| BROMISES | • BROMISE v. to treat with bromine, also BROMIZE. |
| EROTISMS | • erotisms n. Plural of erotism. • EROTISM n. sexual excitement. |
| HEROISMS | • heroisms n. Plural of heroism. • HEROISM n. heroic behaviour. |
| HORMESIS | • hormesis n. Stimulation by the use of a low concentration of a toxin. • HORMESIS n. a phenomenon whereby substances that are toxic in large doses have a beneficial effect when absorbed in very small doses. |
| IMPOSERS | • imposers n. Plural of imposer. • IMPOSER n. one who imposes. |
| ISOMERES | • isomeres n. Plural of isomere. • ISOMERE n. a body or compound which is isomeric with another body or compound, also ISOMER. |
| MERSIONS | • mersions n. Plural of mersion. • MERSION n. (obsolete) dipping, as in baptism. |
| MISDOERS | • misdoers n. Plural of misdoer. • MISDOER n. a wrongdoer. |
| MORRISES | • morrises n. Plural of morris. • Morrises prop.n. Plural of Morris. • MORRIS v. to dance the morris. |
| MORTISES | • mortises n. Plural of mortise. • mortises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mortise. • MORTISE v. to join or fasten securely, also MORTICE. |
| OGREISMS | • ogreisms n. Plural of ogreism. • OGREISM n. the state of being ogreish, also OGRISM. |
| PROMISES | • promises n. Plural of promise. • promises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of promise. • PROMISE v. to make a declaration of assurance. |
| SEMIPROS | • semipros n. Plural of semipro. • semi-pros n. Plural of semi-pro. • SEMIPRO n. one who is engaged in paid sport part-time. |
| TRISOMES | • trisomes n. Plural of trisome. • TRISOME n. a chromosome that occurs three times in a cell instead of twice, also TRISOMIC. |
| VERISMOS | • VERISMO n. (Italian) realism in art or literature, also VERISM. |