| APOTHEOSES | • apotheoses n. Plural of apotheosis. • APOTHEOSIS n. a perfect example of its type. |
| DESPATCHES | • despatches n. Plural of despatch. • despatches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despatch. • DESPATCH v. to deal with speedily. |
| 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. |
| HEAPSTEADS | • heapsteads n. Plural of heapstead. • HEAPSTEAD n. the buildings and places around a mine shaft. |
| 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. |
| PACKSHEETS | • packsheets n. Plural of packsheet. • PACKSHEET n. a list of things for packing. |
| PANTHERESS | • pantheress n. A female panther. • PANTHERESS n. a female panther. |
| PARATHESES | • paratheses n. Plural of parathesis. • PARATHESIS n. apposition; the compounding of words without change. |
| PETERSHAMS | • petershams n. Plural of petersham. • PETERSHAM n. a rough, knotted woollen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats. |
| SHAPELIEST | • shapeliest adj. Superlative form of shapely: most shapely. • SHAPELY adj. having a pleasing shape. |
| SPHAERITES | • sphaerites n. Plural of sphaerite. • SPHAERITE n. a hydrous aluminium phosphate. |
| SUPERHEATS | • superheats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of superheat. • SUPERHEAT v. to heat to excess. |
| TELOPHASES | • telophases n. Plural of telophase. • TELOPHASE n. the last phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes of the daughter cells are grouped in separate nuclei. |
| THERAPISES | • therapises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of therapise. • THERAPISE v. to subject to psychological therapy, also THERAPIZE. |