| ANTIPAPAL | • antipapal adj. (Roman Catholicism) characterized by opposition to the pope. • antipapal adj. (Roman Catholicism) of or relating to an antipope. • ANTIPAPAL adj. opposed to the pope or to popery. |
| APOPHENIA | • apophenia n. (Psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena. • APOPHENIA n. the tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things. |
| APPAIRING | • appairing v. Present participle of appair. • APPAIR v. (obsolete) to impair. |
| APPALLING | • appalling v. Present participle of appall. • appalling adj. Horrifying and astonishing. • appalling adj. Extremely bad; terrible. |
| APPEALING | • appealing adj. Having appeal; attractive. • appealing v. Present participle of appeal. • appealing n. The act of making an appeal. |
| APPEARING | • appearing v. Present participle of appear. • appearing n. Appearance; act of coming into view. • APPEAR v. to become visible. |
| APPEASING | • appeasing v. Present participle of appease. • APPEASE v. to bring to a state of peace or contentment. |
| APPERTAIN | • appertain v. To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to. • appertain v. To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc. • APPERTAIN v. to relate to. |
| APPLIANCE | • appliance n. An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially… • appliance n. (Obsolete) The act of applying. • appliance n. (Obsolete) A means of eliminating or counteracting something undesirable, especially an illness. |
| APPLICANT | • applicant n. One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner. • applicant n. The third coordinate (or z-coordinate) in a three-dimensional coordinate system. • APPLICANT n. one who applies. |
| LAGNIAPPE | • lagniappe n. (Chiefly Louisiana, Mississippi, Trinidad and Tobago) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as… • LAGNIAPPE n. (Spanish) a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of purchase, also LAGNAPPE. |
| PALINOPIA | • palinopia n. Alternative form of palinopsia. • PALINOPIA n. a visual disorder in which the patient perceives a prolonged afterimage, also PALINOPSIA. |
| PALPATING | • palpating v. Present participle of palpate. • PALPATE v. to examine by touch. |
| PALPATION | • palpation n. (Medicine) The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition… • PALPATION n. the act of touching or feeling. |
| PALPITANT | • palpitant adj. Palpitating, throbbing. • PALPITANT adj. palpitating; throbbing; trembling. |
| PARAPHING | • paraphing v. Present participle of paraph. • PARAPH v. to append a paragraph to, to initial. |