| ANTIPYRESIS | • antipyresis n. (Medicine) The reduction of fever. • ANTIPYRESIS n. medication with antipyretics to treat a fever. |
| ANTIPYRETIC | • antipyretic adj. (Pharmacology) That reduces fever. • antipyretic n. (Pharmacology) A medicine that reduces fever; a febrifuge. • ANTIPYRETIC n. an agent which prevents or reduces fever. |
| ANTIPYRINES | • antipyrines n. Plural of antipyrine. • ANTIPYRINE n. an artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever. |
| INSPIRATORY | • inspiratory adj. Of or pertaining to inspiration (in all senses). • INSPIRATORY adj. tending to inspire. |
| NULLIPARITY | • nulliparity n. Never having completed a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks. • NULLIPARITY n. the state of being a nullipara. |
| PARVANIMITY | • parvanimity n. (Now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness. • PARVANIMITY n. pettiness, meanness. |
| PATRICIANLY | • patricianly adj. Befitting a patrician. • PATRICIAN adv. aristocratic. |
| PERICYNTHIA | • PERICYNTHION n. the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is nearest to the moon. |
| PERTINACITY | • pertinacity n. The state or characteristic of being pertinacious. • PERTINACITY n. the quality of holding unyieldingly to a position. |
| PETITIONARY | • petitionary adj. Supplicatory; making a petition. • petitionary adj. Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition. • PETITIONARY adj. like a petition. |
| PHARYNGITIC | • pharyngitic adj. Of or relating to pharyngitis. • PHARYNGITIC adj. relating to pharyngitis, inflammation of the pharynx. |
| PHARYNGITIS | • pharyngitis n. Inflammation of the pharynx. • PHARYNGITIS n. inflammation of the pharynx. |
| PLAYWRITING | • playwriting n. (Authorship) The writing of plays. • PLAYWRITING n. the writing of plays. |
| REPTILIANLY | • reptilianly adv. In a reptilian manner. • REPTILIAN adv. related to reptiles. |
| STIPENDIARY | • stipendiary adj. Receiving a stipend. • stipendiary n. One who receives a stipend. • STIPENDIARY n. one who receives a stipend. |
| UNIPOLARITY | • unipolarity n. The condition of being unipolar. • UNIPOLARITY n. the state of being unipolar. |