| AMPUTATES | • amputates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amputate. • AMPUTATE v. to cut off. |
| ASPARTAME | • aspartame n. (Organic chemistry) An artificial sweetener, the methyl ester of a dipeptide formed from aspartic acid… • ASPARTAME n. an artificial sweetener. |
| EMPLASTRA | • emplastra n. Plural of emplastron. • EMPLASTRUM n. a medicated plaster, also EMPLASTRON. |
| HEPATOMAS | • hepatomas n. Plural of hepatoma. • HEPATOMA n. a tumor on the liver. |
| MALAPERTS | • malaperts n. Plural of malapert. • MALAPERT n. a saucy person. |
| MEATSPACE | • meatspace n. (Internet, often derogatory) The physical world, as opposed to the virtual world of the Internet. • meat-space n. Alternative form of meatspace. • meat␣space n. Alternative form of meatspace. |
| METAPHASE | • metaphase n. (Biology) The stage of mitosis and meiosis, that follows prophase and comes before anaphase, during… • METAPHASE n. the stage of mitotic or meiotic nuclear division when the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibres. |
| METAPLASM | • metaplasm n. (Linguistics) Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds. • metaplasm n. (Biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell. • METAPLASM n. the alteration of a word by adding, subtracting, or transposing letters or syllables e.g. saying 'relator' for 'realtor'. |
| NAMETAPES | • nametapes n. Plural of nametape. • NAMETAPE n. a small bit of cloth with the owner's name. |
| PARAMENTS | • paraments n. Plural of parament. • PARAMENT n. (obsolete) a rich decoration, hanging or robe. |
| PASSAMENT | • passament n. Alternative form of passement. • PASSAMENT n. (French) a decorative trimming of beads or braid, also PASSEMENT, PASSEMENTERIE, PASSMENT. • PASSAMENT v. to trim with braid. |
| PATHNAMES | • pathnames n. Plural of pathname. • PATHNAME n. the name of a file or directory together with its position in relation to other directories. |
| PAYMASTER | • paymaster n. An official in charge of payments to employees, troops, etc. • paymaster n. A person or body which demands loyalty or services in return for payment (especially as paid in advance). • PAYMASTER n. the official in an organization, government etc. who pays out money. |
| PERMATANS | • permatans n. Plural of permatan. • perma-tans n. Plural of perma-tan. • PERMATAN n. a permanent tan. |
| PLACEMATS | • placemats n. Plural of placemat. • place␣mats n. Plural of place mat. • PLACEMAT n. a table mat on which a place setting is laid. |
| PLATEASMS | • PLATEASM n. a pronunciation with a wide mouth-opening, as in Doric Greek. |
| PLAYMATES | • playmates n. Plural of playmate. • PLAYMATE n. a companion in play. |
| SEPARATUM | • separatum n. A separate copy of a paper originally published in an academic journal. • SEPARATUM n. a separate offprint. |
| SPERMATIA | • spermatia n. Plural of spermatium. • SPERMATIUM n. one of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi. |
| VAMPLATES | • vamplates n. Plural of vamplate. • VAMPLATE n. a hand guard. |