| APHRODISIA | • aphrodisia n. A state of sexual desire. • aphrodisia n. (Archaic) sexual intercourse. • Aphrodisia prop.n. (Historical) A festival celebrating the goddess Aphrodite, held throughout Ancient Greece, but of particular… |
| APPARITION | • apparition n. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. • apparition n. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. • apparition n. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom. |
| APRICATION | • aprication n. (Rare) The act of apricating, or basking in the sun. • APRICATION n. basking in the sun. |
| ASPIRATION | • aspiration n. The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or… • aspiration n. The action of aspirating. • aspiration n. (Phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants. |
| CRANIOPAGI | • craniopagi n. Plural of craniopagus. • CRANIOPAGUS n. the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head. |
| OPHIDIARIA | • ophidiaria n. Plural of ophidiarium. • OPHIDIARIUM n. a snake-house. |
| PARABIOSIS | • parabiosis n. (Physiology) The (natural or surgical) union of parts of two organisms, especially in such a way as… • parabiosis n. The fusion of two embryos to form conjoined twins. • parabiosis n. A transient physiological state of suspension of obvious vital activities such as to enable an organism… |
| PARABIOTIC | • parabiotic adj. Relating to parabiosis. • PARABIOTIC adj. relating to parabiosis. |
| PARASITOID | • parasitoid n. Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host. • PARASITOID n. an insect parasitic in one phase of the life history, thereafter independent. |
| PAREIDOLIA | • pareidolia n. (Psychology) The tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as… • PAREIDOLIA n. a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus being perceived as significant e.g. seeing faces in clouds. |
| PARMIGIANO | • Parmigiano n. Synonym of Parmigiano-Reggiano (“parmesan cheese”). • PARMIGIANO n. (Italian) parmesan cheese, also PARMIGIANA. |
| PATRIATION | • patriation n. (Canada) The transfer of a governmental power from a former mother country to a newly independent one. • PATRIATION n. the transference of responsibilities for the Canadian constitution from the British parliament to the Canadian parliament. |
| TRITANOPIA | • tritanopia n. A form of color blindness in which the retina is deficient in or lacks cone cells containing opsins… • TRITANOPIA n. the inability to distinguish properly between blue and yellow. |