| APOTHECIUM | • apothecium n. (Lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures… • APOTHECIUM n. the spore-producing organ of certain fungi, also APOTHECE. |
| BETHUMPING | • bethumping v. Present participle of bethump. • BETHUMP v. to thump soundly. |
| EPITHELIUM | • epithelium n. (Anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most… • EPITHELIUM n. the outer skin and cover for most internal organs. |
| EUPHEMISTS | • euphemists n. Plural of euphemist. • EUPHEMIST n. one who engages in euphemism. |
| IMPOSTHUME | • imposthume n. (Obsolete) An abscess. • imposthume n. (Obsolete) A person suffering from an abscess. • imposthume v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To form an abscess. |
| MOUTHPIECE | • mouthpiece n. A part of any device that functions in or near the mouth, especially… • mouthpiece n. A spokesman; one who speaks on behalf of someone else. • mouthpiece n. (Slang) A lawyer for the defense. |
| MULTIPHASE | • multiphase adj. That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles. • MULTIPHASE adj. having many phases. |
| PENTATHLUM | • pentathlum n. Pentathlon. • PENTATHLUM n. a pentathlon. |
| PROMETHEUM | • prometheum n. A rejected name for the chemical element promethium. • PROMETHEUM n. the former name of promethium, a radioactive element, also PROMETHIUM. |
| PROMETHIUM | • promethium n. A metallic chemical element (symbol Pm) with an atomic number of 61. • PROMETHIUM n. a radioactive rare-earth element, also PROMETHEUM. |
| PUNISHMENT | • punishment n. The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction. • punishment n. A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime. • punishment n. A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution. |
| PYRETHRUMS | • pyrethrums n. Plural of pyrethrum. • PYRETHRUM n. a name still applied to various garden flowers, esp. varieties of Chrysanthemum. |
| SHLUMPIEST | • SHLUMPY adj. (Yiddish) slovenly. |
| THUMBPIECE | • thumbpiece n. Part of an object to accommodate a person’s thumb, such as on the ornamental handle of a tankard. • THUMBPIECE n. a piece that is pressed by the thumb or receives the thumb. |
| TRIUMPHERS | • triumphers n. Plural of triumpher. • TRIUMPHER n. one who was honored with a triumph; a victor. |
| TRIUMPHERY | • TRIUMPHERY n. (Shakespeare) a triumvir. |
| UMPTEENTHS | • UMPTEENTH n. an indefinitely large number in a sequence, also UMPTIETH, UMTEENTH. |
| UNEMPHATIC | • unemphatic adj. Not emphatic. • UNEMPHATIC adj. not emphatic. |