| ADOPTIONISMS | • ADOPTIONISM n. the doctrine that Christ, as man, is the adopted son of God, also ADOPTIANISM. |
| ASTRONOMISED | • astronomised v. Simple past tense and past participle of astronomise. • ASTRONOMISE v. to study astronomy, also ASTRONOMIZE. |
| COMMISSIONED | • commissioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of commission. • COMMISSION v. to empower, to appoint. |
| COMPASSIONED | • compassioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of compassion. • COMPASSION v. (archaic) to pity. |
| DECOMMISSION | • decommission v. To take out of service or to render unusable. • decommission v. To remove or revoke a commission. • decommission v. To remove or revoke a formal designation. |
| DISCOMPOSING | • discomposing v. Present participle of discompose. • discomposing adj. Unsettling; tending to discompose. • DISCOMPOSE v. to disarrange; to disturb. |
| DISECONOMIES | • diseconomies n. Plural of diseconomy. • DISECONOMY n. lack of economy; a factor responsible for an increase in cost. |
| LOADSAMONIES | • LOADSAMONEY n. wealth accumulated as a result of the economic boom of the 1980s. |
| MICROSECONDS | • microseconds n. Plural of microsecond. • MICROSECOND n. one millionth of a second. |
| MISDEVOTIONS | • misdevotions n. Plural of misdevotion. • MISDEVOTION n. a wrong devotion. |
| MOLYBDENOSIS | • molybdenosis n. Alternative form of molybdosis. • MOLYBDENOSIS n. a disease of cattle and sheep, caused by an excess of molybdenum in the diet. |
| MONODISPERSE | • monodisperse adj. (Of a colloid) Having particles of (approximately) the same size. • monodisperse adj. (Of a polymer, proscribed) Synonym of uniform (“composed of a single macromolecular species”). • monodisperse v. To cause to become monodisperse. |
| NONADMISSION | • nonadmission n. Lack or absence of admission; failure to admit. • NONADMISSION n. refusal of admission. |
| NONDOMESTICS | • nondomestics n. Plural of nondomestic. |
| SOMATOMEDINS | • somatomedins n. Plural of somatomedin. • SOMATOMEDIN n. an endogenous peptide pronounced in the liver. |
| SPODOMANCIES | • SPODOMANCY n. divination by means of ashes. |