| EMPHASIS | • emphasis n. Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important. • emphasis n. Special attention or prominence given to something. • emphasis n. Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type. |
| ESCAPISM | • escapism n. An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy. • escapism n. A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency. • escapism n. The performance of an escape artist. |
| IMPASSES | • impasses n. Plural of impasse. • IMPASSE n. (French) a position from which there is no escape. |
| IMPASTES | • impastes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impaste. • IMPASTE v. to lay colours on thickly. |
| IMPRESAS | • impresas n. Plural of impresa. • IMPRESA n. (Italian) an emblem with a motto, also IMPRESE, IMPRESSE. |
| MISPAGES | • mispages v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispage. • MISPAGE v. to page incorrectly. |
| MISPARSE | • misparse v. To parse incorrectly. • misparse n. An instance of incorrect parsing; a misparsing. • MISPARSE v. to parse incorrectly. |
| MISSHAPE | • misshape n. (Obsolete) A misshapen person; a misshapen body. • misshape n. A misshapen object; now especially, a broken item (especially food) sold individually at a cheaper price. • misshape v. To shape badly or incorrectly. |
| MISSPACE | • misspace v. To space badly or incorrectly. • MISSPACE v. to space incorrectly. |
| MISSPEAK | • misspeak v. (Transitive, intransitive, chiefly US) To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly. • misspeak v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To speak insultingly or disrespectfully. • MISSPEAK v. to speak incorrectly. |
| PASTIMES | • pastimes n. Plural of pastime. • PASTIME n. a recreational activity, also PASTANCE. |
| PESSIMAL | • pessimal adj. Bad to a maximal extent; worst. • PESSIMAL adj. worst, the opposite of optimal. |
| PHAEISMS | • PHAEISM n. duskiness, incomplete melanism (in butterflies etc.). |
| SAMPIRES | • sampires n. Plural of sampire. • SAMPIRE n. a fleshy coastal plant; glasswort, also SAMPHIRE. |
| SCAMPIES | • SCAMPI n. (Italian) crustaceans of the genus Nephrops, often fried in breadcrumbs. |
| SPAMMIES | • SPAMMIE n. (dialect) a lovebite. |
| TIMEPASS | • timepass n. (India) Aimless or unproductive activity; killing time. • timepass n. (India) An activity which is boring or not worthwhile; a waste of time. • TIMEPASS v. to pass time. |