| ANTISPASMODICS | • antispasmodics n. Plural of antispasmodic. • ANTISPASMODIC n. an agent capable of preventing or relieving spasms or convulsions. |
| CHLAMYDOSPORES | • chlamydospores n. Plural of chlamydospore. • CHLAMYDOSPORE n. a thick-walled usually resting fungal spore. |
| COMMANDERSHIPS | • commanderships n. Plural of commandership. • COMMANDERSHIP n. the office of commander. |
| COMPASSIONATED | • compassionated v. Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate. • COMPASSIONATE v. to show compassion. |
| COMPOSEDNESSES | • COMPOSEDNESS n. the state of being composed. |
| DECOMPOSITIONS | • decompositions n. Plural of decomposition. • DECOMPOSITION n. the breakdown of dead organic material by detritivores or saprophytes. |
| DECOMPRESSIONS | • decompressions n. Plural of decompression. • DECOMPRESSION n. the act of decompressing. |
| DISCOMPOSINGLY | • discomposingly adv. So as to discompose. • DISCOMPOSING adv. DISCOMPOSE, to disarrange; to disturb. |
| DODECAPHONISMS | • DODECAPHONISM n. twelve-tone music, also DODECAPHONY. |
| ENCYCLOPEDISMS | • ENCYCLOPEDISM n. the state of being encyclopedic, also ENCYCLOPAEDISM. |
| MISCOMPREHENDS | • miscomprehends v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miscomprehend. • MISCOMPREHEND v. to comprehend wrongly. |
| MISDESCRIPTION | • misdescription n. An inaccurate description, often fraudulent. • MISDESCRIPTION n. the act of misdescribing. |
| OVERCOMPRESSED | • overcompressed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overcompress. • overcompressed adj. Excessively compressed; subject to overcompression. • OVERCOMPRESS v. to compress excessively. |
| POLYDACTYLISMS | • polydactylisms n. Plural of polydactylism. • POLYDACTYLISM n. the state of being polydactyl, having more than the normal number of fingers. |
| PSYCHODYNAMICS | • psychodynamics n. The dynamic interplay between forces that govern human behaviour. • PSYCHODYNAMICS n. the psychology of mental or emotional forces or processes developing especially in early childhood and their effects on behaviour and mental states. |
| SCOLOPENDRIUMS | • SCOLOPENDRIUM n. any fern with undivided leaves of the genus Scolopendrium, including hart's tongue. |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPES | • sigmoidoscopes n. Plural of sigmoidoscope. • SIGMOIDOSCOPE n. an instrument for examining the interior of the rectum and sigmoid colon. |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPIC | • sigmoidoscopic adj. (Medicine) Relating to the type of examination of the colon. • SIGMOIDOSCOPIC adj. pertaining to a sigmoidoscope, an instrument for examining the interior of the rectum and sigmoid colon. |
| SPLENECTOMISED | • splenectomised v. Simple past tense and past participle of splenectomise. • splenectomised v. Alternative form of splenectomized. • SPLENECTOMISE v. to remove the spleen, also SPLENECTOMIZE. |
| STAPEDECTOMIES | • stapedectomies n. Plural of stapedectomy. • STAPEDECTOMY n. the removal of the stapes and insertion of an artificial replacement to relieve deafness. |