| FORTUITISM | • fortuitism n. The doctrine that chance is involved in natural events rather than absolute determinism. • FORTUITISM n. belief in evolution by chance variation. |
| FUMITORIES | • fumitories n. Plural of fumitory. • FUMITORY n. a plant once used to treat scurvy, also FEMETARY, FEMITER, FENITAR. |
| HUMORISTIC | • humoristic adj. Pertaining to a humorist or his or her style. • HUMORISTIC adj. of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist. |
| IMINOUREAS | • IMINOUREA n. a strongly basic compound used in organic synthesis, aka guanidine. |
| IMMERITOUS | • immeritous adj. (Obsolete) undeserving. • IMMERITOUS adj. (archaic) undeserving. |
| IMPERVIOUS | • impervious adj. Unaffected or unable to be affected by something. • impervious adj. Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water. • impervious adj. Immune to damage or effect. |
| IRIDOSMIUM | • iridosmium n. Iridosmine. • IRIDOSMIUM n. a very hard corrosion-resistant white or grey natural alloy of osmium and iridium used esp. in pen nibs, also IRIDOSMINE, OSMIRIDIUM. |
| LIMIVOROUS | • limivorous adj. Eating mud or soil for organic matter in it. • LIMIVOROUS adj. feeding on mud. |
| MIGRAINOUS | • migrainous adj. Of, relating to, or afflicted with migraine. • MIGRAINOUS adj. of or like a migraine. |
| MINICOURSE | • minicourse n. A brief educational course. • MINICOURSE n. a short course. |
| MISROUTING | • misrouting v. Present participle of misroute. • misrouting n. An incorrect routing. • MISROUTE v. to route incorrectly. |
| MOISTURISE | • moisturise v. Alternative spelling of moisturize. • MOISTURISE v. to add moisture to, also MOISTURIZE. |
| MOISTURIZE | • moisturize v. (Transitive) To make more moist. • moisturize v. (Transitive) To make more humid. • MOISTURIZE v. to add moisture to, also MOISTURISE. |
| OSMIRIDIUM | • osmiridium n. (Mineralogy) A hard, corrosion-resistant alloy of osmium and iridium, used in pen nibs. • OSMIRIDIUM n. a very hard corrosion-resistant white or grey natural alloy of osmium and iridium, also IRIDOSMINE, IRIDOSMIUM. |
| REUNIONISM | • reunionism n. A policy in favour of reunion. • REUNIONISM n. a policy of reunification. |
| ROUTINISMS | • routinisms n. Plural of routinism. • ROUTINISM n. the practice of doing things with undiscriminating, mechanical regularity. |
| SANITORIUM | • sanitorium n. Alternative spelling of sanatorium. • SANITORIUM n. a hospital, esp. for tuberculosis, also SANATORIUM, SANITARIUM. |
| TRIFOLIUMS | • trifoliums n. Plural of trifolium. • TRIFOLIUM n. (Latin) any leguminous plant of the large genus Trifolium, characterized by trifoliate leaves. |
| TUTIORISMS | • TUTIORISM n. the doctrine that one should take the safer moral course. |
| ZIRCONIUMS | • zirconiums n. Plural of zirconium. • ZIRCONIUM n. a rare element of the carbon-silicon group. |