| 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). |
| EMPHYSEMICS | • emphysemics n. Plural of emphysemic. • EMPHYSEMIC n. a sufferer from emphysema. |
| HYPERIMMUNE | • hyperimmune adj. That causes, or is associated with, an extreme immune response. • HYPERIMMUNE adj. having a very high degree of immunity. |
| IMPERMEABLY | • impermeably adv. In an impermeable manner. • IMPERMEABLE adv. that cannot be permeated. |
| MAXIMAPHILY | • maximaphily n. (Philately) A branch of philately involving the study and creation of maximum cards. • MAXIMAPHILY n. the study and collection of maximum cards. |
| MISEMPLOYED | • misemployed v. Simple past tense and past participle of misemploy. • MISEMPLOY v. to employ wrongly or badly. |
| MYTHOPOEISM | • MYTHOPOEISM n. the making of myths. |
| NYMPHOMANIA | • nymphomania n. Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women. • NYMPHOMANIA n. sexual mania in females. |
| POLYMASTISM | • polymastism n. (Anatomy) The condition of having more than two mammæ, or breasts. • POLYMASTISM n. the presence of supernumerary breasts or nipples, also POLYMASTIA, POLYMASTY. |
| POLYMERISMS | • polymerisms n. Plural of polymerism. • POLYMERISM n. the state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances. |
| PROMYCELIUM | • promycelium n. The basidium of a rust fungus, a club-shaped structure bearing sporidia. • PROMYCELIUM n. a short germ-tube put out by some fungal spores. |
| SYMPHILISMS | • SYMPHILISM n. the state of being in a symbiotic relationship. |
| SYMPTOMATIC | • symptomatic adj. (Medicine) Showing symptoms. • symptomatic adj. Relating to, based on, or constituting a symptom. • symptomatic adj. (Medicine) Relating to symptomatics. |
| TYMPANIFORM | • tympaniform adj. (Anatomy) Having the form of a tympanum or of a drum. • TYMPANIFORM adj. drumlike; shaped like a drum. |