| APRIORISM | • apriorism n. (Philosophy) The idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically from general principles. • a␣priorism n. Alternative form of apriorism. • APRIORISM n. an a priori principle. |
| APRIORIST | • apriorist n. (Philosophy) A believer in apriorism. • APRIORIST n. a person who believes in Kant's theory of a priori cognition. |
| DIASPORIC | • diasporic adj. (Geology) Of, pertaining to, or containing diaspore. • diasporic adj. Of or pertaining to the dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel, a similar dispersion, or a people… • DIASPORIC adj. relating to a diaspora, a dispersion or migration. |
| MICROPSIA | • micropsia n. (Pathology) A disorder in which objects appear much smaller than normal, most often the result of a… • MICROPSIA n. a condition of the eyes in which objects appear smaller than normal. |
| PAROTITIS | • parotitis n. (Pathology) Inflammation of one or both parotid glands. • PAROTITIS n. inflammation of the parotid glands, as in mumps, also PAROTIDITIS. |
| PROSIMIAN | • prosimian n. A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates… • prosimian adj. Of or from the prosimian suborder of primates. • PROSIMIAN n. a primate of the suborder Prosimii, that includes the lemur, loris and tarsier. |
| PSORIASIS | • psoriasis n. (Pathology) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin… • PSORIASIS n. the state of being affected with psora, a cutaneous disease. |
| PSORIATIC | • psoriatic adj. (Dermatology, pathology) Of, pertaining to or suffering from psoriasis. • psoriatic n. An individual who has psoriasis. • PSORIATIC adj. suffering from psoriasis. |
| SAPORIFIC | • saporific adj. Having the power to produce the sensation of taste. • SAPORIFIC adj. flavourful, also SAPOROUS. |
| SOPRANINI | • sopranini n. Plural of sopranino. • SOPRANINO n. (Italian) an instrument higher than the corresponding soprano. |
| SPIRATION | • spiration n. (Archaic) The act of breathing. • spiration n. (Theology) The procession of the Holy Ghost. • SPIRATION n. the act of breathing. |
| SPORIDIAL | • sporidial adj. Relating to a sporidium. • SPORIDIAL adj. of or like a sporidium, a secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. |
| TAPIROIDS | • tapiroids n. Plural of tapiroid. • TAPIROID n. any member of the tapir family. |
| TOPIARIES | • topiaries n. Plural of topiary. • TOPIARY n. the art of trimming shrubs into shape. |
| TOPIARIST | • topiarist n. One who carries out topiary. • TOPIARIST n. one who practises topiary. |