| ASYNAPSES | • asynapses n. Plural of asynapsis. • ASYNAPSIS n. a failure of the pairing of homologous chromosomes in meiosis. |
| CARYOPSES | • caryopses n. Plural of caryopsis. • CARYOPSIS n. (Greek) a dry indehiscent fruit characteristic of grasses. |
| COLLAPSES | • collapses n. Plural of collapse. • collapses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collapse. • COLLAPSE v. to crumble suddenly. |
| ETHIOPSES | • ETHIOPS n. an old name for various dingy chemicals. |
| FORCEPSES | • forcepses n. Plural of forceps. • FORCEPS n. (Latin) a pair of tongs used in surgery. |
| HELIOPSES | • HELIOPSIS n. a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family. |
| HYDROPSES | • HYDROPS n. (Greek) dropsy, also HYDROPSY. |
| INCORPSES | • incorpses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incorpse. • INCORPSE v. to incorporate. |
| PERHAPSES | • perhapses n. Plural of perhaps. • PERHAPS n. something open to doubt. |
| PERIAPSES | • periapses n. Plural of periapse. • periapses n. Plural of periapsis. • periapses n. Synonym of periapsides. |
| PROLAPSES | • prolapses n. Plural of prolapse. • prolapses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prolapse. • PROLAPSE v. to slip or fall out of place. |
| PROLEPSES | • prolepses n. Plural of prolepsis. • PROLEPSIS n. (Greek) a rhetorical device of weakening objections by anticipating them. |
| SCHNAPSES | • schnapses n. Plural of schnaps. • SCHNAPS n. (German) a kind of brandy, also SCHNAPPS, SHNAPPS, SHNAPS. |
| SYLLEPSES | • syllepses n. Plural of syllepsis. • SYLLEPSIS n. (Greek) a construction in which a word governs two or more other words but agrees in number, gender, or case with only one, or has a different meaning when applied to each of the words, as in 'He lost his coat and his temper'. |
| TRICEPSES | • tricepses n. Plural of triceps. • TRICEPS n. (Latin) an arm muscle, also TRICEP. |