| ADAPTATIONAL | • adaptational adj. Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive. • adaptational adj. (Biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished… • ADAPTATIONAL adj. relating to adaptation. |
| ANAGLYPTICAL | • ANAGLYPTICAL adj. of or like an anaglyph, an ornament in low relief. |
| ANALPHABETIC | • analphabetic adj. (Not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic. • analphabetic adj. (Comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write. • analphabetic n. An illiterate person. |
| ANAPAESTICAL | • anapaestical adj. Anapestic. • ANAPAESTICAL adj. in the form of an anapaest, two short metrical syllables followed by one long one. |
| ANAPHYLACTIC | • anaphylactic adj. Pertaining to anaphylaxis. • ANAPHYLACTIC adj. of, relating to, affected by, or causing anaphylaxis. |
| ANAPTYCTICAL | • anaptyctical adj. Relating to anaptyxis. • ANAPTYCTICAL adj. relating to anaptyxis, the insertion of a vowel between two consonants for ease of pronunciation, also ANAPTYCTIC. |
| ANTEPRANDIAL | • anteprandial adj. Before a meal, especially before dinner. • ANTEPRANDIAL adj. before dinner. |
| ANTIPARALLEL | • antiparallel adj. (Mathematics) (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions. • antiparallel n. (Geometry) A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions. • ANTIPARALLEL adj. making with a transverse line an internal angle equal to the external angle made by another line. |
| APPARITIONAL | • apparitional adj. (Religion, forteana) Of or pertaining to an apparition or apparitions. • APPARITIONAL adj. of or like an apparition. |
| ASPIRATIONAL | • aspirational adj. Being ambitious. • aspirational adj. Desiring success. • aspirational adj. (Law) Expressing a hope or intention but not creating a legally binding obligation. |
| PALATALISING | • palatalising v. Present participle of palatalise. • PALATALISE v. to make (a sound) palatal, also PALATALIZE. |
| PALATALIZING | • palatalizing v. Present participle of palatalize. • PALATALIZE v. to make (a sound) palatal, also PALATALISE. |
| PALATIALNESS | • palatialness n. The quality of being palatial. • PALATIALNESS n. the state of being palatial. |
| PARAENETICAL | • paraenetical adj. (Now rare) Giving advice; advisory, hortatory. • parænetical adj. Obsolete form of paraenetical. • PARAENETICAL adj. exhortatory, also PARAENETIC. |
| PARALYSATION | • paralysation n. Paralysis. • PARALYSATION n. the act of paralysing, also PARALYZATION. |
| PARALYZATION | • paralyzation n. Alternative form of paralysation. • PARALYZATION n. the act of paralyzing, also PARALYSATION. |
| PETALOMANIAS | • PETALOMANIA n. an abnormal increase in number of petals. |
| PHANTASMICAL | • phantasmical adj. Alternative form of phantasmic. • PHANTASMICAL adj. of the nature of a phantasm, also PHANTASMAL, PHANTASMIC. |
| RATAPLANNING | • rataplanning v. Present participle of rataplan. • RATAPLAN v. to make a rapidly repeating sound, as on a drum. |
| SAINTPAULIAS | • saintpaulias n. Plural of saintpaulia. • SAINTPAULIA n. a tropical African flowering plant of the genus Saintpaulia, commonly grown as a pot plant, the African violet. |