| AMIDSHIPS | • amidships adv. (Nautical) In the middle of a ship, either longitudinally or laterally. • amidships adv. (Nautical) Usually in the line of the keel, but sometimes halfway between bow and stern; often contracted… • amidships adv. (Figuratively) On the flank, at a vulnerable place. |
| DIAPIRISM | • diapirism n. The formation of diapirs. • DIAPIRISM n. the upward movement of material through denser rock. |
| DIMPLIEST | • dimpliest adj. Superlative form of dimply: most dimply. • DIMPLY adj. dimpled. |
| EPIDEMICS | • epidemics n. Plural of epidemic. • EPIDEMIC n. a rapid spread of a disease. |
| EPIDERMIS | • epidermis n. The outer, protective layer of the skin of vertebrates, covering the dermis. • epidermis n. The similar outer layer of cells in invertebrates and plants. • EPIDERMIS n. (Greek) the outermost layer of the skin, also EPIDERM. |
| IDIOPLASM | • idioplasm n. Alternative form of idioplasma. • IDIOPLASM n. the part of the protoplasm bearing hereditary characteristics. |
| MIDPOINTS | • midpoints n. Plural of midpoint. • mid-points n. Plural of mid-point. • MIDPOINT n. the point in the middle. |
| MILLIPEDS | • millipeds n. Plural of milliped. • MILLIPED n. a myriapod with many legs, also MILLEPED, MILLEPEDE, MILLIPEDE. |
| MISCOPIED | • miscopied v. Simple past tense and past participle of miscopy. • MISCOPY v. to copy incorrectly. |
| MISPOISED | • MISPOISE v. to poise incorrectly. |
| MISPRICED | • mispriced v. Simple past tense and past participle of misprice. • MISPRICE v. to price incorrectly. |
| MISPRISED | • misprised v. Simple past tense and past participle of misprise. • misprised adj. Despised, unappreciated. • MISPRISE v. to undervalue, also MISPRIZE. |
| MISPRIZED | • misprized v. Simple past tense and past participle of misprize. • MISPRIZE v. to undervalue, also MISPRISE. |
| OPTIMISED | • optimised v. Simple past tense and past participle of optimise. • OPTIMISE v. to make as effective as possible, also OPTIMIZE. |
| PERIDIUMS | • peridiums n. Plural of peridium. • PERIDIUM n. the outer coating of the spore carrier of a fungus. |
| POMPILIDS | • pompilids n. Plural of pompilid. • POMPILID n. a spider-hunting wasp. |
| PRESIDIUM | • presidium n. A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a… • presidium n. Such an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet. • PRESIDIUM n. (Latin) a standing committee in the former Soviet Union, also PRAESIDIUM. |
| PRISMOIDS | • prismoids n. Plural of prismoid. • PRISMOID n. a body that approaches to the form of a prism. |
| SPORIDIUM | • sporidium n. (Botany) A secondary spore borne on a promycelium, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds… • sporidium n. An ascospore. • sporidium n. Any spore. |