| AMBUSHMENT | • ambushment n. (Obsolete) An ambush. • AMBUSHMENT n. (archaic) an ambush. |
| BUSHHAMMER | • bushhammer n. Alternative form of bush hammer. • bushhammer v. To dress with bush hammer. • bush␣hammer n. A square-headed hammer with spikes used in stoneworking to either even the surface before polishing… |
| CHUMMINESS | • chumminess n. The state of being chummy. • CHUMMINESS n. the state of being chummy. |
| EUHEMERISM | • euhemerism n. (Uncountable) The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical… • EUHEMERISM n. the interpretation of myths as traditional accounts of historical persons and events. |
| EUPHEMISMS | • euphemisms n. Plural of euphemism. • EUPHEMISM n. a figure of rhetoric by which an unpleasant or offensive thing is described or referred to by a milder term. |
| HUMMELLERS | • hummellers n. Plural of hummeller. • HUMMELLER n. (dialect) a machine for removing barley awns. |
| HUMOURSOME | • humoursome adj. (Archaic) Liable to humours or moods; fickle; ill-tempered. • HUMOURSOME adj. capricious, petulant, also HUMORSOME. |
| IMPOSTHUME | • imposthume n. (Obsolete) An abscess. • imposthume n. (Obsolete) A person suffering from an abscess. • imposthume v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To form an abscess. |
| MEDIUMSHIP | • mediumship n. (Parapsychology) The state of being a medium (psychic conduit); purported ability to mediate communication… • MEDIUMSHIP n. being a medium. |
| MEERSCHAUM | • meerschaum n. (Uncountable) A soft white mineral, chiefly used for smoking-pipes and cigar holders. • meerschaum n. (Countable) A smoking-pipe made from meerschaum. • MEERSCHAUM n. (German) hydrated magnesium silicate occurring as a soft white or yellowish claylike mineral, aka sepiolite. |
| MUMCHANCES | • mumchances n. Plural of mumchance. • MUMCHANCE n. a silent game with cards or dice. |
| MUSHROOMED | • mushroomed v. Simple past tense and past participle of mushroom. • MUSHROOM v. to grow or spread rapidly. |
| MUSHROOMER | • mushroomer n. One who gathers (picks or hunts) mushrooms. • MUSHROOMER n. something that mushrooms, expands rapidly. |
| NYMPHAEUMS | • nymphaeums n. Plural of nymphaeum. • NYMPHAEUM n. a temple for nymphs. |
| RHEUMATISM | • rheumatism n. (Pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort… • rheumatism n. (Pathology) atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis. • RHEUMATISM n. a condition characterised by pain and stiffness in muscles and joints, also RHEUMATEESE, RHEUMATISE, RHEUMATIZ, RHEUMATIZE. |
| THRUMMIEST | • THRUMMY adj. made of or like thrums, that is, ends of the warp threads in a loom, left unwoven and remaining attached to the loom when the web is cut off. |