| COMPENDIUM | • compendium n. A short, complete summary; an abstract. • compendium n. A list or collection of various items. • COMPENDIUM n. (Latin) an assortment, a varied collection. |
| DECAMPMENT | • decampment n. The act of decamping. • decampment n. A prompt departure. • DECAMPMENT n. departure from a camp; a marching off. |
| DEMIREPDOM | • demirepdom n. The realm or sphere of demireps. • DEMIREPDOM n. the state of being a demirep, a woman of doubtful reputation. |
| DIMPLEMENT | • dimplement n. The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions. • DIMPLEMENT n. the state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions. |
| 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). |
| IMPEDIMENT | • impediment n. A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress. • impediment n. A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech. • impediment n. (Chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta. |
| IMPOSTUMED | • impostumed v. Simple past tense and past participle of impostume. • IMPOSTUMED adj. having an impostume, an abscess, also IMPOSTHUMED. |
| LYMPHEDEMA | • lymphedema n. (Medicine) The swelling of tissue due to retention of fluid in the lymph vessels. |
| MAPPEMONDS | • mappemonds n. Plural of mappemond. • MAPPEMOND n. a map of the world. |
| MEDIUMSHIP | • mediumship n. (Parapsychology) The state of being a medium (psychic conduit); purported ability to mediate communication… • MEDIUMSHIP n. being a medium. |
| MELAMPODES | • MELAMPODE n. (Spenser) the black hellebore. |
| MIDSHIPMEN | • midshipmen n. Plural of midshipman. • MIDSHIPMAN n. formerly, the title of a young officer (originally quartered amidships) entering the navy. |
| MISSTAMPED | • misstamped v. Simple past tense and past participle of misstamp. • MISSTAMP v. to stamp wrongly. |
| PANTOMIMED | • pantomimed v. Simple past tense and past participle of pantomime. • PANTOMIME v. to portray or communicate by exaggerated silent gestures or expressions. |
| PLASMODESM | • plasmodesm n. Alternative form of plasmodesma. • PLASMODESM n. a strand of living cytoplasm connecting two cells, also PLASMODESMA. |
| PRETRIMMED | • pretrimmed adj. Trimmed in advance. • PRETRIM v. to trim beforehand. |
| PROGRAMMED | • programmed v. Simple past tense and past participle of program. • programmed v. Simple past tense and past participle of programme. • programmed adj. (Quakerism) having a minister or pastor who conducts religious services. |