| ERGOTISM | • ergotism n. The plant disease caused by ergot. • ergotism n. The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced… • ergotism n. The usage of ergot infested grain to poison animals. |
| GERMIEST | • germiest adj. Superlative form of germy: most germy. • GERMY adj. full of germs. |
| GORMIEST | • GORMY adj. dauby, smeary, also GAUMY. |
| GRIMIEST | • grimiest adj. Superlative form of grimy: most grimy. • GRIMY adj. dirty, covered with grime. |
| GRIMMEST | • grimmest adj. Superlative form of grim: most grim. • GRIM adj. stern and unrelenting. |
| MAGISTER | • magister n. Master; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a licence… • magister n. The possessor of a master’s degree. • MAGISTER n. (Latin) a person licensed to teach in a medieval university. |
| MIGRANTS | • migrants n. Plural of migrant. • MIGRANT n. one who migrates, also MIGRATOR. |
| MIGRATES | • migrates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of migrate. • MIGRATE v. to move from one region to another. |
| MISGRAFT | • misgraft v. To graft wrongly. • MISGRAFT v. to graft wrongly. |
| RAGTIMES | • ragtimes n. Plural of ragtime. • RAGTIME n. a style of American dance music. |
| RIGHTISM | • rightism n. (Uncountable) Belief in, or support of, the principles of the political right. • rightism n. (Countable) An act or statement supporting the political right. • RIGHTISM n. conservative political philosophy. |
| SMARTING | • smarting adj. Painful, sore. • smarting adj. (Figuratively) Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment. • smarting v. Present participle of smart. |
| SMIRTING | • smirting v. Present participle of smirt. • SMIRTING n. (Irish) the act of arranging dates while smoking outside a pub. |
| STERIGMA | • sterigma n. (Mycology) A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore. • sterigma n. (Botany) A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga). • sterigma n. (Entomology) Part of the genitalia of moths. |
| STORMING | • storming v. Present participle of storm. • storming n. The act by which something is stormed. • storming n. The act of one who storms or rages. |
| TIGERISM | • tigerism n. Tigerish disposition. • TIGERISM n. swagger. |
| TRIGRAMS | • trigrams n. Plural of trigram. • TRIGRAM n. a cluster of three successive letters. |