| COMPLISHED | • complished v. Simple past tense and past participle of complish. • COMPLISH v. to accomplish. |
| 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). |
| EMPATHISED | • empathised v. Simple past tense and past participle of empathise. • EMPATHISE v. to enter imaginatively into another's personality and experience his experiences, also EMPATHIZE. |
| EMPERISHED | • emperished v. Simple past tense and past participle of emperish. • emperished adj. (Obsolete) perished; decayed. • EMPERISH v. (Spenser) to impair. |
| EMPHASISED | • emphasised v. Simple past tense and past participle of emphasise. • EMPHASISE v. to add emphasis to, also EMPHASIZE. |
| EMPHASIZED | • emphasized v. Simple past tense and past participle of emphasize. • EMPHASIZE v. to add emphasis to, also EMPHASISE. |
| EPHEMERIDS | • ephemerids n. Plural of ephemerid. • EPHEMERID n. an insect of the mayfly family. |
| EUPHEMISED | • euphemised v. Simple past tense and past participle of euphemise. • EUPHEMISE v. to speak or write (of) euphemistically, also EUPHEMIZE. |
| HIPPIEDOMS | • HIPPIEDOM n. the world of the hippie, also HIPPYDOM. |
| HIPPODAMES | • hippodames n. Plural of hippodame. • HIPPODAME n. (Spenser) a fabulous sea monster. |
| HYPODERMIS | • hypodermis n. An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods. • hypodermis n. (Botany) A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis. • hypodermis n. (Anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis. |
| MEDIUMSHIP | • mediumship n. (Parapsychology) The state of being a medium (psychic conduit); purported ability to mediate communication… • MEDIUMSHIP n. being a medium. |
| MIDSHIPMEN | • midshipmen n. Plural of midshipman. • MIDSHIPMAN n. formerly, the title of a young officer (originally quartered amidships) entering the navy. |
| MISPATCHED | • mispatched v. Simple past tense and past participle of mispatch. • MISPATCH v. to patch badly. |
| MISPHRASED | • misphrased v. Simple past tense and past participle of misphrase. • MISPHRASE v. to phrase wrongly. |
| WHITEDAMPS | • WHITEDAMP n. a mixture of poisonous gases, esp. carbon monoxide, in a mine. |