| LAMBDACISM | • lambdacism n. (Phonology) A pronunciation shift whereby /l/ or other closely related phonemes are substituted for… • LAMBDACISM n. a fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously, also LABDACISM. |
| CHAMBERMAID | • chambermaid n. A maid who handles the chores in a bedroom. • CHAMBERMAID n. a maid who makes beds and does general cleaning of bedrooms (as in a hotel). |
| LAMBDACISMS | • lambdacisms n. Plural of lambdacism. • LAMBDACISM n. a fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously, also LABDACISM. |
| BICAMERALISM | • bicameralism n. (Government) The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers… • bicameralism n. (Psychology) Ambiguous misnomer for Julian Jaynes’s theory of bicamerality, probably never used by Jaynes… • BICAMERALISM n. the state of being bicameral, having two chambers. |
| CHAMBERMAIDS | • chambermaids n. Plural of chambermaid. • CHAMBERMAID n. a maid who makes beds and does general cleaning of bedrooms (as in a hotel). |
| EMBLEMATICAL | • emblematical adj. Emblematic. • EMBLEMATICAL adj. of, relating to, or constituting an emblem, also EMBLEMATIC. |
| TIMBROMANIAC | • timbromaniac n. A keen philatelist. • TIMBROMANIAC n. an avid stamp collector. |
| BACKGAMMONING | • backgammoning v. Present participle of backgammon. • BACKGAMMON v. to defeat at the game of backgammon. |
| BICAMERALISMS | • bicameralisms n. Plural of bicameralism. • BICAMERALISM n. the state of being bicameral, having two chambers. |
| CIRCUMAMBAGES | • circumambages n. Instances of indirectness or deviousness in speaking or writing: circumlocutions. • CIRCUMAMBAGES n. roundabout methods of speech. |
| TIMBROMANIACS | • timbromaniacs n. Plural of timbromaniac. • TIMBROMANIAC n. an avid stamp collector. |
| BIOMATHEMATICS | • biomathematics n. (Biology, mathematics) The application of mathematics to the study of biological systems and processes. • BIOMATHEMATICS n. mathematics as applied to the biological sciences. |
| CIRCUMAMBULATE | • circumambulate v. (Transitive) To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose. • CIRCUMAMBULATE v. to circle on foot esp. ritualistically. |
| EMBLEMATICALLY | • emblematically adv. In an emblematic manner. • EMBLEMATICAL adv. of, relating to, or constituting an emblem, also EMBLEMATIC. |
| BIOMATHEMATICAL | • biomathematical adj. Having to do with biomathematics. • BIOMATHEMATICAL adj. relating to biomathematics, mathematics as applied to the biological sciences. |
| CIRCUMAMBAGIOUS | • circumambagious adj. Of or relating to circumambages; circumlocutionary. • CIRCUMAMBAGIOUS adj. roundabout in speech. |
| CIRCUMAMBULATED | • circumambulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of circumambulate. • CIRCUMAMBULATE v. to circle on foot esp. ritualistically. |
| CIRCUMAMBULATES | • circumambulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumambulate. • CIRCUMAMBULATE v. to circle on foot esp. ritualistically. |
| CIRCUMAMBULATOR | • circumambulator n. Someone who walks around something. • CIRCUMAMBULATOR n. one who circumambulates. |
| INTERAMBULACRUM | • interambulacrum n. (Zoology) In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. • INTERAMBULACRUM n. in sea urchins, a radial band between ambulacra. |