| APOSTROPHE | • apostrophe n. (Orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a… • apostrophe n. (Rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| CHIPPEREST | • chipperest adj. Superlative form of chipper: most chipper. • CHIPPER adj. cheerful. |
| EPISTROPHE | • epistrophe n. (Rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. • EPISTROPHE n. the ending of successive clauses with the same word e.g. 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'. |
| EPITAPHERS | • epitaphers n. Plural of epitapher. • EPITAPHER n. a writer of epitaphs. |
| HIPPURITES | • hippurites n. Plural of hippurite. • HIPPURITE n. a Cretaceous fossil lamellibranch with one conical valve and one flat one. |
| PARHYPATES | • parhypates n. Plural of parhypate. • PARHYPATE n. (Greek) in Greek music, the lowest note but one in a tetrachord. |
| PHOSPHORET | • phosphoret n. A compound of phosphorus that does not include oxygen. • PHOSPHORET n. (obsolete) a phosphide, also PHOSPHURET. |
| PHOSPHURET | • phosphuret n. (Obsolete, chemistry) phosphide. • PHOSPHURET n. (obsolete) a phosphide, also PHOSPHORET. |
| PRETORSHIP | • pretorship n. Alternative form of praetorship. • PRETORSHIP n. the office of pretor, a magistrate of ancient Rome, also PRAETORSHIP. |
| PRIESTSHIP | • priestship n. Priesthood. • PRIESTSHIP n. the office of priest. |
| PROPHETESS | • prophetess n. A female prophet. • PROPHETESS n. a woman who is a prophet. |
| PROPHETISM | • prophetism n. The work of prophets; prophecy. • PROPHETISM n. the actions of a prophet or prophets. |
| SAPROPHYTE | • saprophyte n. Any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
| SPOROPHYTE | • sporophyte n. (Botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order… • SPOROPHYTE n. a spore-producing phase in plants that reproduce by metagenesis (alternating asexual and sexual reproduction). |
| TRIPPERISH | • tripperish adj. (UK, colloquial) Characteristic of a tripper or tourist. • TRIPPERISH adj. of or like a vulgar, noisy tripper. |