APOSTROPHE | • apostrophe n. (Orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a… • apostrophe n. (Rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent. • APOSTROPHE n. the addressing of a personified thing rhetorically. |
APPROACHED | • approached v. Simple past tense and past participle of approach. • APPROACH v. to come near to. |
APPROACHES | • approaches n. Movements to gain favour; advances. • approaches n. (Military) The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances… • approaches n. Plural of approach. |
CARPOPHORE | • carpophore n. (Botany) A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants. • carpophore n. (Mycology) The stem of the fruiting body in higher fungi. • CARPOPHORE n. a slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants. |
COPPERHEAD | • copperhead n. Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes. • copperhead n. (Derogatory) Someone with ginger hair. • Copperhead n. (US, historical, slang) A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during… |
EPANAPHORA | • epanaphora n. (Rhetoric) anaphora. • EPANAPHORA n. the repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences or verses esp. for rhetorical effect, also ANAPHOR, ANAPHORA. |
FLEAHOPPER | • fleahopper n. Any of several very small insects in the family Miridae that are garden or agricultural pests. • FLEAHOPPER n. any of various small jumping bugs that feed on certain plants. |
HOPPERCARS | • hopper␣cars n. Plural of hopper car. • HOPPERCAR n. a container for grain, also HOPPER. |
HYPEROPIAS | • hyperopias n. Plural of hyperopia. • HYPEROPIA n. longsightedness, aka hypermetropia. |
HYPERPNOEA | • hyperpnoea n. Alternative spelling of hyperpnea. • hyperpnœa n. Obsolete spelling of hyperpnea. • HYPERPNOEA n. abnormally fast breathing, also HYPERPNEA. |
LEAFHOPPER | • leafhopper n. Alternative spelling of leaf-hopper. • leaf-hopper n. (Zoology) Any insect of the family Cicadellidae. • leaf␣hopper n. Alternative spelling of leaf-hopper. |
NEPHOGRAPH | • nephograph n. A device for taking photographs of clouds. • NEPHOGRAPH n. an instrument for photographing clouds. |
OPOTHERAPY | • opotherapy n. Organotherapy. • OPOTHERAPY n. treatment by administration of extracts of animal organs, esp. ductless glands. |
PHALAROPES | • phalaropes n. Plural of phalarope. • PHALAROPE n. a small sandpiper-like shore bird. |
SAPROPHYTE | • saprophyte n. Any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
THORNAPPLE | • thornapple n. Alternative form of thorn apple. • thorn␣apple n. Any of several species of plants bearing thorns and apple-like fruit… |
TOUCHPAPER | • touchpaper n. Alternative spelling of touch-paper. • touch-paper n. A strip of paper impregnated with nitre, used as a fuse for firing gunpowder, fireworks etc. • TOUCHPAPER n. paper soaked in saltpetre and used for firing gunpowder. |