ACATALEPSY | • acatalepsy n. Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge… • ACATALEPSY n. the sceptic doctrine that knowledge cannot be certain. |
APOCALYPSE | • apocalypse n. A revelation, especially of supernatural events. • apocalypse n. (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of… • apocalypse n. (Christianity) The Book of Revelation. |
APOPHYSEAL | • apophyseal adj. Of or pertaining to an apophysis. • APOPHYSEAL adj. relating to an apophysis, an expanded or projecting part of an organism, esp. of bone, also APOPHYSATE, APOPHYSIAL. |
CALYPTERAS | • calypteras n. Plural of calyptera. • CALYPTERA n. a hood or hoodlike structure, esp. that covering the spore capsule of mosses and liverworts, also CALYPTER, CALYPTRA. |
CAPRYLATES | • caprylates n. Plural of caprylate. • CAPRYLATE n. a salt of caprylic acid. |
DASYPAEDAL | • DASYPAEDAL adj. of young birds, having down. |
DIAPHYSEAL | • diaphyseal adj. Of or pertaining to diaphysis. • DIAPHYSEAL adj. of or like a diaphysis, the shaft of a long bone, also DIAPHYSIAL. |
HYPALGESIA | • hypalgesia n. Alternative form of hypoalgesia. • HYPALGESIA n. diminished susceptibility to pain, also HYPALGIA. |
HYPALLAGES | • hypallages n. Plural of hypallage. • HYPALLAGE n. a rhetorical figure in which relations between words are changed. |
MEDALPLAYS | • MEDALPLAY n. a scoring system used in golf, aka stroke play. |
PARABLEPSY | • parablepsy n. False vision. • parablepsy n. (Obsolete) scribal error. • PARABLEPSY n. false vision; oversight, also PARABLEPSIS. |
PARALYSERS | • paralysers n. Plural of paralyser. • PARALYSER n. a paralysing agent, also PARALYZER. |
PARALYZERS | • paralyzers n. Plural of paralyzer. • PARALYZER n. a paralysing agent, also PARALYSER. |
PLAYMAKERS | • playmakers n. Plural of playmaker. • PLAYMAKER n. a playwright. |
PLEASANTLY | • pleasantly adv. In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result. • pleasantly adv. (Degree) Lightly. • pleasantly adv. (Obsolete) Ludicrously. |
PLEASANTRY | • pleasantry n. (Sometimes proscribed) A casual, courteous remark. • pleasantry n. A playful remark; a jest. • pleasantry n. (Dated) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment. |
SEPARATELY | • separately adv. In a separate manner; not together; apart. • SEPARATE adv. apart. |
SYNALEPHAS | • synalephas n. Plural of synalepha. • SYNALEPHA n. the melting of a final vowel or diphthong into the initial vowel or diphthong of the next word, also SYNALOEPHA. |
SYNALOEPHA | • synaloepha n. Alternative form of synalepha. • synalœpha n. Obsolete form of synalepha. • SYNALOEPHA n. the melting of a final vowel or diphthong into the initial vowel or diphthong of the next word, also SYNALEPHA. |