| COMMISSURE | • commissure n. (Anatomy) The joint between two bones. • commissure n. (Neuroanatomy) A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc. • commissure n. (Anatomy) The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet. |
| FORMULISMS | • formulisms n. Plural of formulism. • FORMULISM n. excessive use of, or dependence on, formulae. |
| HARMONIUMS | • harmoniums n. Plural of harmonium. • HARMONIUM n. a keyboard instrument in which reeds are made to vibrate by air from a pedal-operated bellows. |
| HUMORALISM | • humoralism n. (Obsolete, medicine) The state or quality of being humoral. • humoralism n. (Obsolete, medicine) The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humours; humorism. • HUMORALISM n. the state of being humoral. |
| IMMERITOUS | • immeritous adj. (Obsolete) undeserving. • IMMERITOUS adj. (archaic) undeserving. |
| IMPROMPTUS | • impromptus n. Plural of impromptu. • IMPROMPTU n. a short piece of impromptu music. |
| 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. |
| MEDUSIFORM | • medusiform adj. (Zoology) Resembling a medusa in shape or structure. • MEDUSIFORM adj. resembling a jellyfish. |
| MICROPUMPS | • micropumps n. Plural of micropump. • MICROPUMP n. a miniature pump inserted under the skin to administer a drug. |
| MULTIFORMS | • multiforms n. Plural of multiform. • MULTIFORM n. a multiform object; something exhibiting many and various forms. |
| MUMMIFORMS | • MUMMIFORM n. a sarcophagus. |
| OSMETERIUM | • osmeterium n. (Zoology) One of a pair of scent organs in the larvae of certain swallowtail butterflies. • OSMETERIUM n. a forked process behind the head of certain caterpillars, giving out a foul smell. |
| 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. |
| POMOERIUMS | • POMOERIUM n. (Latin) an open space around a town within the walls. |
| PROOEMIUMS | • proœmiums n. Plural of proœmium. • PROOEMIUM n. a preface, also PROEM, PROOEMION. |
| PROSTOMIUM | • prostomium n. (Zoology) That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth. • PROSTOMIUM n. that portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth. |
| SQUAMIFORM | • squamiform adj. Having the shape or structure of a scale. • SQUAMIFORM adj. shaped like a scale. |
| STRAMONIUM | • stramonium n. The jimsonweed plant. • stramonium n. A narcotic drug obtained from the dried leaves of this plant. • Stramonium prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – possibly only consisting of the species now… |