| 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. |
| ELOPEMENTS | • elopements n. Plural of elopement. • ELOPEMENT n. the act of eloping. |
| EMMETROPES | • emmetropes n. Plural of emmetrope. • EMMETROPE n. a person showing emmetropia, correct refraction of light by the eyes. |
| EPHEMERONS | • EPHEMERON n. something of short lifetime. |
| EPHEMEROUS | • ephemerous adj. (Archaic) Ephemeral. • EPHEMEROUS adj. ephemeral. |
| EPIGENOMES | • epigenomes n. Plural of epigenome. • EPIGENOME n. the complement of chemical compounds that modify the expression and function of the genome. |
| 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. |
| MOUSEPIECE | • MOUSEPIECE n. (dialect) part of a hindleg of beef, next to the round. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| SPELEOTHEM | • speleothem n. (Geology) Any secondary mineral, deposited in a natural cave by the action of water. • SPELEOTHEM n. a term for depositional features, such as stalactites and stalagmites, found in caves, also SPELAEOTHEM. |
| TREPONEMES | • treponemes n. Plural of treponeme. • TREPONEME n. a kind of bacterium, a spirochaete, that causes syphilis, also TREPONEMA. |