APHORIST | • aphorist n. A person who creates or recites aphorisms. • APHORIST n. one who makes aphorisms, also APHORISER, APHORIZER. |
ATROPHIA | • atrophia n. Archaic form of atrophy. • ATROPHIA n. a wasting away of body parts. |
ATROPHIC | • atrophic adj. (Medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy. • ATROPHIC adj. relating to atrophia. |
AUTOHARP | • autoharp n. A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers (muting bars) which mute all the… • AUTOHARP n. (tradename) a zither with a keyboard chord-making mechanism which mutes unwanted strings. |
CALTHROP | • calthrop n. Alternative form of caltrop. • Calthrop prop.n. A surname. • CALTHROP n. a device with four metal points so arranged so that one points upward as a hazard, also CALTRAP, CALTROP. |
CATAPHOR | • cataphor n. (Medicine) Semicoma. • cataphor n. (Medicine) Somnolence marked by periods of partial consciousness. • CATAPHOR n. (Greek) the use of an expression which refers to or stands for a later word or group of words, also CATAPHORA. |
EPHORATE | • ephorate n. The office of an ephor; ephors collectively. • EPHORATE n. the office of ephor, one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. |
HAPTERON | • hapteron n. A branched swelling at the base of an aquatic plant (such as an alga) that it uses to fix itself in place. • HAPTERON n. a holdfast or attachment organ of a plant thallus. |
HARDTOPS | • hardtops n. Plural of hardtop. • HARDTOP n. a rigid roof on a motor car. |
JATROPHA | • jatropha n. Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal… • Jatropha prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – nettlespurges, many tropical American plants including… • JATROPHA n. any plant of the genus Jatropha, esp. Jatropha curcas, whose seeds yield an oil that can be used as a biofuel. |
METAPHOR | • metaphor n. (Uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning… • metaphor n. (Countable, rhetoric) A word or phrase used in such implied comparison. • metaphor n. (Countable, graphical user interface) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying… |
PARASHOT | • parashot n. Plural of parashah. • PARASHAH n. (Hebrew) a passage in Jewish literature. |
PHORATES | • PHORATE n. an insecticide. |
PLETHORA | • plethora n. (Usually followed by of) An excessive amount or number; an abundance. • plethora n. (Medicine) Excess of blood in the skin, especially in the face and especially chronically. • PLETHORA n. (Greek) an excess, a superfluity. |
POTSHARD | • potshard n. Alternative form of potsherd. • POTSHARD n. a fragment of broken pottery, also POTSHERD, POTSHARE. |
POTSHARE | • potshare n. Obsolete form of potsherd. • POTSHARE n. a fragment of broken pottery, also POTSHERD, POTSHARD. |
TOPARCHS | • toparchs n. Plural of toparch. • Toparchs n. Plural of Toparch. • TOPARCH n. (Greek) a ruler of a district. |
TOPARCHY | • toparchy n. A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch. • TOPARCHY n. the territory of a toparch. |