| 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). |
| HYPERSTRESS | • hyperstress n. (Psychology) Excessive stress. • hyperstress n. (Physics) A four-dimensional equivalent of mechanical stress. • HYPERSTRESS n. excessive stress. |
| HYPOSTASISE | • hypostasise v. Alternative form of hypostasize. • HYPOSTASISE v. to treat as hypostasis, to personify, also HYPOSTASIZE, HYPOSTATISE, HYPOSTATIZE. |
| PSYCHICISMS | • PSYCHICISM n. psychical research. |
| PSYCHICISTS | • psychicists n. Plural of psychicist. • PSYCHICIST n. a psychical researcher. |
| PSYCHOGASES | • PSYCHOGAS n. a gas which makes a person's performance deteriorate very seriously without his being aware of it. |
| PYTHONESSES | • pythonesses n. Plural of pythoness. • Pythonesses n. Plural of Pythoness. • PYTHONESS n. a witch (with capital, the priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece). |
| SHAPELESSLY | • shapelessly adv. In a shapeless manner. • SHAPELESS adv. without shape. |
| STRATHSPEYS | • strathspeys n. Plural of strathspey. • STRATHSPEY n. a reel-like Scottish dance of moderate tempo. |
| SURETYSHIPS | • suretyships n. Plural of suretyship. • SURETYSHIP n. the state of being surety. |
| SYMPATHISES | • sympathises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sympathise. • SYMPATHISE v. to be in keeping, accord, or harmony, also SYMPATHIZE. |
| SYMPHILISMS | • SYMPHILISM n. the state of being in a symbiotic relationship. |
| SYMPHONISTS | • symphonists n. Plural of symphonist. • SYMPHONIST n. a composer or (rarely) performer of symphonies. |
| SYNDICSHIPS | • syndicships n. Plural of syndicship. • SYNDICSHIP n. the office of syndic, a magistrate; a member of committee. |