| ASPHALTUMS | • asphaltums n. Plural of asphaltum. • ASPHALTUM n. (Greek) a mixture of bituminous pitch with sand etc. used for surfacing paths, roads, etc., also ASPHALT. |
| ASSUMPSITS | • assumpsits n. Plural of assumpsit. • ASSUMPSIT n. (Latin) a contract (not under seal); a suit for breach of such a contract. |
| ASSUMPTION | • assumption n. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting. • assumption n. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim. • assumption n. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. |
| ASSUMPTIVE | • assumptive adj. Held as true or valid without evidence. • assumptive adj. Forward or presumptuous. • assumptive adj. (Heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in… |
| DESPUMATES | • despumates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despumate. • DESPUMATE v. to throw off impurities in foam or scum. |
| IMPUISSANT | • impuissant adj. Weak; impotent; feeble. • IMPUISSANT adj. (archaic) powerless. |
| MOUSETRAPS | • mousetraps n. Plural of mousetrap. • mousetraps v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mousetrap. • MOUSETRAP v. to catch in a mousetrap. |
| PASTEURISM | • Pasteurism prop.n. (Dated) The prevention of certain diseases by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually… • Pasteurism prop.n. (Dated) pasteurisation. • PASTEURISM n. a method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength. |
| PASTORIUMS | • PASTORIUM n. the residence of a pastor. |
| POTASSIUMS | • potassiums n. Plural of potassium. • POTASSIUM n. a silvery alkaline metallic element. |
| SEPARATUMS | • SEPARATUM n. a separate offprint. |
| STEAMPUNKS | • steampunks n. Plural of steampunk. • STEAMPUNK n. a genre of science fiction set in an era of steam power, esp. Victorian Britain. |
| SUPERATOMS | • superatoms n. Plural of superatom. • SUPERATOM n. a cluster of atoms behaving like a single atom. |
| SUPERMARTS | • supermarts n. Plural of supermart. • SUPERMART n. a big supermarket. |
| SUPERSMART | • supersmart adj. Very smart. • SUPERSMART adj. very smart. |
| SUPERTRAMS | • SUPERTRAM n. a very superior tram. |
| TRANSUMPTS | • transumpts n. Plural of transumpt. • TRANSUMPT n. a copy, a transcript; esp. of a legal document. |