| BLAMESTORM | • blamestorm n. A process for determining the cause(s), human and otherwise, of the failure of something. • blamestorm v. To have a blamestorm, i.e., a session where a group discusses the cause(s), human and otherwise, of… • BLAMESTORM v. (of colleagues in a business, government, etc.) to meet in order to apportion blame for an error or failure. |
| BUMMALOTIS | • BUMMALOTI n. (Marathi) a small marine Asiatic fish used in India as a relish; aka Bombay duck, also BUMALO, BUMALOTI, BUMMALO. |
| COMMITTALS | • committals n. Plural of committal. • COMMITTAL n. the act of committing e.g. to trial. |
| EMOLUMENTS | • emoluments n. Plural of emolument. • EMOLUMENT n. payment; profit arising from employment. |
| IMMODESTLY | • immodestly adv. In an immodest manner. • IMMODEST adv. not modest. |
| IMMOLATORS | • immolators n. Plural of immolator. • IMMOLATOR n. one who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilation and sacrifice. |
| IMMORALIST | • immoralist n. An advocate of immorality. • immoralist n. An adherent or practitioner of immoralism. • IMMORALIST n. a person who practises immorality. |
| MAELSTROMS | • maelstroms n. Plural of maelstrom. • maelströms n. Plural of maelström. • MAELSTROM n. (Dutch) a powerful whirlpool. |
| MALMSTONES | • malmstones n. Plural of malmstone. • MALMSTONE n. calcareous loam; earth of this kind, formerly used for making brick. |
| MELASTOMES | • melastomes n. Plural of melastome. • MELASTOME n. a tropical flowering plant of the myrtle family. |
| METABOLISM | • metabolism n. (Physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. • metabolism n. (Figurative, by extension) The processes that maintain any dynamic system. • Metabolism prop.n. A post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with… |
| METTLESOME | • mettlesome adj. Marked by mettle or bravery; courageous. • METTLESOME adj. full of mettle. |
| MIDDLEMOST | • middlemost adj. Nearest to the exact middle; midmost. • MIDDLEMOST adj. being in the middle, or nearest the middle, also MIDMOST. |
| MILOMETERS | • milometers n. Plural of milometer. • MILOMETER n. an instrument that records the number of miles that a vehicle, etc. has travelled, also MILEOMETER. |
| MULTIFORMS | • multiforms n. Plural of multiform. • MULTIFORM n. a multiform object; something exhibiting many and various forms. |
| MULTIMODES | • multimodes n. Plural of multimode. • MULTIMODE n. an SLR camera or its light meter with more than one way of setting the exposure. |
| SMALLMOUTH | • smallmouth n. A species of freshwater bass, Micropterus dolomieu, native to central North America but widely introduced… • SMALLMOUTH n. a river fish, a kind of bass. |