| DEMYSHIPS | • demyships n. Plural of demyship. • DEMYSHIP n. a minor scholarship. |
| 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). |
| DIPHYSITISM | • DIPHYSITISM n. belief in the dual nature of Christ. |
| DYSPHEMISMS | • dysphemisms n. Plural of dysphemism. • 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). |
| SYMPATHISED | • sympathised v. Simple past tense and past participle of sympathise. • SYMPATHISE v. to be in keeping, accord, or harmony, also SYMPATHIZE. |
| DIPHYSITISMS | • DIPHYSITISM n. belief in the dual nature of Christ. |
| DYSPHEMISTIC | • dysphemistic adj. Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism. • DYSPHEMISTIC adj. relating to dysphemism. |
| HYPODERMISES | • hypodermises n. Plural of hypodermis. • HYPODERMIS n. the layer of skin just below the epidermis, also HYPODERM. |
| HYDROTROPISMS | • hydrotropisms n. Plural of hydrotropism. • HYDROTROPISM n. growth in the direction of water. |
| METAPHYSICISED | • METAPHYSICISE v. to make metaphysical, also METAPHYSICIZE. |
| PSYCHODYNAMICS | • psychodynamics n. The dynamic interplay between forces that govern human behaviour. • PSYCHODYNAMICS n. the psychology of mental or emotional forces or processes developing especially in early childhood and their effects on behaviour and mental states. |
| CRYPTORCHIDISMS | • cryptorchidisms n. Plural of cryptorchidism. • CRYPTORCHIDISM n. the condition in which one or both testes do not descend normally, also CRYPTORCHISM. |
| DERMATOPHYTOSIS | • dermatophytosis n. (Medicine) A fungal infection of the skin caused by a dermatophyte, ringworm. • DERMATOPHYTOSIS n. a fungal infection of the skin, esp. the feet. |
| HYPERMODERNISMS | • HYPERMODERNISM n. a hypermodern approach or theory. |
| HYPERMODERNISTS | • hypermodernists n. Plural of hypermodernist. • HYPERMODERNIST n. a practitioner of a hypermodernist style in art. |
| HYPOCHONDRIASMS | • HYPOCHONDRIASM n. hypochondria. |
| HYPOTHYROIDISMS | • hypothyroidisms n. Plural of hypothyroidism. • HYPOTHYROIDISM n. deficient activity of the thyroid gland. |
| LYMPHADENITISES | • lymphadenitises n. Plural of lymphadenitis. • LYMPHADENITIS n. inflammation of the lymph nodes. |