| EMPIRICALS | • EMPIRICAL n. in statistics, the posterior probability of an event. |
| EPIDEMICAL | • epidemical adj. (Obsolete) Alternative form of epidemic. • EPIDEMICAL adj. common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community. |
| EPIMELETIC | • epimeletic adj. (Biology) Relating to altruistic behaviour towards an injured animal. • EPIMELETIC adj. of a type of social behaviour in which the young are cared for by other individuals of the same species e.g. worker bees. |
| EPITOMICAL | • epitomical adj. Epitomic. • EPITOMICAL adj. of or like an epitome, also EPITOMIC. |
| HEMIPLEGIC | • hemiplegic adj. Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with hemiplegia. • hemiplegic n. One who has hemiplegia. • HEMIPLEGIC adj. paralyzed on one side only. |
| HEMOPHILIC | • hemophilic adj. Of or pertaining to hemophilia. • hemophilic adj. Describing some bacteria that grow well in blood. • hemophilic n. An individual with hemophilia. |
| IMPLICATED | • implicated v. Simple past tense and past participle of implicate. • IMPLICATE v. to involve, to entangle. |
| IMPLICATES | • implicates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate. • IMPLICATE v. to involve, to entangle. |
| IMPOLICIES | • impolicies n. Plural of impolicy. • IMPOLICY n. an instance of being impolite. |
| MEPHITICAL | • mephitical adj. Alternative form of mephitic. • MEPHITICAL adj. poisonous or foul-smelling, also MEPHITIC. |
| MESOPHILIC | • mesophilic adj. Of, or relating to a mesophile. • mesophilic adj. Living and thriving at moderate temperatures. • MESOPHILIC adj. esp. of bacteria, having an ideal growth temperature of 20-45 degrees. |
| MISPICKELS | • mispickels n. Plural of mispickel. • MISPICKEL n. (German) arsenical iron pyrites, aka arsenopyrite. |
| MULTIPIECE | • multipiece adj. Comprising more than one piece. • MULTIPIECE adj. having many pieces. |
| POLEMICISE | • polemicise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of polemicize. • POLEMICISE v. to argue or write polemically, carry on a controversy, also POLEMICIZE, POLEMISE, POLEMIZE. |
| POLEMICIST | • polemicist n. A person who writes polemics. • polemicist n. A person who puts forward controversial views. • POLEMICIST n. one who engages in polemics, also POLEMIST. |
| POLEMICIZE | • polemicize v. (Intransitive) To engage in argument. • POLEMICIZE v. to argue or write polemically, carry on a controversy, also POLEMICISE, POLEMISE, POLEMIZE. |
| SEMIPUBLIC | • semipublic adj. Somewhat, but not entirely, public. • SEMIPUBLIC adj. partly public. |
| SPECIALISM | • specialism n. (Countable) Speciality. • specialism n. (Uncountable) The concentration of one’s efforts upon a particular field of study. • SPECIALISM n. devotion to some particular study or pursuit. |