AIRPLANE | • airplane n. (US, Canada, Philippines) Alternative form of aeroplane. • airplane v. (US, Canada, Philippines) Alternative form of aeroplane. • AIRPLANE n. a winged aircraft propelled by jet engines or propellers. |
ALOPECIA | • alopecia n. Baldness. • alopecia n. (Pathology) Deficiency of the hair, which may be caused by failure to grow or loss after growth. • alopecia n. (Medicine) Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, whether natural or caused by disease. |
APHELIAN | • aphelian adj. (Astronomy) Relating to aphelion. • APHELIAN adj. relating to an aphelion, the point when the earth is farthest from the sun during its annual orbit. |
EPIGAEAL | • epigaeal adj. Alternative form of epigeal. • EPIGAEAL adj. growing close to the ground, also EPIGEAL, EPIGEAN, EPIGEIC, EPIGEOUS. |
LAPIDATE | • lapidate v. (Transitive, law) To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death. • lapidate v. (Transitive, figurative) To hurl insults at. • LAPIDATE v. to hurl stones at. |
LIPAEMIA | • lipaemia n. Alternative form of lipemia. • LIPAEMIA n. an abnormal level of fat in the blood, also LIPEMIA. |
PALATINE | • palatine adj. (Historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges… • palatine adj. Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people. • palatine adj. Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor. |
PALISADE | • palisade n. A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened. • palisade n. (Military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier. • palisade n. A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns. |
PALLIATE | • palliate v. To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. • palliate v. (Obsolete) To hide or disguise. • palliate v. To cover or disguise the seriousness of (A mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies. |
PAPALISE | • papalise v. Alternative form of papalize. • PAPALISE v. to render papal, also PAPALIZE. |
PAPALIZE | • papalize v. (Transitive) To make papal; to introduce papal authority or Roman customs. • papalize v. (Intransitive, archaic) To conform to popery. • PAPALIZE v. to render papal, also PAPALISE. |
PAPILLAE | • papillae n. Plural of papilla. • papillæ n. Plural of papilla. • PAPILLA n. (Latin) a nipple-like projection. |
PARHELIA | • parhelia n. Plural of parhelion. • PARHELION n. a halolike light seen in sky opposite the sun. |
PARIETAL | • parietal adj. (Anatomy) Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity. • parietal adj. (Anatomy) Of or relating to the parietal bones. • parietal adj. Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation. |
PELAGIAL | • pelagial adj. Synonym of pelagic. • PELAGIAL adj. of or pertaining to the sea, also PELAGIAN. • PELAGIAL n. an open body of water such as a lake or the sea, as opposed to the shore or the bed. |
PELAGIAN | • pelagian adj. (Archaic) pelagic; of or pertaining to the sea. • Pelagian adj. Of or pertaining to Pelagius (circa 354–420/440), an ascetic who denied the need for divine aid in performing… • Pelagian n. A supporter of the doctrines of Pelagius. |
PHACELIA | • phacelia n. Any of many annual or perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Phacelia, native to the Americas. • Phacelia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – scorpionweeds. • PHACELIA n. any of various chiefly annual North American plants, with clustered blue, violet, or white flowers, frequently grown for ornament. |
PRAEDIAL | • praedial adj. Of or pertaining to land or its products. • praedial adj. Coming from or the occupation of land. • praedial adj. Attached to the land (Of slavery etc.); having to work on the land or an estate; deriving from the land. |
PREAXIAL | • preaxial adj. Located in front of an axis. • PREAXIAL adj. situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal. |
STAPELIA | • stapelia n. (Botany) Any of the genus Stapelia of low-growing succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa… • Stapelia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – certain succulent plants. • STAPELIA n. any of various succulent southern African plants constituting the genus Stapelia. |