| AMPHETAMINES | • amphetamines n. Plural of amphetamine. • AMPHETAMINE n. a synthetic, potentially habit-forming drug used as an appetite suppressant and in the treatment of narcolepsy. |
| ANAMORPHISMS | • anamorphisms n. Plural of anamorphism. • ANAMORPHISM n. metamorphism of a rock in which complex minerals are formed from simpler ones. |
| ASYMPTOMATIC | • asymptomatic adj. (Pathology) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in subclinical cases. • asymptomatic n. A patient who exhibits no symptoms of disease. • ASYMPTOMATIC adj. having, displaying or producing no symptoms. |
| GAMESMANSHIP | • gamesmanship n. The use of legal but unsporting tactics to gain an advantage over one’s opponent. • GAMESMANSHIP n. the art or practice of winning games by questionable expedients without actually violating the rules. |
| MAINTOPMASTS | • maintopmasts n. Plural of maintopmast. • MAINTOPMAST n. the mast next above the lower mainmast. |
| MALAPROPISMS | • malapropisms n. Plural of malapropism. • MALAPROPISM n. a humorous misuse of a word, also MALAPROP. |
| MARKSMANSHIP | • marksmanship n. The ability to shoot accurately at a target. • MARKSMANSHIP n. the skill of a marksman. |
| MEPROBAMATES | • meprobamates n. Plural of meprobamate. • MEPROBAMATE n. a drug used, esp. formerly, as a muscle relaxant and as a sedative. |
| MYCOPLASMATA | • mycoplasmata n. Plural of mycoplasma. • MYCOPLASMA n. a member of the Mycoplasma, a variety of pathogenic agents apparently neither viruses not true bacteria. |
| NYMPHOMANIAS | • nymphomanias n. Plural of nymphomania. • NYMPHOMANIA n. sexual mania in females. |
| PARAMORPHISM | • paramorphism n. (Geology) a change in the physical structure of a mineral without any chemical change. • PARAMORPHISM n. the state of being a paramorph. |
| PLASMALEMMAS | • plasmalemmas n. Plural of plasmalemma. • PLASMALEMMA n. a plasma membrane. |
| PLASMODESMAS | • plasmodesmas n. Plural of plasmodesma. • PLASMODESMA n. a strand of living cytoplasm connecting two cells, also PLASMODESM. |
| PLASMOGAMIES | • PLASMOGAMY n. a process of fusion of the cytoplasm of two cells; the first step in syngamy, also PLASTOGAMY. |
| PLASMOSOMATA | • PLASMOSOMA n. a nucleolus, also PLASMOSOME. |
| PRAGMATICISM | • pragmaticism n. A Peircean philosophy based on strict logic, the immutability of truth, the reality of infinity, and… • PRAGMATICISM n. the philosophic doctrine of C. S. Peirce. |
| SEMIPALMATED | • semipalmated adj. Having webs between some, but not all, of the toes. • SEMIPALMATED adj. having the toes joined only part way down with a web, also SEMIPALMATE. |
| SOMATOPLASMS | • somatoplasms n. Plural of somatoplasm. • SOMATOPLASM n. protoplasm of the somatic cells. |