APHELIONS | • aphelions n. Plural of aphelion. • APHELION n. (Greek) the farthest point of a planet's orbit from the sun. |
APHERESES | • aphereses n. Plural of apheresis. • APHERESIS n. the omission of a letter, sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, e.g. as knife becoming nife, also APHAERESIS. |
APHERESIS | • apheresis n. (Linguistics, prosody) Elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the… • apheresis n. (Medicine, specific, still current) The removal of blood from a patient, and the removal of certain… • apheresis n. (Medicine, general, obsolete) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological… |
APHERETIC | • apheretic adj. US standard spelling of aphaeretic. • APHERETIC adj. relating to apheresis, the taking away of a syllable at the beginning of a word, also APHAERETIC. |
APHETISED | • APHETISE v. to lose the first vowel of a word, also APHETIZE. |
APHETISES | • APHETISE v. to lose the first vowel of a word, also APHETIZE. |
APHETIZED | • aphetized adj. (Linguistics, of a word) Having undergone aphesis, the removal of an unstressed initial vowel. • aphetized adj. Simple past tense and past participle of aphetize. • APHETIZE v. to lose the first vowel of a word, also APHETISE. |
APHETIZES | • aphetizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphetize. • APHETIZE v. to lose the first vowel of a word, also APHETISE. |
EPITAPHED | • epitaphed v. Simple past tense and past participle of epitaph. • EPITAPH v. to compose an inscription on a tomb. |
EPITAPHER | • epitapher n. A writer of epitaphs; and epitaphist. • EPITAPHER n. a writer of epitaphs. |
GRAPHEMES | • graphemes n. Plural of grapheme. • GRAPHEME n. a unit of a writing system. |
GRAPHEMIC | • graphemic adj. Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study. • graphemic adj. Being or that is a grapheme; being or that is an irreducibly meaningful unit of written language. • GRAPHEMIC adj. of or like a grapheme, a letter of the alphabet. |
GRAPHENES | • graphenes n. Plural of graphene. • GRAPHENE n. a film of graphite with a thickness of one atom. |
SAPHEADED | • sapheaded adj. Simple-minded; foolish. • SAPHEADED adj. dopy, weak-minded. |
SAPHENOUS | • saphenous adj. (Anatomy) Relating to, or situated near, the saphenous vein. • SAPHENOUS adj. relating to the saphena, one of the two principal superficial veins of the leg. |
SCRAPHEAP | • scrapheap n. A pile in which junk is discarded. • scrapheap n. A junkyard. • scrapheap n. (Figuratively) A collection of discarded or rejected items or ideas. |
SLAPHEADS | • slapheads n. Plural of slaphead. • SLAPHEAD n. (slang) a bald person. |
SYNAPHEAS | • synapheas n. Plural of synaphea. • SYNAPHEA n. a metrical system of continuity between verses. |
SYNAPHEIA | • synapheia n. (Prosody) Alternative form of synaphea. • SYNAPHEIA n. metrical continuity between two verses in a system, also SYNAPHEA. |
TOXAPHENE | • toxaphene n. An acaricide and insecticide that is a mixture of chlorinated camphenes, now considered a persistent… • TOXAPHENE n. chlorinated camphene used as an insecticide. |