| 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. |
| DEMIREPDOM | • demirepdom n. The realm or sphere of demireps. • DEMIREPDOM n. the state of being a demirep, a woman of doubtful reputation. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| IMPALUDISM | • impaludism n. (Obsolete) A diseased state affecting the inhabitants of paludal, marshy areas. • IMPALUDISM n. a disease carried by insects affecting the inhabitants of marshy areas. |
| 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. |
| MEDIUMSHIP | • mediumship n. (Parapsychology) The state of being a medium (psychic conduit); purported ability to mediate communication… • MEDIUMSHIP n. being a medium. |
| 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. |
| MISSTAMPED | • misstamped v. Simple past tense and past participle of misstamp. • MISSTAMP v. to stamp wrongly. |
| MONOPODIUM | • monopodium n. (Botany) A single and continuous vegetable axis; opposed to sympodium. • MONOPODIUM n. a stem in which the growth is continued from year to year by the same growing point. |
| PANTOMIMED | • pantomimed v. Simple past tense and past participle of pantomime. • PANTOMIME v. to portray or communicate by exaggerated silent gestures or expressions. |
| PLASMODIUM | • plasmodium n. (Biology) A mass of cytoplasm, containing many nuclei, created by the aggregation of amoeboid cells… • Plasmodium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Plasmodiidae – parasitic protozoans which include those causing malaria. • PLASMODIUM n. a naked mass of protoplasm with many nuclei, as in myxomycetes. |
| PRETRIMMED | • pretrimmed adj. Trimmed in advance. • PRETRIM v. to trim beforehand. |
| PRIMORDIUM | • primordium n. (Anatomy) An aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ. • PRIMORDIUM n. (Latin) the first discernible rudiment. |