| ANASTROPHE | • anastrophe n. (Rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence. • ANASTROPHE n. an inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect e.g. 'To market went she'. |
| APOSTROPHE | • apostrophe n. (Orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a… • apostrophe n. (Rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| ASTROPHELS | • Astrophels n. Plural of Astrophel. • ASTROPHEL n. (Spenser) an unidentified bitter starlike plant, possibly aster, also ASTROFELL. |
| DYSTROPHIA | • dystrophia n. Dystrophy. • DYSTROPHIA n. impaired or imperfect nutrition; any of several disorders in which there is wasting of muscle tissue, also DYSTROPHY. |
| DYSTROPHIC | • dystrophic adj. Affected with dystrophy. • dystrophic adj. (Of a spring, lake &c) Having brownish acidic waters due to humus. • DYSTROPHIC adj. relating to dystrophia. |
| DYSTROPHIN | • dystrophin n. (Biochemistry) A cytoplasmic structural protein that is deficient in some forms of muscular dystrophy. • DYSTROPHIN n. a protein essential to normal muscle function, found to be lacking in muscular dystrophy sufferers. |
| EPISTROPHE | • epistrophe n. (Rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. • EPISTROPHE n. the ending of successive clauses with the same word e.g. 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'. |
| GASTROPODS | • gastropods n. Plural of gastropod. • GASTROPOD n. a class of asymmetrical molluscs, including limpets, whelks, snails and slugs, also GASTEROPOD. |
| GASTROPORN | • gastroporn n. Enticing food imagery, typically found in books, magazines, social media , and television programs related… • GASTROPORN n. the representation of food in a highly sensual manner. |
| GASTROPUBS | • gastropubs n. Plural of gastropub. • GASTROPUB n. a pub that specializes in providing food and wine of a standard more typical of a fine restaurant than a traditional pub. |
| STROPHICAL | • strophical adj. Composed of strophes. • STROPHICAL adj. pertaining to or consisting of strophes, also STROPHIC. |
| STROPHIOLE | • strophiole n. (Botany) An excrescence or tubercle around the hilum of certain seeds. • STROPHIOLE n. a caruncle. |
| STROPHOIDS | • strophoids n. Plural of strophoid. • STROPHOID n. a type of curve on a graph. |
| STROPHULUS | • strophulus n. (Medicine) An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; red-gum. • STROPHULUS n. a skin inflammation found primarily on small children. |
| STROPPIEST | • stroppiest adj. Superlative form of stroppy: most stroppy. • STROPPY adj. (colloquial) touchy, belligerent. |