| AEROPHORE | • aerophore n. (Botany) A thin-walled area of the roots of some plants growing in swampy conditions through which gasses… • aerophore n. (Medicine) Aerophore pulmonaire; a respirator for use with neonates and small animals developed by French… • aerophore n. (Historical) A predecessor of the radio, invented by Rene Homer in the early 1900s for communication between ships. |
| EPIRRHEMA | • epirrhema n. An address, usually dealing with public affairs, spoken by the leader of the chorus after the parabasis… • EPIRRHEMA n. (Greek) in Greek comedy, the address of the coryphaeus to the audience after the parabasis. |
| HAMPERERS | • hamperers n. Plural of hamperer. • HAMPERER n. one who hampers. |
| HYPERREAL | • hyperreal adj. Of or pertaining to philosophical hyperreality; perceivable as real by consciousness, though potentially unreal. • hyperreal adj. (Mathematics, of a number) Belonging to an extension of the real numbers containing those that cannot… • hyperreal n. A hyperreal number. |
| OREPEARCH | • OREPEARCH v. (Shakespeare) to fly up and perch on, also OVERPERCH. |
| PHREAKERS | • phreakers n. Plural of phreaker. • PHREAKER n. one who uses equipment to obtain free telephone calls. |
| PREACHERS | • preachers n. Plural of preacher. • PREACHER n. one that preaches. |
| PREACHIER | • preachier adj. Comparative form of preachy: more preachy. • PREACHY adj. tending to preach. |
| PRECHARGE | • precharge adj. Before a charge. • precharge n. (Semiconductors) The phase in the access cycle of DRAM during which the storage capacitors are charged… • precharge n. (Law) The period of time before the person is charged with a crime. |
| PREHARDEN | • preharden v. (Engineering) To harden before machining. • PREHARDEN v. to harden in advance. |
| PREHEATER | • preheater n. An engineering device that preheats a material prior to some other process. • PREHEATER n. something or someone that preheats. |
| RATHERIPE | • ratheripe n. (UK, dialect) A variety of apple that ripens early. • RATHERIPE n. a fruit that ripens early, also RARERIPE, RATHRIPE. |
| REPHRASED | • rephrased v. Simple past tense and past participle of rephrase. • REPHRASE v. to say or repeat in a different way. |
| REPHRASES | • rephrases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rephrase. • REPHRASE v. to say or repeat in a different way. |
| RESHAPERS | • reshapers n. Plural of reshaper. • RESHAPER n. one that reshapes something. |
| RESHARPEN | • resharpen v. Sharpen again. • RESHARPEN v. to sharpen again. |
| SHARPENER | • sharpener n. A device for making things sharp. • sharpener n. (Figurative) That which makes something sharp. • sharpener n. (Informal) An alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal. |
| THREAPERS | • THREAPER n. one who threaps, also THREEPER. |