| CREEPMOUSE | • creepmouse adj. (Mildly derogatory) Timid and unassuming in the extreme. • creepmouse n. (Mildly derogatory) An extremely timid and unassuming person. • CREEPMOUSE n. an informal tickling game played with small children. |
| EMMETROPES | • emmetropes n. Plural of emmetrope. • EMMETROPE n. a person showing emmetropia, correct refraction of light by the eyes. |
| EMPOLDERED | • empoldered v. Simple past tense and past participle of empolder. • EMPOLDER v. to reclaim low-lying land, also IMPOLDER. |
| EPHEMERONS | • EPHEMERON n. something of short lifetime. |
| EPHEMEROUS | • ephemerous adj. (Archaic) Ephemeral. • EPHEMEROUS adj. ephemeral. |
| EXTEMPORES | • extempores n. Plural of extempore. • ex␣tempores n. Plural of ex tempore. • EXTEMPORE n. (Latin) an impromptu speech etc. |
| MERPEOPLES | • MERPEOPLE n. mermaids and mermen. |
| MESOSPHERE | • mesosphere n. (Meteorology) The layer of the Earth’s atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly… • mesosphere n. (Geology) The part of the Earth’s mantle below the asthenosphere and above the outer core. • MESOSPHERE n. a zone in the Earth between 400 and 670 km below the surface separating the upper mantle from the lower mantle. |
| OBTEMPERED | • obtempered v. Simple past tense and past participle of obtemper. • OBTEMPER v. to yield obedience to, also OBTEMPERATE. |
| PEDOMETERS | • pedometers n. Plural of pedometer. • PEDOMETER n. an instrument for measuring distance travelled on foot. |
| PERLEMOENS | • PERLEMOEN n. (South African) another name for abalone. |
| PIEZOMETER | • piezometer n. An instrument used to measure pressure. • PIEZOMETER n. an instrument for measuring pressure or compressibility. |
| RECOMPENCE | • recompence n. Obsolete form of recompense. • recompence v. Obsolete form of recompense. • RECOMPENCE n. (obsolete) a reward, a compensation, also RECOMPENSE. |
| RECOMPENSE | • recompense n. An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital. • recompense n. That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage. • recompense v. To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc. |
| REEMPLOYED | • reemployed v. Simple past tense and past participle of reemploy. • reëmployed v. Simple past tense and past participle of reëmploy. • re-employed v. Simple past tense and past participle of re-employ. |
| TREPONEMES | • treponemes n. Plural of treponeme. • TREPONEME n. a kind of bacterium, a spirochaete, that causes syphilis, also TREPONEMA. |