| EMMETROPE | • emmetrope n. A person with emmetropia, perfect vision. • EMMETROPE n. a person showing emmetropia, correct refraction of light by the eyes. |
| EMPLECTUM | • emplectum n. Alternative form of emplecton. • EMPLECTUM n. (archaic) ashlar masonry filled up with rubble, also EMPLECTON. |
| EMPYEMATA | • empyemata n. Plural of empyema. • EMPYEMA n. (Greek) a collection of pus in a body cavity. |
| 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. |
| IMPOSTUME | • impostume n. (Obsolete) An abscess. • impostume v. (Obsolete) Alternative form of imposthume. • IMPOSTUME n. (archaic) an abscess, also IMPOSTHUME. |
| MEPHITISM | • mephitism n. Alternative form of mephitis. • MEPHITISM n. poisoning by mephitis. |
| 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'. |
| METOPISMS | • metopisms n. Plural of metopism. • METOPISM n. the condition of having a frontal suture. |
| MISTEMPER | • mistemper v. To temper ill; to disorder. • MISTEMPER v. (obsolete) to temper ill; to disorder. |
| PANTOMIME | • pantomime n. (Now rare) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime. • pantomime n. (Historical) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various… • pantomime n. (UK) A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell’arte, but later aimed… |
| 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. |
| POMATUMED | • pomatumed v. Simple past tense and past participle of pomatum. • POMATUM v. to apply a kind of ointment to the hair, also POMADE. |
| PRESUMMIT | • presummit adj. Before a summit. • PRESUMMIT adj. preceding a (political) summit. • PRESUMMIT n. a meeting held prior to a summit. |
| PRIMETIME | • primetime adj. Alternative form of prime time. • prime-time adj. Alternative spelling of prime time. • prime␣time n. (Television, radio) The block of programming on television during the middle of the evening, usually… |
| PSAMMITES | • psammites n. Plural of psammite. • PSAMMITE n. a fine-grained rock. |
| SPAMMIEST | • spammiest adj. Superlative form of spammy: most spammy. • SPAMMY adj. bland, unexciting. |
| TEMAZEPAM | • temazepam n. (Pharmacology) A compound (trademark Restoril) of the benzodiazepine class used as a tranquilizer and… • TEMAZEPAM n. a drug used to treat insomnia. |
| TIMESTAMP | • timestamp n. (Computing) A variable containing the date and time at which an event occurred, often included in a… • timestamp v. (Transitive, computing) To record the date and time of (an event, etc). • time-stamp n. Alternative spelling of timestamp. |