| APPARATUS | • apparatus n. The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished. • apparatus n. A complex machine or instrument. • apparatus n. (Collective) An assortment of tools and instruments. |
| DISPARATE | • disparate adj. Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous. • disparate adj. Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs. • disparate adj. Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground. |
| PARATAXES | • parataxes n. Plural of parataxis. • PARATAXIS n. the juxtaposition of clauses or phrases without the use of coordinating or subordinating conjunctions, as 'It was cold; the snows came'. |
| PARATAXIS | • parataxis n. (Grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated… • parataxis n. (Literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection. • parataxis n. (Historical, politics) A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system. |
| PARATHION | • parathion n. An organophosphorus insecticide acaricide, [O,O-diethyl-O-4-nitro-phenylthiophosphate], a powerful… • PARATHION n. an extremely toxic insecticide. |
| PARATONIC | • paratonic adj. (Medicine) Relating to paratonia. • paratonic adj. (Linguistics) Relating to paratones. • paratonic adj. Retarding a plant’s growth. |
| PARATROOP | • paratroop n. A company of paratroopers. • PARATROOP adj. relating to paratroops, troops trained to drop by parachute. |
| SEPARATED | • separated v. Simple past tense and past participle of separate. • separated adj. Detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart. • separated adj. (Of spouses) Estranged; living apart but not divorced. |
| SEPARATES | • separates n. Plural of separate. • separates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of separate. • SEPARATE v. to set or keep apart. |
| SEPARATOR | • separator n. An object located between two or more things and hence separating them. • separator n. A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk. • separator n. One who separates; an agent performing the action of separating. |
| SEPARATUM | • separatum n. A separate copy of a paper originally published in an academic journal. • SEPARATUM n. a separate offprint. |