| ANTISTROPHES | • antistrophes n. Plural of antistrophe. • ANTISTROPHE n. the repetition of words in reverse order. |
| ANTISTROPHIC | • antistrophic adj. (Poetry) Of or pertaining to an antistrophe. • ANTISTROPHIC adj. relating to antistrophe, the repetition of words in reverse order. |
| ANTISTROPHON | • antistrophon n. (Rhetoric) An argument retorted on an opponent. • ANTISTROPHON n. an argument retorted on an opponent. |
| APOSTROPHISE | • apostrophise v. Alternative spelling of apostrophize. • APOSTROPHISE v. to address an inanimate object, also APOSTROPHIZE. |
| APOSTROPHIZE | • apostrophize v. (Transitive) To deliver an apostrophe (an exclamatory speech) to someone, especially someone not present. • apostrophize v. To add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters. • APOSTROPHIZE v. to address by or in apostrophe, also APOSTROPHISE. |
| ASTROPHOBIAS | • ASTROPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of thunder and lightning, also ASTRAPHOBIA, ASTRAPOPHOBIA. |
| ASTROPHYSICS | • astrophysics n. The branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with… • ASTROPHYSICS n. a branch of astronomy dealing esp. with the behavior, physical properties, and dynamic processes of celestial objects and phenomena. |
| CATASTROPHES | • catastrophes n. Plural of catastrophe. • catastrophes n. Plural of catastrophë. • CATASTROPHE n. the final event of the dramatic action esp. of a tragedy. |
| CATASTROPHIC | • catastrophic adj. Of or pertaining to a catastrophe. • catastrophic adj. Disastrous; ruinous. • catastrophic adj. From which recovery is impossible. |
| DIASTROPHISM | • diastrophism n. (Geology) The deformation of the Earth’s crust to form the continents, mountains and other large features. • DIASTROPHISM n. the process by which continents, mountains, ocean beds, folds and faults are formed. |
| HYPOSTROPHES | • hypostrophes n. Plural of hypostrophe. • HYPOSTROPHE n. a return to the primary argument after digression. |
| MONOSTROPHES | • monostrophes n. Plural of monostrophe. • MONOSTROPHE n. a poem in which all the stanzas or strophes are written in the same metre. |
| MONOSTROPHIC | • monostrophic adj. Of or pertaining to monostrophe. • monostrophic n. A monostrophe. • MONOSTROPHIC adj. having the same strophic or stanzaic structure throughout. |
| OCTASTROPHIC | • OCTASTROPHIC adj. consisting of eight strophes. |
| STROPHANTHIN | • strophanthin n. (Organic chemistry) Any of several poisonous cardiac glycosides obtained from various African plants. • STROPHANTHIN n. a very poisonous glucoside found in the seeds of the plant Strophanthus. |
| STROPHANTHUS | • strophanthus n. Any of several African plants of the genus Strophanthus, some of which yield arrow poisons. • Strophanthus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – plants found in Africa and in tropical and subtropical… • STROPHANTHUS n. a plant of the African and Asiatic genus Strophanthus, of the periwinkle family. |
| STROPHIOLATE | • strophiolate adj. (Botany) Furnished with a strophiole. • STROPHIOLATE adj. having strophioles, caruncles, also STROPHIOLATED. |