| ABSCISSION | • abscission n. The act or process of cutting off. • abscission n. (Obsolete) The state of being cut off. • abscission n. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly. |
| COSEISMICS | • COSEISMIC n. a coseismal line, also COSEISMAL. |
| CYSTINOSIS | • cystinosis n. (Pathology) A disorder caused by abnormal metabolism of cystine. • CYSTINOSIS n. a congenital defect of the metabolism that leads to the accumulation of cystine in the kidneys, blood etc. |
| DISCISSION | • discission n. (Surgery) incision, especially of a soft cataract. • DISCISSION n. an open incision or cut. |
| DISCUSSION | • discussion n. Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic. • discussion n. Text giving further detail on a subject. • discussion n. (Medicine, obsolete) The dispersion of a tumour. |
| ISOGLOSSIC | • isoglossic adj. Relating to an isogloss. • ISOGLOSSIC adj. relating to an isogloss, a line connecting points of similar regional dialect, also ISOGLOSSAL, ISOGLOTTAL, ISOGLOTTIC. |
| ISOSEISMIC | • isoseismic adj. Isoseismal. • ISOSEISMIC n. a line connecting points of same earthquake intensity, also ISOSEISMAL. |
| ISOSTACIES | • ISOSTACY n. the state of balance in the earth's crust, also ISOSTASY. |
| MOSAICISMS | • mosaicisms n. Plural of mosaicism. • MOSAICISM n. the property or state of being composed of cells of two genetically different types. |
| MOSAICISTS | • mosaicists n. Plural of mosaicist. • MOSAICIST n. a worker in mosaic. |
| POSTCRISIS | • postcrisis adj. After a crisis. • POSTCRISIS adj. taking place after a crisis. |
| RESCISSION | • rescission n. An act of rescinding: removing, taking away, or taking back. • rescission n. (Law) The undoing of a contract; repeal. • RESCISSION n. the act of rescinding. |
| RHOICISSUS | • Rhoicissus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Vitaceae – an Afrotropical plant genus. • RHOICISSUS n. a genus of climbing plants, including the grape ivy. |
| SCISSORING | • scissoring v. Present participle of scissor. • scissoring n. (Uncommon, often figurative) An act or instance of cutting (removing) with or as if with scissors, especially… • scissoring n. (Uncommon, possibly dated) A clipping; something cut out (e.g. of a newspaper) with scissors. |
| SOCIALISES | • socialises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of socialise. • SOCIALISE v. to make social, also SOCIALIZE. |
| SOCIALISMS | • socialisms n. Plural of socialism. • SOCIALISM n. the theory, principle, or scheme of social organization which places the means of production of wealth and the distribution of that wealth in the hands of the community. |
| SOCIALISTS | • socialists n. Plural of socialist. • Socialists n. Plural of Socialist. • SOCIALIST n. an adherent of socialism. |
| SUSPICIONS | • suspicions n. Plural of suspicion. • SUSPICION v. to suspect. |
| SUSPICIOUS | • suspicious adj. Arousing suspicion. • suspicious adj. Distrustful or tending to suspect. • suspicious adj. Expressing suspicion. |
| VICHYSSOIS | • VICHYSSOIS adj. (French) of the Vichyite government. |