| EMPATHISED | • empathised v. Simple past tense and past participle of empathise. • EMPATHISE v. to enter imaginatively into another's personality and experience his experiences, also EMPATHIZE. |
| HANDSOMEST | • handsomest adj. Superlative form of handsome: most handsome. • HANDSOME adj. attractive. |
| HARDIMENTS | • hardiments n. Plural of hardiment. • HARDIMENT n. (archaic) hardihood, boldness, also HARDIHEAD, HARDIHOOD. |
| HEADMASTER | • headmaster n. (Chiefly UK) A male school principal. • HEADMASTER n. a man heading the staff of a school. |
| HEADSTREAM | • headstream n. A stream that is the source of a river. • HEADSTREAM n. the stream forming the highest, most remote source of a river. |
| HOMESTANDS | • homestands n. Plural of homestand. • HOMESTAND n. a series of games played at a team's home ground. |
| HOMESTEADS | • homesteads n. Plural of homestead. • HOMESTEAD n. a dwelling-house with outhouses and enclosures immediately connected with it. |
| MASTERHOOD | • masterhood n. The condition of being a master. • MASTERHOOD n. the state of being a master. |
| MASTHEADED | • mastheaded v. Simple past tense and past participle of masthead. • MASTHEAD v. to raise to the masthead; to punish by sending to the masthead. |
| MEGADEATHS | • megadeaths n. Plural of megadeath. • MEGADEATH n. a million deaths. |
| METALHEADS | • metalheads n. Plural of metalhead. • METALHEAD n. a fan of heavy metal music. |
| METHADONES | • methadones n. Plural of methadone. • METHADONE n. a synthetic drug similar to morphine, also METHADON. |
| MIDWATCHES | • midwatches n. Plural of midwatch. • MIDWATCH n. a watch on a ship between midnight and four a.m. |
| MISMATCHED | • mismatched v. Simple past tense and past participle of mismatch. • mismatched adj. Unsuitably matched; ill joined. • MISMATCH v. to match badly. |
| MISPATCHED | • mispatched v. Simple past tense and past participle of mispatch. • MISPATCH v. to patch badly. |
| MOUSTACHED | • moustached adj. Having a moustache. • MOUSTACHED adj. having a moustache. |
| STRAMASHED | • stramashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of stramash. • STRAMASH v. (Scots) to make a racket. |
| THEMATISED | • thematised v. Simple past tense and past participle of thematise. • THEMATISE v. to place (a word or phrase) at the start of a sentence in order to focus attention on it, also THEMATIZE. |
| TRANSHUMED | • transhumed v. Simple past tense and past participle of transhume. • TRANSHUME v. to move (cattle) to summer pastures or winter quarters. |
| WHITEDAMPS | • WHITEDAMP n. a mixture of poisonous gases, esp. carbon monoxide, in a mine. |