| APLANATISM | • aplanatism n. (Optics) Freedom from spherical aberration. • APLANATISM n. freedom from spherical aberration. |
| BLASTEMATA | • blastemata n. Plural of blastema. • BLASTEMA n. the protoplasmic part of an ovum, distinguished from the yolk. |
| BLASTOMATA | • blastomata n. Plural of blastoma. • BLASTOMA n. a type of tumour. |
| CATACLASMS | • cataclasms n. Plural of cataclasm. • CATACLASM n. (Greek) disruption; breaking down. |
| CATAPLASMS | • cataplasms n. Plural of cataplasm. • CATAPLASM n. a plaster or poultice. |
| CHLOASMATA | • chloasmata n. Plural of chloasma. • CHLOASMA n. (Greek) a skin discoloration. |
| DALMATIANS | • dalmatians n. Plural of dalmatian. • Dalmatians n. Plural of Dalmatian. • DALMATIAN n. a large breed of dog having a short smooth white coat with black or (in liver-spotted dalmatians) brown spots. |
| GALIMATIAS | • galimatias n. Nonsense, gobbledygook. • galimatias n. Confused mixture; hodgepodge. • GALIMATIAS n. (French) nonsensical talk; gibberish. |
| MALAXATORS | • malaxators n. Plural of malaxator. • MALAXATOR n. one who, or that which, malaxates; esp. a machine for grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass. |
| MALFEASANT | • malfeasant adj. Of or relating to malfeasance or misconduct. • malfeasant n. Someone guilty of such conduct; a malefactor. • MALFEASANT n. (French) one who does wrong. |
| METAPLASIA | • metaplasia n. (Biology) The conversion of one type of tissue into another. • METAPLASIA n. the change of one kind of tissue into another, also METAPLASIS. |
| METATARSAL | • metatarsal adj. Of the metatarsus. • metatarsal n. Any of the bones of the metatarsus. • METATARSAL n. a bone of the metatarsus. |
| NACHTMAALS | • Nachtmaals n. Plural of Nachtmaal. • NACHTMAAL n. (South African) a Dutch Reformed Church Sacrament, the Lord's Supper, also NAGMAAL. |
| PHANTASMAL | • phantasmal adj. Of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms. • phantasmal adj. Eerie or frightening. • phantasmal adj. Expresses qualities of or produced from fantasy. |