| alate | (adjective) (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions | Synonyms: alated |
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| alated | (adjective) (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions | Synonyms: alate |
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| balata | (noun) a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber | Synonyms: balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata |
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| (noun) when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls | Synonyms: gutta balata |
| cardinalate | (noun) the office of cardinal | Synonyms: cardinalship |
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| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope | Synonyms: College of Cardinals, Sacred College, Sacred College of Cardinals |
| catalatic | (adjective) of or relating to the enzyme catalase | - |
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| contralateral | (adjective) on or relating to the opposite side (of the body) | - |
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| escalate | (verb) increase in extent or intensity | Synonyms: intensify, step up |
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| escalation | (noun) an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy | - |
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| escalator | (noun) a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt | Synonyms: moving staircase, moving stairway |
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| (noun) a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index) | Synonyms: escalator clause |
| exhalation | (noun) the act of expelling air from the lungs | Synonyms: breathing out, expiration |
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| (noun) exhaled breath | Synonyms: halitus |
| inhalation | (noun) the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing | Synonyms: aspiration, breathing in, inspiration, intake |
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| (noun) a medication to be taken by inhaling it | Synonyms: inhalant |
| inhalator | (noun) a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion | Synonyms: inhaler |
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| (noun) a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration | Synonyms: respirator |
| intercalate | (verb) insert (days) in a calendar | - |
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| intercalation | (noun) an insertion into a calendar | Synonyms: embolism |
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| malathion | (noun) a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites | - |
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| oxalate | (noun) a salt or ester of oxalic acid | - |
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| palatability | (noun) the property of being acceptable to the mouth | Synonyms: palatableness |
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| (noun) acceptability to the mind or feelings | Synonyms: palatableness |
| palatable | (adjective) acceptable to the taste or mind | Synonyms: toothsome |
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| palatableness | (noun) the property of being acceptable to the mouth | Synonyms: palatability |
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| (noun) acceptability to the mind or feelings | Synonyms: palatability |
| palatably | (adverb) in a palatable way | - |
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| palatal | (adjective) relating to or lying near the palate | Synonyms: palatine |
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| (adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatalised, palatalized |
| (noun) a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') | - |
| palatalise | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalize |
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| palatalised | (adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatal, palatalized |
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| palatalize | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalise |
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| palatalized | (adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatal, palatalised |
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| palate | (noun) the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities | Synonyms: roof of the mouth |
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| palatial | (adjective) relating to or being a palace | - |
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| (adjective) suitable for or like a palace | - |
| palatinate | (noun) a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine | - |
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| palatine | (adjective) of or relating to a palace | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives | - |
| (adjective) relating to or lying near the palate | Synonyms: palatal |
| (noun) either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits | Synonyms: os palatinum, palatine bone |
| (noun) (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands | Synonyms: palsgrave |
| (noun) any of various important officials in ancient Rome | - |
| palatoglossal | (adjective) relating to the palate and tongue | - |
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| palatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: PPP, UPPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
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| salat | (noun) the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca | Synonyms: salaah, salaat, salah |
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| tralatitious | (adjective) having been passed along from generation to generation | Synonyms: handed-down |
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| unpalatability | (noun) the property of being unacceptable to the mouth | Synonyms: unpalatableness |
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| (noun) the property of being unacceptable to the mind | Synonyms: unpalatableness |
| unpalatable | (adjective) not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind | - |
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| unpalatableness | (noun) the property of being unacceptable to the mouth | Synonyms: unpalatability |
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| (noun) the property of being unacceptable to the mind | Synonyms: unpalatability |
| unpalatably | (adverb) in an unpalatable way | - |
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| uvulopalatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, UPPP |
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