| APOPHONY | • apophony n. (Phonetics) Alternation of sounds within a word that indicates grammatical information (often inflectional). • APOPHONY n. a change in root vowels of verb forms. |
| APOPHYGE | • apophyge n. (Architecture) A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns. • APOPHYGE n. (Greek) the curve where a column merges in its base or capital. |
| CHOPPILY | • choppily adv. In a choppy manner. • CHOPPY adv. full of irregular waves. |
| HIPPYDOM | • hippydom n. Alternative form of hippiedom. • HIPPYDOM n. the world of the hippy, also HIPPIEDOM. |
| HYPEROPE | • hyperope n. A farsighted person, a hyperopic person, a person with hyperopia. • HYPEROPE n. a farsighted person. |
| HYPOPNEA | • hypopnea n. (Pathology) A disorder which involves episodes of overly shallow breathing or an abnormally low respiratory rate. • HYPOPNEA n. abnormally shallow breathing, also HYPOPNOEA. |
| HYPOPYON | • hypopyon n. Collection of pus in the anterior chamber of the eye. • HYPOPYON n. an accumulation of pus in the eye. |
| PANSOPHY | • pansophy n. Complete and universal knowledge, or a system of such universal knowledge. • PANSOPHY n. (Greek) universal knowledge. |
| PAYPHONE | • payphone n. A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card. • pay␣phone n. Alternative form of payphone. • PAYPHONE n. a coin-operated public telephone, also PAYFONE. |
| PHOTOPSY | • photopsy n. (Archaic) photopsia. • PHOTOPSY n. the appearance of light flashes due to retinal irritation, also PHOTOPSIA. |
| POLYPHON | • polyphon n. A wooden-cased music box of a kind typically manufactured in Germany. • POLYPHON n. a character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red, also POLYPHONE. |
| PORPHYRY | • porphyry n. (Geology) a hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix. • Porphyry prop.n. A Tyrian Neoplatonic philosopher. • PORPHYRY n. (Greek) a very hard, variegated rock of a purple and white colour, used in sculpture. |
| PROPHECY | • prophecy n. A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration. • prophecy n. The public interpretation of Scripture. • prophecy v. (Chiefly dated) Alternative form of prophesy. |
| PROPHESY | • prophesy v. To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. • prophesy v. To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration). • prophesy v. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. |
| PROPHYLL | • prophyll n. (Botany) The frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot. • PROPHYLL n. a small leaf on the axis of a flower. |
| SYNTHPOP | • synthpop n. A style of pop music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. • synth-pop n. Alternative form of synthpop. • SYNTHPOP n. popular music played with synthesizers. |