| APOTHEGMATIC | • apothegmatic adj. Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy. • APOTHEGMATIC adj. of or like an apothegm, also APOTHEGMATICAL. |
| BANTAMWEIGHT | • bantamweight n. (Boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight… • bantamweight n. A boxer or other competitor of this weight. • BANTAMWEIGHT n. a weight category in boxing. |
| HAEMATOGENIC | • haematogenic adj. Relating to haematogenesis. • HAEMATOGENIC adj. relating to haematogenesis, the production of blood, also HEMATOGENIC. |
| HAEMATOLOGIC | • haematologic adj. Alternative form of hematologic. • hæmatologic adj. Archaic form of hematologic. • HAEMATOLOGIC adj. relating to haematology, also HAEMATOLOGICAL, HEMATOLOGIC, HEMATOLOGICAL. |
| HAMFATTERING | • HAMFATTER v. to perform as a third-rate minstrel. |
| HEARTWARMING | • heartwarming adj. Alternative form of heart-warming. • heart-warming adj. Eliciting cosy feelings of tenderness and sympathy. • HEARTWARMING adj. inspiring sympathetic feeling. |
| HEMANGIOMATA | • hemangiomata n. Plural of hemangioma. • HEMANGIOMA n. a usually benign tumour made up of blood vessels, also HAEMANGIOMA. |
| HEPATOMEGALY | • hepatomegaly n. (Pathology) An abnormal enlargement of the liver. • HEPATOMEGALY n. enlargement of the liver. |
| HIEROGRAMMAT | • HIEROGRAMMAT n. a writer of sacred records, also HIEROGRAMMATE. |
| MAGNATESHIPS | • MAGNATESHIP n. the office of magnate. |
| MAGNETOGRAPH | • magnetograph n. An instrument for measuring changes in the direction and intensity of magnetic fields. • MAGNETOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording measurements of magnetic fields. |
| MANSLAUGHTER | • manslaughter n. (Obsolete) The slaying of a human being. • manslaughter n. (Law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some… • MANSLAUGHTER n. the unlawful killing of a human being without express or implied malice. |
| METAGNATHISM | • metagnathism n. The condition of being metagnathous. • METAGNATHISM n. the state of being metagnathous, having a beak in which the tips of the mandibles cross. |
| METAGNATHOUS | • metagnathous adj. (Zoology) having the mandibles crossing at the tip of the bill, as in the crossbill. • METAGNATHOUS adj. having a beak in which the tips of the mandibles cross. |
| METAPHRASING | • metaphrasing v. Present participle of metaphrase. • METAPHRASE v. to turn prose into verse or vice versa. |
| METRORRHAGIA | • metrorrhagia n. (Pathology) abnormal uterine bleeding at irregular intervals. • METRORRHAGIA n. irregular uterine bleeding esp. between menstrual periods. |
| PHLEGMATICAL | • phlegmatical adj. Phlegmatic. • PHLEGMATICAL adj. of a calm, unexcitable disposition, also PHLEGMATIC. |
| SLAUGHTERMAN | • slaughterman n. A man employed to slaughter animals in a slaughterhouse. • SLAUGHTERMAN n. one whose occupation it is to kill for food. |
| THAUMATOGENY | • thaumatogeny n. (Rare) The origination of life by a miracle rather than by natural law. • THAUMATOGENY n. the doctrine of the miraculous origin of life. |
| THAUMATURGES | • thaumaturges n. Plural of thaumaturge. • THAUMATURGE n. a performer of miracles, esp. a magician. |