| CONTEMPER | • contemper v. (Obsolete, transitive) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften. • CONTEMPER v. to blend together; to adapt. |
| EMPATRONS | • EMPATRON v. (Shakespeare) to patronize. |
| ENTROPIUM | • entropium n. Alternative form of entropion. • ENTROPIUM n. (Greek) the inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids, also ENTROPION. |
| IMPORTUNE | • importune v. To bother, irritate, trouble. • importune v. To harass with persistent requests. • importune v. To approach to offer one’s services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals. |
| MONOPTERA | • monoptera n. Plural of monopteron. • MONOPTERON n. a circular temple with one ring of columns. |
| ORPIMENTS | • orpiments n. Plural of orpiment. • ORPIMENT n. a yellow arsenic compound used as a pigment. |
| PATROLMEN | • patrolmen n. Plural of patrolman. • PATROLMAN n. a police officer on duty on a beat. |
| PHONMETER | • PHONMETER n. an instrument for measuring sound levels, also PHONOMETER. |
| PREMOTION | • premotion n. Previous motion or excitement to action. • PREMOTION n. a motion or impulse given beforehand; esp. divine action as determining will. |
| PROMINENT | • prominent adj. Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant. • prominent adj. Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous. • prominent adj. Eminent; distinguished above others. |
| PROTAMINE | • protamine n. (Biochemistry) Any of various strongly basic proteins of relatively low molecular weight that are rich… • PROTAMINE n. any of a class of simple basic proteins which occur combined with nucleic acids (esp. in fish sperm), also PROTAMIN. |
| PROTONEMA | • protonema n. (Botany) A filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts. • PROTONEMA n. a branched filament produced by germination of a moss spore, giving rise to moss plants from buds. |
| SPORTSMEN | • sportsmen n. Plural of sportsman. • SPORTSMAN n. a man who engages in sport. |
| TREPONEMA | • treponema n. Any of many anaerobic spirochetes, of the genus Treponema, many of which cause infectious diseases. • Treponema prop.n. Spirochetes that are pathogenic in humans and other warm-blooded animals and include the causative agents… • TREPONEMA n. a kind of bacterium, a spirochaete, that causes syphilis, also TREPONEME. |
| TREPONEME | • treponeme n. Any of the bacterium of the genus Treponema. • TREPONEME n. a kind of bacterium, a spirochaete, that causes syphilis, also TREPONEMA. |
| TRIMPHONE | • trimphone n. (UK) A luxury telephone of the 1960s with a then-innovative electronic ringer and illuminated dial. • TRIMPHONE n. (tradename) a phone designed in the 1960s. |