| ACADEMISM | • academism n. Alternative form of academicism. • Academism n. (Obsolete): The philosophy advocated by the Platonic Academy; Platonism, skepticism. • ACADEMISM n. the doctrines of the Academic philosophy. |
| AMMOCETES | • ammocetes n. Plural of ammocete. • AMMOCETE n. the larva of a lamprey. |
| CAMOMILES | • camomiles n. Plural of camomile. • CAMOMILE n. a creeping aromatic plant of the composite family, with yellow-centred white-rayed flowers, formerly much grown for its fragrance, also CHAMOMILE. |
| CHUMMAGES | • chummages n. Plural of chummage. • CHUMMAGE n. a fee paid by a prisoner for sole use of a cell. |
| CLAMMIEST | • clammiest adj. Superlative form of clammy: most clammy. • CLAMMY adj. unpleasantly damp. |
| COMMENSAL | • commensal adj. (Ecology) Of a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected. • commensal adj. Eating at the same table. • commensal n. (Ecology) An organism partaking in a commensal relationship. |
| MAMELUCOS | • mamelucos n. Plural of mameluco. • mamelucos n. Overalls. • MAMELUCO n. (Portuguese) a child born of a white father and Indian mother, also MAMELUKE, MAMLUK. |
| MECHANISM | • mechanism n. (Within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the… • mechanism n. Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements. • mechanism n. A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together. |
| MESCALISM | • mescalism n. The consumption of the mescal bean for its psychedelic effects. • MESCALISM n. the habitual use of mescalin as an intoxicant. |
| MISBECAME | • misbecame v. Simple past tense of misbecome. • MISBECOME v. (archaic) to be unbecoming to. |
| MUSCLEMAN | • muscleman n. A bodyguard. • muscleman n. (Bodybuilding) A man with developed muscles. • muscle␣man n. Alternative form of muscleman. |
| MYCETOMAS | • mycetomas n. Plural of mycetoma. • MYCETOMA n. a chronic fungus infection leading to nodules that discharge oily pus. |
| PEMMICANS | • pemmicans n. Plural of pemmican. • PEMMICAN n. (Native American) a food prepared by North American Indians, also PEMICAN. |
| RACEMISMS | • RACEMISM n. the quality of being racemic. |
| SACHEMDOM | • sachemdom n. The government or jurisdiction of a sachem. • SACHEMDOM n. the government or jurisdiction of a sachem. |
| SCRIMMAGE | • scrimmage n. A rough fight. • scrimmage n. (US) In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team’s record. • scrimmage n. In American football or Canadian football, a play that begins with a snap from the center while opposing… |
| SCRUMMAGE | • scrummage n. (Rugby) An ordered formation of forwards, typically bending down, binding to one another with their… • scrummage n. (American football, rare) A scrimmage. • scrummage n. Dated form of scrimmage (“a rough fight”). |
| SEMICOMAS | • semicomas n. Plural of semicoma. • SEMICOMA n. a coma from which a person can be aroused. |
| STEMMATIC | • stemmatic adj. Relating to stemmatics. • stemmatic adj. (Zoology) Relating to a stemma. • STEMMATIC adj. relating to a stemma, a diagram representing a reconstruction of the interrelationships between surviving witnesses in the (esp. manuscript) tradition of a text. |
| TAGMEMICS | • tagmemics n. (Linguistics) A theory of discourse that considers context-selected semantically equivalent elements… • TAGMEMICS n. the analysis of the grammar of a language based on the arrangement of spoken elements. |