| LAGERPHONE | • lagerphone n. (Australia, music) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops… • LAGERPHONE n. (Australian) a percussion instrument using the tops of beer bottles to make a jingling noise when struck or shaken. |
| NEPHRALGIA | • nephralgia n. Neuralgia (i.e. pain) of the kidneys. • NEPHRALGIA n. pain in the kidneys, also NEPHRALGY. |
| NEPHRALGIC | • nephralgic adj. Relating to nephralgia. • NEPHRALGIC adj. relating to nephralgia, neuralgia of the kidneys. |
| NEPHROLOGY | • nephrology n. (Medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys. • NEPHROLOGY n. the study of the kidneys. |
| PHALANGERS | • phalangers n. Plural of phalanger. • PHALANGER n. any of several kinds of long-tailed Australian marsupial. |
| PHARYNGALS | • pharyngals n. Plural of pharyngal. • PHARYNGAL n. a sound produced with the pharynx, also PHARYNGEAL. |
| PHARYNGEAL | • pharyngeal adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pharynx. • pharyngeal adj. (Phonetics) Articulated with the pharynx; a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated… • pharyngeal n. (Phonetics) A sound that is articulated with the pharynx; ellipsis of pharyngeal consonant.. |
| PHILTERING | • philtering v. Present participle of philter. • PHILTER v. to put under the spell of a love potion, also PHILTRE. |
| PHRENOLOGY | • phrenology n. (Medicine, biology) The science or now discredited pseudo-science, which studies the relationships between… • PHRENOLOGY n. the study of bumps on the head. |
| PLANIGRAPH | • planigraph n. A medical device for precision layer radiography. • planigraph n. (Historical) A device for tracing and reproducing drawings. • PLANIGRAPH n. an instrument for copying drawings at a different scale. |
| SPRINGHALT | • springhalt n. (Obsolete) Alternative form of stringhalt. • SPRINGHALT n. a jerking lameness in which a horse suddenly twitches up its leg or legs, also STRINGHALT. |
| SULPHURING | • sulphuring v. Present participle of sulphur. • SULPHUR v. to treat with sulphur, also SULFUR. |
| TELPHERING | • telphering v. Present participle of telpher. • TELPHER v. to transport by a system of aerial cable cars, also TELFER. |
| THRAPPLING | • thrappling v. Present participle of thrapple. • THRAPPLE v. (Scots) to throttle, strangle, also THROPPLE. |
| THROPPLING | • throppling v. Present participle of thropple. • THROPPLE v. (Scots) to throttle, strangle, also THRAPPLE. |
| UPWHIRLING | • upwhirling v. Present participle of upwhirl. • UPWHIRL v. to whirl up. |