| ECTOPLASMS | • ectoplasms n. Plural of ectoplasm. • ECTOPLASM n. the outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum, also EXOPLASM. |
| EMPLASTERS | • emplasters n. Plural of emplaster. • EMPLASTER v. (obsolete) to plaster. |
| EMPLASTICS | • emplastics n. Plural of emplastic. • EMPLASTIC n. a medicine that stops the pores. |
| KLEPHTISMS | • KLEPHTISM n. being a klepht, a Greek brigand. |
| LEPTOSOMES | • leptosomes n. Plural of leptosome. • LEPTOSOME n. a person with a slight or slender build. |
| METALEPSES | • metalepses n. Plural of metalepsis. • METALEPSIS n. metonymy, esp. of a double, complicated, or indirect kind. |
| METALEPSIS | • metalepsis n. (Rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which… • METALEPSIS n. metonymy, esp. of a double, complicated, or indirect kind. |
| METAPLASES | • METAPLASIS n. the change of one kind of tissue into another, also METAPLASIA. |
| METAPLASIS | • metaplasis n. (Biology) Metaplasia: the conversion of one type of tissue into another. • metaplasis n. (Biology, archaic) Fulfilled growth and development seen in the stage between anaplasis and cataplasis. • METAPLASIS n. the change of one kind of tissue into another, also METAPLASIA. |
| METAPLASMS | • metaplasms n. Plural of metaplasm. • METAPLASM n. the alteration of a word by adding, subtracting, or transposing letters or syllables e.g. saying 'relator' for 'realtor'. |
| PALIMPSEST | • palimpsest n. A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum… • palimpsest n. (Archaic) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side. • palimpsest n. (Astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity. |
| PALMISTERS | • palmisters n. Plural of palmister. • PALMISTER n. a person who tells fortunes by reading palms, also PALMIST. |
| PRELATISMS | • PRELATISM n. domination by prelates. |
| SEMIPOSTAL | • semipostal adj. (Of a postage stamp) Issued and sold for a higher price than its face value, with the excess monies… • semipostal n. A postage stamp of this kind. • SEMIPOSTAL n. an issue of postage stamps the proceeds of which are donated to charity. |
| SEPTIMOLES | • septimoles n. Plural of septimole. • SEPTIMOLE n. a group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six. |
| SHLUMPIEST | • SHLUMPY adj. (Yiddish) slovenly. |
| SIMPLETONS | • simpletons n. Plural of simpleton. • SIMPLETON n. a feebleminded person. |
| SIMPLISTES | • SIMPLISTE n. (French) someone who tends to oversimplify. |
| SLIMPSIEST | • slimpsiest adj. Superlative form of slimpsy: most slimpsy. • SLIMPSY adj. flimsy, also SLIMSY. |
| SLIPSTREAM | • slipstream n. The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence. • slipstream n. (Figurative, by extension) A generated advantage which makes forward movement easier. • slipstream n. (Uncountable, fiction) A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries. |