| ANAMORPHISMS | • anamorphisms n. Plural of anamorphism. • ANAMORPHISM n. metamorphism of a rock in which complex minerals are formed from simpler ones. |
| ASYMPTOMATIC | • asymptomatic adj. (Pathology) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in subclinical cases. • asymptomatic n. A patient who exhibits no symptoms of disease. • ASYMPTOMATIC adj. having, displaying or producing no symptoms. |
| LYMPHANGIOMA | • lymphangioma n. (Medicine) A benign tumour of the lymph vessel. • LYMPHANGIOMA n. an angioma of the lymph nodes. |
| MAINTOPMASTS | • maintopmasts n. Plural of maintopmast. • MAINTOPMAST n. the mast next above the lower mainmast. |
| MALAPROPISMS | • malapropisms n. Plural of malapropism. • MALAPROPISM n. a humorous misuse of a word, also MALAPROP. |
| MAMMOGRAPHIC | • mammographic adj. Of, or pertaining to, mammography. • mammographic adj. Produced using a mammograph. • MAMMOGRAPHIC adj. relating to mammography. |
| MARIMBAPHONE | • marimbaphone n. (Obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba, but with either wooden or steel… • MARIMBAPHONE n. a marimba. |
| NYMPHOMANIAC | • nymphomaniac n. A woman with an excessive libido. • nymphomaniac adj. (Of a woman) Having an excessive libido. • NYMPHOMANIAC n. one afflicted with nymphomania. |
| NYMPHOMANIAS | • nymphomanias n. Plural of nymphomania. • NYMPHOMANIA n. sexual mania in females. |
| PANDAEMONIUM | • pandaemonium n. Alternative spelling of pandemonium. • pandæmonium n. (Archaic) Alternative form of pandemonium. • Pandæmonium prop.n. The high capital of Hell in John Milton’s Paradise Lost. |
| PANTOMIMICAL | • pantomimical adj. (Now rare) Expressed or carried out using mime or mimicry. • pantomimical adj. (Now rare) Like or pertaining to a pantomime. • PANTOMIMICAL adj. like a pantomime, also PANTOMIMIC. |
| PARAMORPHISM | • paramorphism n. (Geology) a change in the physical structure of a mineral without any chemical change. • PARAMORPHISM n. the state of being a paramorph. |
| PLASMOGAMIES | • PLASMOGAMY n. a process of fusion of the cytoplasm of two cells; the first step in syngamy, also PLASTOGAMY. |
| PROGRAMMATIC | • programmatic adj. Of, relating to, or using a step-by-step program, especially a computer program. • programmatic adj. (Music) Of, or relating to program music. • PROGRAMMATIC adj. relating to program music. |
| PROTHALAMIUM | • prothalamium n. Alternative form of prothalamion. • PROTHALAMIUM n. (Spenser) a song in honour of a marriage, also PROTHALAMION. |