| ANTHEMISES | • anthemises n. Plural of anthemis. • ANTHEMIS n. a genus of aromatic herbs of the family native to the Mediterranean region and SW Asia. |
| BEECHMASTS | • beech␣masts n. Plural of beech mast. • BEECHMAST n. the nuts of a beech tree. |
| EMPATHISES | • empathises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empathise. • EMPATHISE v. to enter imaginatively into another's personality and experience his experiences, also EMPATHIZE. |
| HAEMATOSES | • HAEMATOSIS n. the formation of blood; conversion of venous into arterial blood, also HEMATOSIS. |
| HEMOSTASES | • hemostases n. Plural of hemostasis. • HEMOSTASIS n. stoppage of bleeding or circulation, also HAEMOSTASIA, HAEMOSTASIS, HEMOSTASIA. |
| HETAERISMS | • HETAERISM n. concubinage; a system of communal marriage, also HETAIRISM. |
| HOMESTEADS | • homesteads n. Plural of homestead. • HOMESTEAD n. a dwelling-house with outhouses and enclosures immediately connected with it. |
| HORSEMEATS | • horsemeats n. Plural of horsemeat. • HORSEMEAT n. the meat of the horse. |
| HOUSEMATES | • housemates n. Plural of housemate. • HOUSEMATE n. one who dwells in the same house with another. |
| MAINSHEETS | • mainsheets n. Plural of mainsheet. • main␣sheets n. Plural of main sheet. • MAINSHEET n. a rope by which a mainsail is trimmed and secured. |
| METAPHASES | • metaphases n. Plural of metaphase. • metaphases n. Plural of metaphasis. • METAPHASE n. the stage of mitotic or meiotic nuclear division when the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibres. |
| METATHESES | • metatheses n. Plural of metathesis. • METATHESIS n. the transposition within a word of letters, sounds, or syllables, as in the change from Old English brid to modern English bird or in the confusion of modren for modern. |
| METATHESIS | • metathesis n. (Phonetics, prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/. • metathesis n. (Inorganic chemistry) The double decomposition of inorganic salts. • metathesis n. (Organic chemistry) The breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped. |
| METHYLASES | • methylases n. Plural of methylase. • METHYLASE n. an enzyme that catalyzes methylation. |
| MISTEACHES | • misteaches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misteach. • MISTEACH v. to teach wrongly or badly. |
| PETERSHAMS | • petershams n. Plural of petersham. • PETERSHAM n. a rough, knotted woollen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats. |
| SCHEMATISE | • schematise v. Alternative form of schematize. • SCHEMATISE v. to make a scheme of, also SCHEMATIZE. |
| THEMATISES | • thematises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thematise. • THEMATISE v. to place (a word or phrase) at the start of a sentence in order to focus attention on it, also THEMATIZE. |
| TIMESHARES | • timeshares n. Plural of timeshare. • time-shares v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of time-share. • TIMESHARE n. the time-sharing of property, etc.; such a property. |