| APOMORPHINES | • apomorphines n. Plural of apomorphine. • APOMORPHINE n. an alkaloid prepared by dehydrating morphine, also APOMORPHIA. |
| APPREHENSION | • apprehension n. (Rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing. • apprehension n. (Law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. • apprehension n. Perception; the act of understanding using one’s intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment. |
| APPREHENSIVE | • apprehensive adj. Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt. • apprehensive adj. (Obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one’s intellect. • APPREHENSIVE adj. fearful. |
| HANDICAPPERS | • handicappers n. Plural of handicapper. • HANDICAPPER n. a person who assigns handicaps. |
| HYPERCAPNIAS | • hypercapnias n. Plural of hypercapnia. • HYPERCAPNIA n. the presence of excessive amounts of carbon dioxide in the blood, also HYPERCARBIA. |
| MISAPPREHEND | • misapprehend v. (Transitive) To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand. • MISAPPREHEND v. to apprehend wrongly. |
| NAPRAPATHIES | • NAPRAPATHY n. (Czech) medical treatment by manipulation of spine, thorax or pelvis. |
| PAPERHANGERS | • paperhangers n. Plural of paperhanger. • PAPERHANGER n. one that applies wallpaper. |
| PARAPHRENIAS | • paraphrenias n. Plural of paraphrenia. • PARAPHRENIA n. any mental disorder of the paranoid type. |
| PARASPHENOID | • parasphenoid n. (Anatomy) A bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many vertebrates. • parasphenoid adj. Lying under or alongside the sphenoid. • PARASPHENOID n. a bone of the skull, part of the cranial floor. |
| PARTNERSHIPS | • partnerships n. Plural of partnership. • PARTNERSHIP n. the state of being a partner. |
| PERIPHRASING | • periphrasing v. Present participle of periphrase. • PERIPHRASE v. to use more words than are necessary to express an idea. |
| PLANISPHERES | • planispheres n. Plural of planisphere. • PLANISPHERE n. a sphere projected onto a plane; a map of the heavens. |
| PLANISPHERIC | • planispheric adj. Of or pertaining to a planisphere. • PLANISPHERIC adj. relating to the planisphere. |
| PNEUMOGRAPHS | • pneumographs n. Plural of pneumograph. • PNEUMOGRAPH n. an instrument for measuring and recording respiration. |
| SPEAKERPHONE | • speakerphone n. A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset. • speakerphone n. A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, to use handsfree. • SPEAKERPHONE n. a combination microphone and loudspeaker device for two-way communication by telephone lines. |
| TRANSHIPPERS | • transhippers n. Plural of transhipper. • TRANSHIPPER n. one who tranships, also TRANSSHIPPER. |
| TRANSSHIPPED | • transshipped v. Simple past tense and past participle of transship. • trans-shipped v. Simple past tense and past participle of trans-ship. • TRANSSHIP v. to transfer from one ship to another, also TRANSHIP. |
| TRANSSHIPPER | • transshipper n. One who transships. • TRANSSHIPPER n. one who transships, also TRANSHIPPER. |
| TRYPTOPHANES | • tryptophanes n. Plural of tryptophane. • TRYPTOPHANE n. an essential amino acid, also TRYPTOPHAN. |