| CHIRIMOYAS | • chirimoyas n. Plural of chirimoya. • CHIRIMOYA n. (Quechua) a Peruvian fruit resembling the custard apple, also CHERIMOYA, CHERIMOYER. |
| CHROMISING | • chromising v. Present participle of chromise. • CHROMISE v. to chrome, also CHROMIZE. |
| DICHROISMS | • dichroisms n. Plural of dichroism. • DICHROISM n. the property of showing different colours exhibited by doubly refracting crystals when viewed in different directions by transmitted light. |
| DICHROMISM | • dichromism n. Dichromatism. • DICHROMISM n. the state of being dichromic. |
| DIMORPHISM | • dimorphism n. (Biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part. • dimorphism n. (Biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual. • dimorphism n. (Geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms. |
| HEROINISMS | • HEROINISM n. addiction to heroin. |
| HISTORISMS | • historisms n. Plural of historism. • HISTORISM n. the belief that all phenomena are historically determined, also HISTORICISM. |
| HUMORISTIC | • humoristic adj. Pertaining to a humorist or his or her style. • HUMORISTIC adj. of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist. |
| IMPOVERISH | • impoverish v. (Transitive) To make poor. • impoverish v. (Transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness. • impoverish v. (Intransitive) To become poor. |
| IRONSMITHS | • ironsmiths n. Plural of ironsmith. • IRONSMITH n. a worker in iron. |
| ISOMORPHIC | • isomorphic adj. (Mathematics) Related by an isomorphism; having a structure-preserving one-to-one correspondence. • isomorphic adj. (Biology) Having a similar structure or function to something that is not related genetically or through evolution. • isomorphic adj. Having identical relevant structure; being structure-preserving while undergoing certain invertible transformations. |
| MATRIOSHKI | • matrioshki n. Plural of matrioshka. • MATRIOSHKA n. (Russian) a Russian doll, also MATROYSHKA, MATRYOSHKA. |
| MICROCHIPS | • microchips n. Plural of microchip. • microchips v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of microchip. • MICROCHIP n. a chip of silicon. |
| MICROLITHS | • microliths n. Plural of microlith. • MICROLITH n. a very small stone tool. |
| MINORSHIPS | • MINORSHIP n. the state of being a minor. |
| MISWORSHIP | • misworship v. (Transitive) To worship (A deity, etc.) wrongly. • misworship n. False or wrong worship; mistaken practices in religion. • MISWORSHIP v. to worship in a false way. |
| MORPHINISM | • morphinism n. Morphine addiction. • morphinism n. Disease caused by excessive usage of morphine. • MORPHINISM n. a morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged use of morphine. |
| OSTRICHISM | • ostrichism n. The act of hiding, often unsuccessfully, by ducking one’s head out of view. • ostrichism n. (Derogatory) A policy of burying one’s head in the sand, that is, ignoring the reality of a situation. • OSTRICHISM n. the habit or policy of refusing to face unpleasant facts. |
| TRICHROISM | • trichroism n. The property of some optically anisotropic crystals of transmitting different colours of light in three… • TRICHROISM n. the quality possessed by some crystals of presenting different colors in three different directions. |