| CATAPHRACT | • cataphract n. (Military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier’s… • cataphract n. (Ichthyology, by extension, obsolete) An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate. • cataphract adj. (Nautical, historical) Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed. |
| METAPHRASE | • metaphrase n. A literal, word-for-word translation. • metaphrase n. An answering phrase; repartee. • metaphrase v. To make such a literal translation. |
| METAPHRAST | • metaphrast n. A person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose. • METAPHRAST n. one who produces a metaphrase. |
| CATAPHRACTS | • cataphracts n. Plural of cataphract. • CATAPHRACT n. a suit of mail; a soldier in full armour. |
| METAPHRASED | • metaphrased adj. Translated literally. • METAPHRASE v. to turn prose into verse or vice versa. |
| METAPHRASES | • metaphrases n. Plural of metaphrase. • metaphrases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metaphrase. • METAPHRASE n. the turning of prose into verse or vice versa. |
| 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. |
| METAPHRASTS | • metaphrasts n. Plural of metaphrast. • METAPHRAST n. one who produces a metaphrase. |
| CATAPHRACTIC | • cataphractic adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cataphract. • CATAPHRACTIC adj. of or like a cataphract, a suit of mail; a soldier in full armour. |
| METAPHRASING | • metaphrasing v. Present participle of metaphrase. • METAPHRASE v. to turn prose into verse or vice versa. |
| METAPHRASTIC | • metaphrastic adj. Of, relating to, or produced using metaphrase; literal in translation. • METAPHRASTIC adj. related to metaphrasis, also METAPHRASTICAL. |
| TAPHROGENESES | • TAPHROGENESIS n. vertical movement of the earth's crust. |
| TAPHROGENESIS | • TAPHROGENESIS n. vertical movement of the earth's crust. |
| ANTAPHRODISIAC | • antaphrodisiac adj. Capable of reducing the sex drive. • antaphrodisiac n. A medicinal substance capable of reducing (inhibiting or eliminating) the sex drive/libido. • ANTAPHRODISIAC n. a drug acting to reduce sexual desire. |
| METAPHRASTICAL | • metaphrastical adj. Alternative form of metaphrastic. • METAPHRASTICAL adj. related to metaphrasis, also METAPHRASTIC. |
| ANTAPHRODISIACS | • antaphrodisiacs n. Plural of antaphrodisiac. • ANTAPHRODISIAC n. a drug acting to reduce sexual desire. |