| DICHROMISM | • dichromism n. Dichromatism. • DICHROMISM n. the state of being dichromic. |
| DIMORPHISM | • dimorphism n. (Biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part. • dimorphism n. (Biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual. • dimorphism n. (Geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms. |
| 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). |
| HOODLUMISM | • hoodlumism n. Behavior characteristic of a hoodlum. • HOODLUMISM n. being a hoodlum. |
| 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. |
| MIDSHIPMAN | • midshipman n. (Nautical) An officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially, a trainee officer. • midshipman n. A midshipman fish. • MIDSHIPMAN n. formerly, the title of a young officer (originally quartered amidships) entering the navy. |
| 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. |
| MUSHROOMED | • mushroomed v. Simple past tense and past participle of mushroom. • MUSHROOM v. to grow or spread rapidly. |
| SACHEMDOMS | • sachemdoms n. Plural of sachemdom. • SACHEMDOM n. the government or jurisdiction of a sachem. |