| EMPORIUMS | • emporiums n. Plural of emporium. • EMPORIUM n. (Latin) a large trading centre. |
| EPIMYSIUM | • epimysium n. A layer of connective tissue which surrounds individual muscles. • EPIMYSIUM n. a fibrous sheet enclosing a muscle. |
| EUPHEMISM | • euphemism n. (Uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive… • euphemism n. (Countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way. • EUPHEMISM n. a figure of rhetoric by which an unpleasant or offensive thing is described or referred to by a milder term. |
| IMPERIUMS | • imperiums n. Plural of imperium. • IMPERIUM n. (Latin) empire, absolute power. |
| IMPOSTUME | • impostume n. (Obsolete) An abscess. • impostume v. (Obsolete) Alternative form of imposthume. • IMPOSTUME n. (archaic) an abscess, also IMPOSTHUME. |
| MARSUPIUM | • marsupium n. The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young. • marsupium n. A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae. • MARSUPIUM n. (Latin) the pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young. |
| MUMPISHLY | • mumpishly adv. Sulkily; sullenly. • MUMPISH adv. sulky. |
| MUMPSIMUS | • mumpsimus n. A person who obstinately adheres to old ways in spite of clear evidence that they are wrong; an ignorant… • mumpsimus n. An obvious error that is obstinately repeated despite correction. • MUMPSIMUS n. an erroneous word or spelling that, through long usage, has become absorbed into the language; an incorrect manuscript reading blindly adhered to by some scholar. |
| OPIUMISMS | • OPIUMISM n. opium addiction. |
| PHORMIUMS | • phormiums n. Plural of phormium. • PHORMIUM n. a tall New Zealand evergreen plant of the agave family, with swordlike leaves. |
| PLUMBISMS | • PLUMBISM n. lead poisoning. |
| PLUMMIEST | • plummiest adj. Superlative form of plummy: most plummy. • PLUMMY adj. full of plums. |
| PRESUMMIT | • presummit adj. Before a summit. • PRESUMMIT adj. preceding a (political) summit. • PRESUMMIT n. a meeting held prior to a summit. |
| SEMIPLUME | • semiplume n. (Zoology) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather. • SEMIPLUME n. a feather with an ordinary shaft but a downy web. |
| SUMPSIMUS | • sumpsimus n. Adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically… • sumpsimus n. A person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant. • SUMPSIMUS n. (Latin) a correct expression that replaces a popular but wrong one. |
| SYMPODIUM | • sympodium n. (Botany) A pattern of branching, similar to dichotomous branching, where the axis or stem is morphologically… • SYMPODIUM n. a stem involved in sympodial growth. |
| SYMPOSIUM | • symposium n. A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations. • symposium n. A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion. • symposium n. A collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors. |
| TIMPANUMS | • timpanums n. Plural of timpanum. • TIMPANUM n. (Latin) the space between an arch and the lintel of a portal, also TYMPANUM. |