| DYSPHEMISM | • dysphemism n. (Uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one… • dysphemism n. (Countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way. • 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). |
| HEMOPTYSIS | • hemoptysis n. (Medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system. • HEMOPTYSIS n. the expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs. |
| HYPHENISMS | • hyphenisms n. Plural of hyphenism. • HYPHENISM n. the practice of inserting hyphens. |
| HYPNOTISMS | • hypnotisms n. Plural of hypnotism. • HYPNOTISM n. the science or practice of hypnosis. |
| MAYORSHIPS | • mayorships n. Plural of mayorship. • MAYORSHIP n. the office of a mayor. |
| PHYSICISMS | • PHYSICISM n. belief in the material or physical as opposed to the spiritual. |
| PSYCHICISM | • psychicism n. The study of psychic ability. • psychicism n. Psychic ability. • PSYCHICISM n. psychical research. |
| SCAMPISHLY | • scampishly adv. In a scampish manner; mischievously. • SCAMPISH adv. of or like a scamp. |
| SYMPATHIES | • sympathies n. Plural of sympathy. • SYMPATHY n. a feeling of compassion for another's suffering. |
| SYMPATHINS | • sympathins n. Plural of sympathin. • SYMPATHIN n. a substance secreted by sympathetic nerve-endings, which constricts and dilates blood-vessels. |
| SYMPATHISE | • sympathise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of sympathize. • SYMPATHISE v. to be in keeping, accord, or harmony, also SYMPATHIZE. |
| SYMPHILIES | • SYMPHILY n. the practise of keeping a guest in a termite's nest. |
| SYMPHILISM | • SYMPHILISM n. the state of being in a symbiotic relationship. |
| SYMPHILOUS | • SYMPHILOUS adj. of or like a symphile, an animal of another kind kept in an ants' or termites' nest. |
| SYMPHONIES | • symphonies n. Plural of symphony. • SYMPHONY n. an orchestral composition. |
| SYMPHONIST | • symphonist n. A composer of symphonies. • SYMPHONIST n. a composer or (rarely) performer of symphonies. |
| SYMPHYSIAL | • symphysial adj. Alternative form of symphyseal. • SYMPHYSIAL adj. relating to symphysis, the union or growing together of bones, also SYMPHYSEAL, SYMPHYSTIC. |
| SYMPHYSTIC | • SYMPHYSTIC adj. relating to symphysis, the union or growing together of bones, also SYMPHYSEAL, SYMPHYSIAL. |
| SYPHILOMAS | • syphilomas n. Plural of syphiloma. • SYPHILOMA n. a syphilitic tumour. |