| ANTIPHRASIS | • antiphrasis n. (Rhetoric) Use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for… • ANTIPHRASIS n. the humorous or ironic use of a word or a phrase in a sense opposite of its usual meaning. |
| BARASINGHAS | • barasinghas n. Plural of barasingha. • BARASINGHA n. (Hindi) the Indian swamp-deer, also BARASINGA. |
| DYSCRASITES | • DYSCRASITE n. a mineral consisting of antimony and silver. |
| EXOPARASITE | • exoparasite n. (Biology) Alternative form of ectoparasite. • EXOPARASITE n. a parasite, such as the flea, that lives on the outer surface of its host. |
| METAPHRASIS | • metaphrasis n. Metaphrase; direct word-for-word translation. • metaphrasis n. Metaphrase; repartee. • METAPHRASIS n. a turning of prose into verse, or verse into prose. |
| MISPHRASING | • misphrasing v. Present participle of misphrase. • misphrasing n. An instance of something being phrased badly or wrongly. • MISPHRASE v. to phrase wrongly. |
| NONABRASIVE | • nonabrasive adj. Not abrasive. • nonabrasive n. A substance that is not abrasive. • NONABRASIVE adj. not abrasive. |
| PARASITICAL | • parasitical adj. Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic. • PARASITICAL adj. of or like a parasite, also PARASITIC. |
| PARASITISED | • parasitised v. Simple past tense and past participle of parasitise. • parasitised adj. Alternative form of parasitized. • PARASITISE v. to infest or live on or with as a parasite, also PARASITIZE. |
| PARASITISES | • parasitises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parasitise. • PARASITISE v. to infest or live on or with as a parasite, also PARASITIZE. |
| PARASITISMS | • parasitisms n. Plural of parasitism. • PARASITISM n. the behavior of a parasite. |
| PARASITIZED | • parasitized v. Simple past tense and past participle of parasitize. • PARASITIZE v. to infest or live on or with as a parasite, also PARASITISE. |
| PARASITIZES | • parasitizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parasitize. • PARASITIZE v. to infest or live on or with as a parasite, also PARASITISE. |
| PARASITOIDS | • parasitoids n. Plural of parasitoid. • PARASITOID n. an insect parasitic in one phase of the life history, thereafter independent. |
| PARASITOSES | • parasitoses n. Plural of parasitosis. • PARASITOSIS n. a disease resulting from parasites. |
| PARASITOSIS | • parasitosis n. (Medicine) Infestation with parasites. • PARASITOSIS n. a disease resulting from parasites. |
| PERIPHRASIS | • periphrasis n. The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going… • periphrasis n. (Linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather… • periphrasis n. (Rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution). |
| REPHRASINGS | • rephrasings n. Plural of rephrasing. • REPHRASING n. the act of phrasing again. |
| THEOCRASIES | • theocrasies n. Plural of theocrasy. • THEOCRASY n. the mingling of several gods into one personality. |
| ULTRASIMPLE | • ultrasimple adj. Extremely simple. • ULTRASIMPLE adj. extremely simple. |