| ADEMPTIONS | • ademptions n. Plural of ademption. • ADEMPTION n. the revoking by testator, donor, etc. of a legacy, donation, etc., by previously paying a sum or parting with the object bequeathed. |
| CHAMPIONED | • championed v. Simple past tense and past participle of champion. • CHAMPION v. to defend or support. |
| COMPANDING | • companding n. (Electronics) A process in which noise in a signal is reduced by selective compression and expansion. • COMPAND v. to put a signal through a compander (a system of clarifying sound). |
| COMPLAINED | • complained v. Simple past tense and past participle of complain. • COMPLAIN v. to express discontent. |
| DIPLOMAING | • DIPLOMA v. to confer an honour or privilege upon. |
| DIPLONEMAS | • diplonemas n. Plural of diplonema. • DIPLONEMA n. a less common name for diplotene, a stage of meiotic prophase (cell division). |
| DIPSOMANIA | • dipsomania n. (Pathology) Addiction to alcohol. • dipsomania n. Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence… • DIPSOMANIA n. an abnormal craving for alcohol. |
| IMPOUNDAGE | • impoundage n. The act of impounding. • impoundage n. The fee or fine for impounding. • IMPOUNDAGE n. the act of impounding. |
| INCOMPARED | • incompared adj. (Obsolete) peerless; incomparable. • INCOMPARED adj. (Spenser) peerless; incomparable. |
| MEROPIDANS | • meropidans n. Plural of meropidan. • MEROPIDAN n. one of a family of birds that includes bee-eaters. |
| MONOPODIAL | • monopodial adj. (Botany) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birch twig or a cornstalk. • MONOPODIAL adj. having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk. |
| MONOPODIAS | • MONOPODIA n. a physical deformity in which the lower limbs appear to be fused together. |
| MYRIAPODAN | • MYRIAPODAN adj. of or like a myriapod. |
| PADRONISMS | • PADRONISM n. a system of work controlled by a padrone. |
| PALINDROME | • palindrome n. A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards… • palindrome n. (By extension) A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction. • palindrome n. (By extension) A sequence of items that follows the same pattern both forwards and backwards. |
| PANDEMONIC | • pandemonic adj. Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a pandemonium. • PANDEMONIC adj. pertaining to pandemonium, general tumult, also PANDEMONIAC, PANDEMONIACAL, PANDEMONIAN. |
| PANTOMIMED | • pantomimed v. Simple past tense and past participle of pantomime. • PANTOMIME v. to portray or communicate by exaggerated silent gestures or expressions. |
| PYRAMIDION | • pyramidion n. The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk or pyramid. • PYRAMIDION n. the small pyramidal apex of an obelisk. |
| PYRAMIDONS | • pyramidons n. Plural of pyramidon. • PYRAMIDON n. an organ-stop with pipes like inverted pyramids. |