| APOCRYPHA | • apocrypha n. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively). • Apocrypha prop.n. That group of works which formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the… • APOCRYPHON n. a hidden or secret thing. |
| COPYGRAPH | • copygraph n. (Dated) An early means of producing multiple copies of a document by means of pressing it against a… • COPYGRAPH n. a process for copying type. |
| HYPEROPES | • hyperopes n. Plural of hyperope. • HYPEROPE n. a farsighted person. |
| HYPEROPIA | • hyperopia n. (Pathology) A disorder of the vision where the eye focusses images behind the retina instead of on it… • HYPEROPIA n. longsightedness, aka hypermetropia. |
| HYPEROPIC | • hyperopic adj. Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia. • HYPEROPIC adj. suffering from hyperopia, longsightedness. |
| HYPOMORPH | • hypomorph n. (Genetics) a mutation that causes a partial loss of gene function. • HYPOMORPH n. a mutant gene but having a similar but weaker effect than the corresponding wild-type gene. |
| OVERHAPPY | • overhappy adj. Exceedingly happy. • OVERHAPPY adj. exceedingly happy. |
| POLYGRAPH | • polygraph n. A device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate… • polygraph n. (Dated) A mechanical instrument for multiplying copies of a writing, resembling multiple pantographs. • polygraph n. (Archaic) A collection of different works, either by one or several authors. |
| POLYMORPH | • polymorph n. (Biology) Any organism that shows polymorphism. • polymorph n. (Chemistry, geology) Any substance or mineral that forms different types of crystal. • polymorph n. (Transitive, fiction) The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic. |
| PORPHYRIA | • porphyria n. (Pathology) Any of several usually hereditary abnormalities of porphyrin metabolism characterized by… • PORPHYRIA n. any of various disorders of metabolism resulting in the excretion of an excessive quantity of porphyrins in the urine. |
| PORPHYRIC | • porphyric adj. Pertaining to porphyry. • porphyric adj. Pertaining to porphyria. • PORPHYRIC adj. relating to porphyria. |
| PORPHYRIN | • porphyrin n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing pyrrole rings arranged in a… • PORPHYRIN n. any of a large group of red or purple crystalline pigments present in plant and animal tissues. |
| PORPHYRIO | • porphyrio n. A swamphen. • Porphyrio prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rallidae – swamp hen. • PORPHYRIO n. any bird of the purple-coot genus Porphyrio. |
| PROPHYLLS | • prophylls n. Plural of prophyll. • PROPHYLL n. a small leaf on the axis of a flower. |
| PYROPHONE | • pyrophone n. (Music) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by flames of gas in tubes of different length. • PYROPHONE n. an organ producing interference-tones by pairs of flames in tubes. |
| SPOROPHYL | • sporophyl n. Alternative form of sporophyll. • SPOROPHYL n. a leaf that bears sporangia, also SPOROPHYLL. |
| TYPOGRAPH | • typograph n. (Printing, historical) A machine for setting type or for casting lines of type and setting them. • typograph v. To prepare type in such a machine. • TYPOGRAPH v. to produce stamps by letterpress. |