGRAPH n. a symbol in picture-writing representing the idea of a thing. |
| NEPHRIDIA | • nephridia n. Plural of nephridium. • NEPHRIDIUM n. in invertebrates and lower chordates, an organ serving the function of a kidney. |
| PHILANDER | • philander n. A lover. • philander n. A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, Caluromys philander, formerly Didelphis philander. • philander n. An Australian bandicoot, greater bilby or bilby, Macrotis lagotis, formerly Perameles lagotis. |
| PIERHEADS | • pierheads n. Plural of pierhead. • PIERHEAD n. the seaward end of a pier. |
| PRINTHEAD | • printhead n. Alternative spelling of print head. • print␣head n. That part of a printer that transfers a character or image to the paper. • PRINTHEAD n. the part of a printer that does the work of printing. |
| RHAPHIDES | • rhaphides n. Plural of rhaphide. • rhaphides n. Plural of rhaphis. • RHAPHIS n. (Greek) a needlelike crystal, usually of calcium oxalate, occurring in plant cells, also RAPHIDE, RAPHIS, RHAPHIDE. |
| RHIPIDATE | • rhipidate adj. Fan-shaped. • RHIPIDATE adj. fan-shaped. |
| SAPPHIRED | • sapphired adj. Decorated with sapphires. • sapphired adj. (Poetic) Of a bright blue colour, like sapphires. • SAPPHIRED adj. coloured with sapphire blue. |
| THERAPSID | • therapsid n. Any extinct reptile of the order Therapsida; thought to be direct ancestors of the mammals. • THERAPSID n. one of a group of Permian and Jurassic reptiles considered to be direct ancestors of mammals. |