| ACALEPHES | • ACALEPHE n. (Greek) any cnidarian (a jellyfish), also ACALEPH, ACALEPHAN. |
| ANASTROPHES | • anastrophes n. Plural of anastrophe. • ANASTROPHE n. an inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect e.g. 'To market went she'. |
| ANTISTROPHES | • antistrophes n. Plural of antistrophe. • ANTISTROPHE n. the repetition of words in reverse order. |
| APOSTROPHES | • apostrophes n. Plural of apostrophe. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| BATHYSCAPHES | • bathyscaphes n. Plural of bathyscaphe. • BATHYSCAPHE n. a submersible observation chamber, also BATHYSCAPH. |
| CATASTROPHES | • catastrophes n. Plural of catastrophe. • catastrophes n. Plural of catastrophë. • CATASTROPHE n. the final event of the dramatic action esp. of a tragedy. |
| CORYPHES | • coryphes n. Plural of coryphe. • CORYPHE n. (archaic) the leader of the Greek chorus, also CORYPHAEUS, CORYPHEE. |
| ECOCATASTROPHES | • ecocatastrophes n. Plural of ecocatastrophe. • ECOCATASTROPHE n. a major destructive upset in the balance of nature esp. when caused by the action of humans. |
| EPISTROPHES | • epistrophes n. Plural of epistrophe. • EPISTROPHE n. the ending of successive clauses with the same word e.g. 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'. |
| HYPOSTROPHES | • hypostrophes n. Plural of hypostrophe. • HYPOSTROPHE n. a return to the primary argument after digression. |
| MESOSCAPHES | • MESOSCAPHE n. a submersible bathing chamber for use at depths less than a bathyscaphe. |
| MONOSTROPHES | • monostrophes n. Plural of monostrophe. • MONOSTROPHE n. a poem in which all the stanzas or strophes are written in the same metre. |
| OUPHES | • ouphes n. Plural of ouphe. • OUPHE n. (Shakespeare) an oaf, a changeling, also OUPH. |
| PHILOSOPHES | • philosophes n. Plural of philosophe. • PHILOSOPHE n. (French) a philosopher. |
| RAPHES | • raphes n. Plural of raphe. • RAPHE n. (Greek) a seamlike ridge between two halves or an organ or part, also RHAPHE. |
| RHAPHES | • rhaphes n. Plural of rhaphe. • RHAPHE n. (Greek) a seamlike ridge between two halves or an organ or part, also RAPHE. |
| STROPHES | • strophes n. Plural of strophe. • STROPHE n. (Greek) a group of lines forming a section of a lyric poem. |
| TOPHES | • TOPHE n. a rock made of fine volcanic detritus, also TOPH, TUFA. |