Antiphrasis :: Antiphrasis (n.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.

Antiphrastic :: Antiphrastic (a.) Alt. of Antiphrastica.

Antiphrastical :: Antiphrastical (a.) Pertaining to antiphrasis.

Cataphract :: Cataphract (n.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations..

Cataphract :: Cataphract (n.) A horseman covered with a cataphract.

Cataphract :: Cataphract (n.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.

Cataphracted :: Cataphracted (a.) Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, callous skin, etc..

Cataphractic :: Cataphractic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cataphract..

Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it..

Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff.

Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.

Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope..

Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A partition in any compartment, for various purposes..

Diaphragmatic :: Diaphragmatic (a.) Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves..

Ecphractic :: Ecphractic (a.) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent..

Ecphractic :: Ecphractic (n.) An ecphractic medicine.

Emphractic :: Emphractic (a.) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.

Endophragma :: Endophragma (n.) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.

Endophragmal :: Endophragmal (a.) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.

Ephraim :: Ephraim (n.) A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

Epiphragm :: Epiphragm (n.) A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or aestivation..

Euphrasy :: Euphrasy (n.) The plant eyesight (euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes..

Holophrastic :: Holophrastic (a.) Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America..

Metaphrase :: Metaphrase (n.) A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase..

Metaphrase :: Metaphrase (n.) An answering phrase; repartee.

Metaphrased :: Metaphrased (a.) Translated literally.

Metaphrasis :: Metaphrasis (n.) Metaphrase.

Metaphrast :: Metaphrast (n.) A literal translator.

Metaphrastic :: Metaphrastic (a.) Alt. of Metaphrastica.

Metaphrastical :: Metaphrastical (a.) Close, or literal..

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