| ASSUMPTIVE | • assumptive adj. Held as true or valid without evidence. • assumptive adj. Forward or presumptuous. • assumptive adj. (Heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in… |
| DESPUMATES | • despumates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despumate. • DESPUMATE v. to throw off impurities in foam or scum. |
| EUPHEMISTS | • euphemists n. Plural of euphemist. • EUPHEMIST n. one who engages in euphemism. |
| IMPOSTUMES | • impostumes n. Plural of impostume. • IMPOSTUME n. (archaic) an abscess, also IMPOSTHUME. |
| IMPOSTURES | • impostures n. Plural of imposture. • IMPOSTURE n. a fraud, the act of an impostor. |
| MOUSETRAPS | • mousetraps n. Plural of mousetrap. • mousetraps v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mousetrap. • MOUSETRAP v. to catch in a mousetrap. |
| MUTOSCOPES | • mutoscopes n. Plural of mutoscope. • MUTOSCOPE n. an early form of cinematograph. |
| PASTEURISM | • Pasteurism prop.n. (Dated) The prevention of certain diseases by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually… • Pasteurism prop.n. (Dated) pasteurisation. • PASTEURISM n. a method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength. |
| PRESUMMITS | • PRESUMMIT n. a meeting held prior to a summit. |
| SEPARATUMS | • SEPARATUM n. a separate offprint. |
| SHLUMPIEST | • SHLUMPY adj. (Yiddish) slovenly. |
| SPUMESCENT | • spumescent adj. (Rare) Resembling froth or foam; foaming. • SPUMESCENT adj. frothy, foamy. |
| STEAMPUNKS | • steampunks n. Plural of steampunk. • STEAMPUNK n. a genre of science fiction set in an era of steam power, esp. Victorian Britain. |
| STUMPINESS | • stumpiness n. The quality of being stumpy. • STUMPINESS n. the state of being stumpy. |
| SUPERATOMS | • superatoms n. Plural of superatom. • SUPERATOM n. a cluster of atoms behaving like a single atom. |
| SUPERMARTS | • supermarts n. Plural of supermart. • SUPERMART n. a big supermarket. |
| SUPERMOTOS | • supermotos n. Plural of supermoto. • SUPERMOTO n. a form of motorcycle racing over part tarmac, part dirt. |
| SUPERSMART | • supersmart adj. Very smart. • SUPERSMART adj. very smart. |
| SUPERSTORM | • superstorm n. A major storm (weather phenomenon). • SUPERSTORM n. an extremely powerful storm that causes widespread devastation. |
| SUPERTRAMS | • SUPERTRAM n. a very superior tram. |