| DUMMELHEAD | • DUMMELHEAD n. (dialect) a stupid person. |
| DYSPHEMISM | • dysphemism n. (Uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one… • dysphemism n. (Countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way. • DYSPHEMISM n. the substitution of a disagreeable or offensive expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one, e.g. The Holocaust (the dysphemism chosen by Jewish historians to replace the Nazis' ghastly euphemism, The Final Solution). |
| HAMMERHEAD | • hammerhead n. The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped). • hammerhead n. (Zoology) Any of various sharks of the genera Sphyrna or Zygaena having the eyes set on projections… • hammerhead n. (Zoology) A fresh-water fish; the hogsucker, Hypentelium nigricans, in the sucker family Catostomidae. |
| LYMPHEDEMA | • lymphedema n. (Medicine) The swelling of tissue due to retention of fluid in the lymph vessels. |
| MEDIUMSHIP | • mediumship n. (Parapsychology) The state of being a medium (psychic conduit); purported ability to mediate communication… • MEDIUMSHIP n. being a medium. |
| METHODISMS | • Methodisms n. Plural of Methodism. • METHODISM n. methodical procedure. |
| MIDSHIPMEN | • midshipmen n. Plural of midshipman. • MIDSHIPMAN n. formerly, the title of a young officer (originally quartered amidships) entering the navy. |
| MISMATCHED | • mismatched v. Simple past tense and past participle of mismatch. • mismatched adj. Unsuitably matched; ill joined. • MISMATCH v. to match badly. |
| MONORHYMED | • monorhymed adj. (Poetry) Employing a single rhyme. • MONORHYMED adj. rhymed on a single rhyme. |
| MUSHROOMED | • mushroomed v. Simple past tense and past participle of mushroom. • MUSHROOM v. to grow or spread rapidly. |
| REHAMMERED | • rehammered v. Simple past tense and past participle of rehammer. • REHAMMER v. to hammer again. |
| SACHEMDOMS | • sachemdoms n. Plural of sachemdom. • SACHEMDOM n. the government or jurisdiction of a sachem. |