| DYSPHEMISM | • dysphemism n. (Uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one… • dysphemism n. (Countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way. • DYSPHEMISM n. the substitution of a disagreeable or offensive expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one, e.g. The Holocaust (the dysphemism chosen by Jewish historians to replace the Nazis' ghastly euphemism, The Final Solution). |
| ECCHYMOSIS | • ecchymosis n. A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin, especially one that is remote from a site… • ECCHYMOSIS n. discoloration of the skin due to effusion of blood into tissue. |
| ERYTHRISMS | • erythrisms n. Plural of erythrism. • ERYTHRISM n. a condition of excessive redness. |
| HAEMOLYSIS | • haemolysis n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemolysis. • hæmolysis n. Obsolete form of hemolysis. • HAEMOLYSIS n. breaking up of red blood-corpuscles. |
| HEMOLYSINS | • hemolysins n. Plural of hemolysin. • HEMOLYSIN n. a substance that causes the dissolution of red blood cells, also HAEMOLYSIN. |
| HEMOPTYSIS | • hemoptysis n. (Medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system. • HEMOPTYSIS n. the expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs. |
| HOYDENISMS | • hoydenisms n. Plural of hoydenism. • HOYDENISM n. the behaviour of a hoyden. |
| HYPHENISMS | • hyphenisms n. Plural of hyphenism. • HYPHENISM n. the practice of inserting hyphens. |
| MYTHICISES | • mythicises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mythicise. • MYTHICISE v. to make mythical, also MYTHICIZE. |
| RHYTHMISES | • rhythmises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rhythmise. • RHYTHMISE v. to subject to rhythm, also RHYTHMIZE. |
| SYMPATHIES | • sympathies n. Plural of sympathy. • SYMPATHY n. a feeling of compassion for another's suffering. |
| SYMPATHISE | • sympathise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of sympathize. • SYMPATHISE v. to be in keeping, accord, or harmony, also SYMPATHIZE. |
| SYMPHILIES | • SYMPHILY n. the practise of keeping a guest in a termite's nest. |
| SYMPHONIES | • symphonies n. Plural of symphony. • SYMPHONY n. an orchestral composition. |
| SYNTHETISM | • synthetism n. (Art) A style of postimpressionism that aims to synthesize varioous elements: the outward appearance… • synthetism n. (Medicine, obsolete) The complete treatment of a fracture, restoring the parts to their proper place… • SYNTHETISM n. the symbolism of Gauguin and the Nabis, who reacted against the impressionists and realists by seeking to produce brightly coloured abstractions of their inner experience. |