ANABLEPSES | • ANABLEPS n. (Greek) any of a genus of bony fishes with open air-bladders and projecting eyes divided in two for vision in air and water. |
ANTISEPSES | • antisepses n. Plural of antisepsis. • ANTISEPSIS n. the destruction of bacteria by a chemical agent. |
ASEPSES | • asepses n. Plural of asepsis. • ASEPSIS n. (Greek) freedom from blood poisoning. |
AUCEPSES | • AUCEPS n. (Latin) a hawker or bird-tender. |
BICEPSES | • bicepses n. (Rare) plural of biceps. • BICEPS n. (Latin) the two-headed muscle at the front of the arm, also BICEP. |
EPANALEPSES | • EPANALEPSIS n. repetition or resumption with the same words e.g. 'The king is dead, long live the king'. |
FORCEPSES | • forcepses n. Plural of forceps. • FORCEPS n. (Latin) a pair of tongs used in surgery. |
METALEPSES | • metalepses n. Plural of metalepsis. • METALEPSIS n. metonymy, esp. of a double, complicated, or indirect kind. |
MONOBLEPSES | • MONOBLEPSIS n. a condition in which vision is more distinct when one eye only is used. |
OMPHALOSKEPSES | • OMPHALOSKEPSIS n. the contemplation of one's own navel to induce a mental trance. |
PARABLEPSES | • parablepses n. Plural of parablepsis. • PARABLEPSIS n. false vision; oversight, also PARABLEPSY. |
PROLEPSES | • prolepses n. Plural of prolepsis. • PROLEPSIS n. (Greek) a rhetorical device of weakening objections by anticipating them. |
QUADRICEPSES | • quadricepses n. Plural of quadriceps. • QUADRICEPS n. the great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee. |
SEPSES | • sepses n. Plural of sepsis. • SEPS n. (Greek) a skink of the genus Seps with a serpentlike body. |
SYLLEPSES | • syllepses n. Plural of syllepsis. • SYLLEPSIS n. (Greek) a construction in which a word governs two or more other words but agrees in number, gender, or case with only one, or has a different meaning when applied to each of the words, as in 'He lost his coat and his temper'. |
TRICEPSES | • tricepses n. Plural of triceps. • TRICEPS n. (Latin) an arm muscle, also TRICEP. |