AGAPANTHUSES | • agapanthuses n. Plural of agapanthus. • AGAPANTHUS n. a genus of lily native to South Africa. |
APLANOGAMETE | • aplanogamete n. A non-motile gamete found in certain lower algae. • APLANOGAMETE n. a nonmotile gamete. |
ASPARAGINASE | • asparaginase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy. • ASPARAGINASE n. an enzyme that causes asparagine to hydrolyse to aspartic acid and ammonia. |
CEPHALALGIAS | • cephalalgias n. Plural of cephalalgia. • CEPHALALGIA n. head pain. |
PALAEOGRAPHY | • palaeography n. (British spelling) Alternative form of paleography. • palæography n. (Chiefly UK, dated) Alternative form of paleography (study of ancient forms of writing). • palæography n. (Chiefly UK, obsolete) Alternative form of paleography (paleogeography). |
PARACYANOGEN | • paracyanogen n. (Chemistry) A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by… • PARACYANOGEN n. a polymer of cyanogen. |
PARAGENESIAS | • PARAGENESIA n. the order in which minerals have developed in a given mass of rock, also PARAGENESIS. |
PARAGLOSSATE | • PARAGLOSSATE adj. relating to the paraglossae, small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects, also PARAGLOSSAL. |
PARAGRAPHERS | • paragraphers n. Plural of paragrapher. • PARAGRAPHER n. one who paragraphs. |
PARALANGUAGE | • paralanguage n. (Linguistics) The non-verbal elements of speech, and to a limited extent of writing, used to modify… • PARALANGUAGE n. nonverbal elements which affect meaning of speech, as intonation, etc. |
PARAMAGNETIC | • paramagnetic adj. (Physics) Exhibiting paramagnetism. • PARAMAGNETIC adj. applied to any substance of which a rod suspended between the poles of a magnet arranges itself parallel to the lines of force, as opposed to diamagnetic. |
PERMANGANATE | • permanganate n. (Inorganic chemistry) any salt of permanganic acid: they are purple crystalline solids, mostly soluble… • permanganate n. (Inorganic chemistry) potassium permanganate. • PERMANGANATE n. a salt of permanganic acid. |
QUADRAPLEGIA | • QUADRAPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIA, TETRAPLEGIA. |
SPARAGRASSES | • SPARAGRASS n. (dialect) asparagus. |