| COMPROMISES | • compromises n. Plural of compromise. • compromises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compromise. • COMPROMISE v. to adjust or settle by mutual concessions. |
| DYSPHEMISMS | • dysphemisms n. Plural of dysphemism. • 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). |
| EMPHYSEMICS | • emphysemics n. Plural of emphysemic. • EMPHYSEMIC n. a sufferer from emphysema. |
| EMPIRICISMS | • empiricisms n. Plural of empiricism. • EMPIRICISM n. pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment. |
| IMPOSTHUMES | • imposthumes n. Plural of imposthume. • imposthumes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imposthume. • IMPOSTHUME n. (archaic) an abscess, also IMPOSTUME. |
| IMPRESSMENT | • impressment n. The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service. • IMPRESSMENT n. the act of seizing for public use or of impressing into public service. |
| MEDIUMSHIPS | • mediumships n. Plural of mediumship. • MEDIUMSHIP n. being a medium. |
| MEMBERSHIPS | • memberships n. Plural of membership. • MEMBERSHIP n. the state or status of being a member. |
| MISCOMPUTES | • miscomputes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miscompute. • MISCOMPUTE v. to compute erroneously. |
| MISEMPHASES | • misemphases n. Plural of misemphasis. • MISEMPHASIS n. a wrong emphasis. |
| MISEMPHASIS | • misemphasis n. Bad or wrong emphasis. • MISEMPHASIS n. a wrong emphasis. |
| MISIMPROVES | • misimproves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misimprove. • MISIMPROVE v. to make worse by would-be improvement. |
| MUMPISHNESS | • mumpishness n. Sulkiness; sullenness. • MUMPISHNESS n. the state of being mumpish, sulky. |
| MUMPSIMUSES | • mumpsimuses n. Plural of mumpsimus. • MUMPSIMUS n. an erroneous word or spelling that, through long usage, has become absorbed into the language; an incorrect manuscript reading blindly adhered to by some scholar. |
| PANSPERMISM | • panspermism n. Synonym of panspermatism. • PANSPERMISM n. the theory that life could be diffused through the universe by means of germs carried by meteorites, also PANSPERMATISM, PANSPERMIA, PANSPERMY. |
| POLYMERISMS | • polymerisms n. Plural of polymerism. • POLYMERISM n. the state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances. |
| STIMPMETERS | • Stimpmeters n. Plural of Stimpmeter. • STIMPMETER n. a device that measures the speed of a putting green by propelling a golf ball down a ramp at a standard initial velocity and measuring how far it travels. |
| SUMPSIMUSES | • SUMPSIMUS n. (Latin) a correct expression that replaces a popular but wrong one. |
| SUPREMACISM | • supremacism n. The belief that a certain group of people are far more superior compared to anyone else, such as those… • SUPREMACISM n. belief in the supremacy of one particular group of people. |
| SUPREMATISM | • suprematism n. Alternative letter-case form of Suprematism. • Suprematism n. (Art) A genre of abstract art based on simple geometric forms. • SUPREMATISM n. an early 20th century art movement in Russia producing abstract works featuring flat geometric forms. |