| DEMERITORIOUSLY | • DEMERITORIOUS adv. not meritorious. |
| DIASTEREOISOMER | • diastereoisomer n. (Chemistry) A stereoisomer having multiple chiral centres; a diastereoisomer cannot normally be superimposed… • DIASTEREOISOMER n. a stereoisomer that is not an enantiomorph, also DIASTEREOMER. |
| DISEMBARRASSING | • disembarrassing v. Present participle of disembarrass. • DISEMBARRASS v. to free from something troublesome or superfluous. |
| HEADMISTRESSIER | • HEADMISTRESSY adj. like a headmistress, bossy. |
| HEREDITARIANISM | • hereditarianism n. The school of thought that heredity is more important than factors such as environment in determining… • HEREDITARIANISM n. the view that heredity is the major factor in determining human and animal behaviour. |
| HERMAPHRODITISM | • hermaphroditism n. The state of having sexual organs of both the male and female sexes. • HERMAPHRODITISM n. the state of being hermaphrodite, bearing both sexes, usually in the same flower. |
| HYPERTHYROIDISM | • hyperthyroidism n. (Medicine) The excessive production of hormones by the thyroid. • hyperthyroidism n. (Pathology) The pathological condition resulting from these excess hormones. • HYPERTHYROIDISM n. excessive functional activity of the thyroid gland. |
| MICROMETEOROIDS | • micrometeoroids n. Plural of micrometeoroid. • MICROMETEOROID n. a small meteoroid. |
| MISAPPROPRIATED | • misappropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of misappropriate. • MISAPPROPRIATE v. to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement). |
| MISPROPORTIONED | • misproportioned adj. Having incorrect or distorted proportions. • misproportioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of misproportion. • MISPROPORTION v. to proportion wrongly. |
| OVERDRAMATISING | • overdramatising v. Present participle of overdramatise. • OVERDRAMATISE v. to dramatise to excess, also OVERDRAMATIZE. |
| PREDETERMINISMS | • predeterminisms n. Plural of predeterminism. • PREDETERMINISM n. determinism. |
| PRIMORDIALITIES | • primordialities n. Plural of primordiality. • PRIMORDIALITY n. the state of being primordial. |
| READMINISTERING | • readministering v. Present participle of readminister. |
| RUDIMENTARINESS | • rudimentariness n. The quality of being rudimentary. • RUDIMENTARINESS n. the state of being rudimentary. |
| SCRIMSHANDERING | • scrimshandering v. Present participle of scrimshander. • SCRIMSHANDER v. to ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines, also SCRIMSHANDY, SCRIMSHAW. |
| THERMOPERIODISM | • thermoperiodism n. The property of being thermoperiodic. • THERMOPERIODISM n. the effect on an organism of rhythmic temperature variations. |
| UNCIRCUMSCRIBED | • uncircumscribed adj. Not circumscribed. • UNCIRCUMSCRIBED adj. not circumscribed. |