| CATAPHRACT | • cataphract n. (Military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier’s… • cataphract n. (Ichthyology, by extension, obsolete) An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate. • cataphract adj. (Nautical, historical) Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed. |
| DIAPHRAGMS | • diaphragms n. Plural of diaphragm. • DIAPHRAGM n. the muscular structure separating the chest from the abdomen. |
| ECPHRACTIC | • ecphractic adj. (Medicine, dated) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so remove obstructions; deobstruent. • ecphractic n. (Dated) Any medicine of this kind. • ECPHRACTIC adj. (obsolete) serving to remove obstructions. |
| EMPHRACTIC | • emphractic adj. (Medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin. • EMPHRACTIC adj. blocking the pores of the skin. • EMPHRACTIC n. a substance that stops the pores of the skin. |
| EPIPHRAGMS | • epiphragms n. Plural of epiphragm. • EPIPHRAGM n. the disc with which certain molluscs close the aperture of their shell. |
| EUPHRASIAS | • euphrasias n. Plural of euphrasia. • EUPHRASIA n. eyebright, a plant once used to treat disorders of the eyes, also EUPHRASY. |
| EUPHRASIES | • euphrasies n. Plural of euphrasy. • EUPHRASY n. eyebright, a plant once used to treat disorders of the eyes, also EUPHRASIA. |
| HOLOPHRASE | • HOLOPHRASE n. a single word expressing a sentence or phrase. |
| METAPHRASE | • metaphrase n. A literal, word-for-word translation. • metaphrase n. An answering phrase; repartee. • metaphrase v. To make such a literal translation. |
| METAPHRAST | • metaphrast n. A person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose. • METAPHRAST n. one who produces a metaphrase. |
| MISPHRASED | • misphrased v. Simple past tense and past participle of misphrase. • MISPHRASE v. to phrase wrongly. |
| MISPHRASES | • misphrases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misphrase. • MISPHRASE v. to phrase wrongly. |
| 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. |
| PARAPHRASE | • paraphrase n. A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning. • paraphrase n. (Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise. • paraphrase v. (Transitive, intransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. |
| PARAPHRAST | • paraphrast n. (Rare) someone who paraphrases. • PARAPHRAST n. a paraphraser. |
| PERIPHRASE | • periphrase n. (Rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect… • periphrase v. (Transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution. • periphrase v. (Intransitive) To use circumlocution. |
| PHRAGMITES | • phragmites n. Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands. • Phragmites prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – many reeds. |
| PHRASELESS | • phraseless adj. Indescribable. • phraseless adj. Without phrases. • PHRASELESS adj. indescribable. |
| REPHRASING | • rephrasing v. Present participle of rephrase. • rephrasing n. Something differently phrased. • REPHRASING n. the act of phrasing again. |