| ANAMORPHOSES | • anamorphoses n. Plural of anamorphosis. • anamorphoses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anamorphose. • ANAMORPHOSIS n. a distorted projection or drawing of anything, which appears normal when viewed from a particular point or by means of a suitable mirror. |
| ANAMORPHOSIS | • anamorphosis n. A distorted image of an object that may be viewed correctly from a specific angle or with a specific mirror. • anamorphosis n. The use of this kind of image distortion. • anamorphosis n. (Biology) A form of limited metamorphosis in some arthropods. |
| BRONCHOSPASM | • bronchospasm n. (Medicine) difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles. • BRONCHOSPASM n. constriction of the air passages of the lung (as in asthma) by spasmodic contraction of the bronchial muscles. |
| HOMESHORINGS | • HOMESHORING n. the transfer of service industry employment from offices to home-based employees with appropriate telephone and Internet facilities, also HOMESOURCING. |
| HOMOGENISERS | • homogenisers n. Plural of homogeniser. • HOMOGENISER n. an agent that homogenises, also HOMOGENIZER. |
| HUMOROUSNESS | • humorousness n. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being humorous. • humorousness n. (Countable) The result or product of being humorous. • HUMOROUSNESS n. the state of being humorous. |
| ISOCHRONISMS | • isochronisms n. Plural of isochronism. • ISOCHRONISM n. the property of having the same duration; recurring at equal intervals. |
| MISANTHROPOS | • MISANTHROPOS n. (Shakespeare) a misanthrope, also MISANTHROPE. |
| MONITORSHIPS | • monitorships n. Plural of monitorship. • MONITORSHIP n. the office of monitor. |
| MONOSTROPHES | • monostrophes n. Plural of monostrophe. • MONOSTROPHE n. a poem in which all the stanzas or strophes are written in the same metre. |
| MUSHROOMINGS | • mushroomings n. Plural of mushrooming. • MUSHROOMING n. rapid growth. |
| NEPHROSTOMES | • nephrostomes n. Plural of nephrostome. • NEPHROSTOME n. the funnel-shaped coelomic opening of a typical nephridium. |
| PROCHRONISMS | • prochronisms n. Plural of prochronism. • PROCHRONISM n. assigning a date to an event earlier than actual. |
| SHORTCOMINGS | • shortcomings n. Plural of shortcoming. • SHORTCOMING n. an imperfection or lack that detracts from the whole. |
| SHOWROOMINGS | • SHOWROOMING n. the practice of looking at an item of merchandise in a shop, often using a smartphone app to compare its price elsewhere, before buying it from an online distributor. |
| SOUTHERNMOST | • southernmost adj. Farthest south. • SOUTHERNMOST adj. situated furthest south, also SOUTHERMOST, SOUTHMOST. |
| STENOCHROMES | • stenochromes n. Plural of stenochrome. • STENOCHROME n. a print by stenochromy, printing in several colours at one printing. |