| AMPLOSOME | • AMPLOSOME n. the short or stocky type of human figure. |
| BEPOMMELS | • bepommels v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bepommel. • BEPOMMEL v. to pommel soundly. |
| EMPLECTUM | • emplectum n. Alternative form of emplecton. • EMPLECTUM n. (archaic) ashlar masonry filled up with rubble, also EMPLECTON. |
| EMPLUMING | • empluming v. Present participle of emplume. • EMPLUME v. (archaic) to provide with a plume. |
| GERMPLASM | • germplasm n. Seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses. • germ-plasm n. Alternative spelling of germ plasm. • germ␣plasm n. (Biology, dated or historical) The cytoplasm of germ cells. |
| HEMOLYMPH | • hemolymph n. (Zoology) A circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates that is the equivalent of blood. • HEMOLYMPH n. the circulatory fluid of various invertebrate animals, also HAEMOLYMPH. |
| IMPLEMENT | • implement v. To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out. • implement n. A tool or instrument for working with. • IMPLEMENT v. to put into practice. |
| MELAMPODE | • melampode n. (Obsolete) The black hellebore. • MELAMPODE n. (Spenser) the black hellebore. |
| METAPLASM | • metaplasm n. (Linguistics) Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds. • metaplasm n. (Biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell. • METAPLASM n. the alteration of a word by adding, subtracting, or transposing letters or syllables e.g. saying 'relator' for 'realtor'. |
| MISEMPLOY | • misemploy v. (Transitive) To employ incorrectly; to misuse. • MISEMPLOY v. to employ wrongly or badly. |
| PELMANISM | • pelmanism n. A system of training to improve the memory. • pelmanism n. A memory card game in which a pack of cards is spread out face down and players try to turn up pairs… • PELMANISM n. a card game in which the cards are spread out face down and have to be picked up in matching pairs. |
| PLUMMETED | • plummeted v. Simple past tense and past participle of plummet. • PLUMMET v. to drop straight down. |
| PLUMMIEST | • plummiest adj. Superlative form of plummy: most plummy. • PLUMMY adj. full of plums. |
| POLYLEMMA | • polylemma n. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between multiple options that seem equally undesirable. • POLYLEMMA n. an argument forcing a choice between contradictory statements. |
| POMMELING | • pommeling v. Present participle of pommel. • POMMEL v. to strike with the fists, also PUMMEL. |
| POMMELLED | • pommelled v. Simple past tense and past participle of pommel. • pommelled adj. (Often in combination) Having a pommel. • POMMEL v. to strike with the fists, also PUMMEL. |
| PUMMELING | • pummeling v. Present participle of pummel. • pummeling n. A beating. • PUMMEL v. to strike with the fists, also POMMEL. |
| PUMMELLED | • pummelled v. Simple past tense and past participle of pummel. • PUMMEL v. to strike with the fists, also POMMEL. |
| SEMIPLUME | • semiplume n. (Zoology) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather. • SEMIPLUME n. a feather with an ordinary shaft but a downy web. |