| APPREHENDING | • apprehending v. Present participle of apprehend. • apprehending n. An act by which something is apprehended. • APPREHEND v. to understand. |
| 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. |
| EPENCEPHALON | • epencephalon n. (Anatomy) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. • EPENCEPHALON n. the cerebellum. |
| EPINEPHRINES | • epinephrines n. Plural of epinephrine. • EPINEPHRINE n. adrenalin, also EPINEPHRIN. |
| EPIPHENOMENA | • epiphenomena n. Plural of epiphenomenon. • EPIPHENOMENON n. a secondary phenomenon associated with and apparently due to another. |
| HAPPENCHANCE | • happenchance n. (Informal, originally regional) Coincidence. • happenchance adj. Characterized by happenstance; chance; fortunate or unfortunate. • HAPPENCHANCE n. a circumstance esp. that is due to chance, also HAPPENSTANCE. |
| HAPPENSTANCE | • happenstance n. (Uncountable) The chance or random quality of an event or circumstance. • happenstance n. (Countable) A chance or random event or circumstance. • HAPPENSTANCE n. a circumstance esp. that is due to chance, also HAPPENCHANCE. |
| MISHAPPENING | • mishappening v. Present participle of mishappen. • mishappening n. An unfortunate incident. • MISHAPPEN v. (Spenser) to happen ill or unluckily. |
| NONHAPPENING | • nonhappening n. Failure to occur. • nonhappening n. Something that does not happen; a nonevent or anticlimax. • NONHAPPENING n. an event of no importance. |
| NONPHOSPHATE | • nonphosphate n. (Chemistry) A substance that is not a phosphate. • NONPHOSPHATE adj. not phosphate. |
| PAPERHANGING | • paperhanging n. (Uncountable) The trade of hanging wallpaper on walls. • paperhanging n. (Countable) Wallpaper. • paperhanging n. (Uncountable, slang) The illegal activities of a paperhanger; counterfeiting fraud. |
| PERPHENAZINE | • perphenazine n. A potent anti-psychotic drug. • PERPHENAZINE n. a tranquillizer used esp. to control psychotic symptoms (as anxiety and agitation). |
| PHAENOTYPING | • PHAENOTYPE v. to categorise by phaenotype, the sum of the attributes of an individual, regarded as resulting from the interaction of its genotype with its environment, also PHENOTYPE. |
| PINCHPENNIES | • pinchpennies n. Plural of pinchpenny. • pinch␣pennies v. To severely economize. • PINCHPENNY n. a miserly person. |
| SNAPPISHNESS | • snappishness n. The quality of being snappish. • SNAPPISHNESS n. the state of being snappish. |
| THRUPPENNIES | • thruppennies n. Plural of thruppenny. • THRUPPENNY n. threepence, as in thruppenny bit, also THREEPENCE, THREEPENNY, THRUPPENCE. |
| UNHAPPENINGS | • unhappenings n. Plural of unhappening. • UNHAPPENING n. something that is not a happening. |