| BETHUMPED | • bethumped v. Simple past tense and past participle of bethump. • BETHUMP v. to thump soundly. |
| CHEMITYPE | • chemitype n. (Dated) Any of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief… • CHEMITYPE n. any chemical process for obtaining impressions from an engraving. |
| EMPATHIES | • empathies n. Plural of empathy. • EMPATHY n. the comprehension of another's feelings. |
| EMPATHISE | • empathise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of empathize. • EMPATHISE v. to enter imaginatively into another's personality and experience his experiences, also EMPATHIZE. |
| EMPATHIZE | • empathize v. (Intransitive) to feel empathy for another person. • EMPATHIZE v. to enter imaginatively into another's personality and experience his experiences, also EMPATHISE. |
| EMPIGHTED | • EMPIGHT v. (Spenser) to fix or position. |
| EUPHEMIST | • euphemist n. One who uses euphemisms. • EUPHEMIST n. one who engages in euphemism. |
| HELPMATES | • helpmates n. (Britain) plural of helpmate. • HELPMATE n. a friend, companion, also HELPMEET. |
| HELPMEETS | • helpmeets n. Plural of helpmeet. • HELPMEET n. a friend, companion, also HELPMATE. |
| HEMIPTERS | • hemipters n. Plural of hemipter. • HEMIPTER n. (Greek) one of the Hemiptera, an order of insects including bugs and cicadas, also HEMIPTERAN, HEMIPTERON. |
| HEMITROPE | • hemitrope adj. Half turned round; half inverted; (crystallography) having a twinned structure. • hemitrope n. (Crystallography) A twin crystal having a hemitropal structure. • HEMITROPE adj. of a crystal, twinned, also HEMITROPAL, HEMITROPIC, HEMITROPOUS. |
| MESOPHYTE | • mesophyte n. (Botany) Any normal terrestrial plant that grows in environments that have an average supply of water. • MESOPHYTE n. a land plant growing in an environment with moderate moisture. |
| METAPHASE | • metaphase n. (Biology) The stage of mitosis and meiosis, that follows prophase and comes before anaphase, during… • METAPHASE n. the stage of mitotic or meiotic nuclear division when the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibres. |
| NYMPHETTE | • nymphette n. Alternative form of nymphet. • NYMPHETTE n. a sexually desirable pubescent girl, also NYMPHET. |
| PETERSHAM | • petersham n. (Dated) A rough, knotted woollen cloth, used chiefly for men’s overcoats. • petersham n. (Dated) A coat made of that material. • Petersham prop.n. A village in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1873). |
| PHONMETER | • PHONMETER n. an instrument for measuring sound levels, also PHONOMETER. |
| TELEPHEME | • telepheme n. (Obsolete) A message transmitted by telephone. • TELEPHEME n. a message by a telephone. |
| UMPTEENTH | • umpteenth adj. (Informal, often slightly derogatory) Occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence. • UMPTEENTH adj. the ordinal of umpteen. • UMPTEENTH n. an indefinitely large number in a sequence, also UMPTIETH, UMTEENTH. |