| AMIDSHIP | • amidship adv. In the middle of a ship (as opposed to bow or stern). • AMIDSHIP adv. toward the middle of the ship, also AMIDSHIPS. |
| APHORISM | • aphorism n. A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. • aphorism v. To speak or write aphorisms. • APHORISM n. a concise statement of a truth. |
| EMPHASIS | • emphasis n. Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important. • emphasis n. Special attention or prominence given to something. • emphasis n. Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type. |
| MAGESHIP | • mageship n. The state or position of a mage. • mageship n. (With ’his’, ’your’, etc.) A term of address to a mage. • MAGESHIP n. the office of a sorcerer. |
| MATESHIP | • mateship n. (Countable and uncountable, nautical) The post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate. • mateship n. (Countable, whaling, obsolete) A type of contract between ships to cooperate and share the proceeds of an expedition. • mateship n. (Uncountable) Fellowship; companionship. |
| MISPATCH | • mispatch v. (Transitive, computing) To patch wrongly. • MISPATCH v. to patch badly. |
| MISSHAPE | • misshape n. (Obsolete) A misshapen person; a misshapen body. • misshape n. A misshapen object; now especially, a broken item (especially food) sold individually at a cheaper price. • misshape v. To shape badly or incorrectly. |
| MORPHIAS | • morphias n. Plural of morphia. • MORPHIA n. a painkilling drug, derived from opium. |
| OPSIMATH | • opsimath n. (Rare) A person who learns late in life. • OPSIMATH n. one who learns late in life. |
| PASHMINA | • pashmina n. A Cashmere; a goat native to Kashmir. • pashmina n. Cashmere: the fine wool that grows under the hair of this goat. • pashmina n. Cashmere: a soft fabric made from this wool. |
| PHAEISMS | • PHAEISM n. duskiness, incomplete melanism (in butterflies etc.). |
| PHALLISM | • phallism n. The worship of the phallus (penis) as a symbol of male generative power. • PHALLISM n. worship of the phallus as symbolic of nature's creative power. |
| PHASMIDS | • phasmids n. Plural of phasmid. • PHASMID n. any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidae, as a leaf insect or a stick insect. |
| SAMPHIRE | • samphire n. One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible. • SAMPHIRE n. a fleshy coastal plant, also SAMPIRE. |
| SAPPHISM | • sapphism n. Lesbianism; female homosexuality. • SAPPHISM n. lesbianism. |
| SCAMPISH | • scampish adj. Resembling a scamp; knavish. • SCAMPISH adj. of or like a scamp. |
| SERAPHIM | • seraphim n. A plural of seraph. • seraphim n. (Archaic or nonstandard) Alternative form of seraph. • seraphim n. Lobophora halterata, a species of Geometrid moth. |
| SHIPMATE | • shipmate n. (Nautical) A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another. • shipmate n. (Nautical, informal) Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor). • SHIPMATE n. a fellow sailor. |
| SWAMPISH | • swampish adj. Swampy. • SWAMPISH adj. like a swamp. |
| TRAMPISH | • trampish adj. Like a tramp (homeless person); scruffy. • TRAMPISH adj. like a tramp or vagabond. |