| 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'. |
| ANTISTROPHE | • antistrophe n. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or… • antistrophe n. The lines of this part of the choral song. • antistrophe n. (Rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order. |
| APOSTROPHES | • apostrophes n. Plural of apostrophe. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
| APOSTROPHIC | • apostrophic adj. (Rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue). • apostrophic adj. (Orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ’). • APOSTROPHIC adj. relating to apostrophe. |
| APOSTROPHUS | • APOSTROPHUS n. (Greek) a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers. |
| ASTROPHOBIA | • astrophobia n. A fear of stars and celestial space. • ASTROPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of thunder and lightning, also ASTRAPHOBIA, ASTRAPOPHOBIA. |
| ASTROPHOBIC | • ASTROPHOBIC adj. suffering from astrophobia, a morbid fear of thunder and lightning, also ASTRAPHOBIC. |
| CATASTROPHE | • catastrophe n. Any large and disastrous event of great significance. • catastrophe n. (Insurance) A disaster beyond expectations. • catastrophe n. (Narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement. |
| DIASTROPHIC | • diastrophic adj. Relating to diastrophism. • DIASTROPHIC adj. relating to diastrophism. |
| DYSTROPHIAS | • dystrophias n. Plural of dystrophia. • DYSTROPHIA n. impaired or imperfect nutrition; any of several disorders in which there is wasting of muscle tissue, also DYSTROPHY. |
| DYSTROPHIES | • dystrophies n. Plural of dystrophy. • DYSTROPHY n. impaired or imperfect nutrition; any of several disorders in which there is wasting of muscle tissue, also DYSTROPHIA. |
| DYSTROPHINS | • dystrophins n. Plural of dystrophin. • DYSTROPHIN n. a protein essential to normal muscle function, found to be lacking in muscular dystrophy sufferers. |
| 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'. |
| EXSTROPHIES | • exstrophies n. Plural of exstrophy. • EXSTROPHY n. congenital eversion of a hollow organ, esp. the bladder. |
| GEOSTROPHIC | • geostrophic adj. (Meteorology) Relating to the balance, in the atmosphere, between the horizontal Coriolis forces and… • geostrophic adj. (Meteorology) Relating to or arising from the deflective force exerted on the atmosphere due to the… • GEOSTROPHIC adj. relating to deflection due to effects of Earth's rotation. |
| HYPOSTROPHE | • hypostrophe n. (Medicine) The act of a patient turning himself or herself. • hypostrophe n. (Medicine) A relapse, or return of a disease. • hypostrophe n. (Rhetoric) The use of insertion or parenthesis. |
| MONOSTROPHE | • monostrophe n. A metrical composition having a single strophe. • MONOSTROPHE n. a poem in which all the stanzas or strophes are written in the same metre. |
| STROPHIOLES | • strophioles n. Plural of strophiole. • STROPHIOLE n. a caruncle. |