| COMPASSING | • compassing v. Present participle of compass. • compassing adj. (Shipbuilding) curved; bent. • compassing n. (Dated) The forming of plots or schemes; machination. |
| GERMPLASMS | • germplasms n. Plural of germplasm. • GERMPLASM n. plant genetic material. |
| MEGALOPSES | • megalopses n. Plural of megalops. • MEGALOPS n. a larval stage of most crabs. |
| MEGASCOPES | • megascopes n. Plural of megascope. • MEGASCOPE n. an instrument for projecting an enlarged image. |
| MEGASPORES | • megaspores n. Plural of megaspore. • MEGASPORE n. the larger of the two types of spore produced by some ferns, which develops into the female gametophyte. |
| MISPARSING | • misparsing v. Present participle of misparse. • misparsing n. An instance of incorrect parsing. • MISPARSE v. to parse incorrectly. |
| MISSHAPING | • misshaping v. Present participle of misshape. • MISSHAPE v. (Spenser) to shape badly. |
| MISSPACING | • misspacing v. Present participle of misspace. • MISSPACE v. to space incorrectly. |
| PANEGOISMS | • PANEGOISM n. solipsism. |
| PANLOGISMS | • PANLOGISM n. the theory that the Universe is an outward manifestation of the Logos. |
| PESHMERGAS | • peshmergas n. Plural of peshmerga. • PESHMERGA n. the military forces of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. |
| PHAGOSOMES | • phagosomes n. Plural of phagosome. • PHAGOSOME n. part of a biological cell. |
| PLASMAGELS | • PLASMAGEL n. cytoplasm in the form of a gel, esp. surrounding the plasmasol in an amoeboid cell. |
| SAGAPENUMS | • sagapenums n. Plural of sagapenum. • SAGAPENUM n. a gum resin, formerly used to stimulate menstruation and as an antispasmodic. |
| SPIROGRAMS | • spirograms n. Plural of spirogram. • SPIROGRAM n. a record made by a spirograph, an instrument recording movements of breathing. |
| SPODOGRAMS | • SPODOGRAM n. a preparation of the ash from a section of a plant, used in microscopy. |
| SUGARPLUMS | • sugarplums n. Plural of sugarplum. • sugar-plums n. Plural of sugar-plum. • sugar␣plums n. Plural of sugar plum. |