| DYSPHEMISM | • dysphemism n. (Uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one… • dysphemism n. (Countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way. • 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). |
| EMPHYSEMAS | • emphysemas n. Plural of emphysema. • EMPHYSEMA n. a swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. |
| EMPHYSEMIC | • emphysemic adj. Relating to emphysema. • emphysemic n. A person who has emphysema. • EMPHYSEMIC n. a sufferer from emphysema. |
| GYMNOSPERM | • gymnosperm n. (Botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. • GYMNOSPERM n. a plant with the ovules borne naked or unprotected, the conifers or cone-bearing plants and their allies. |
| HEMOLYMPHS | • hemolymphs n. Plural of hemolymph. • HEMOLYMPH n. the circulatory fluid of various invertebrate animals, also HAEMOLYMPH. |
| HOMOPLASMY | • homoplasmy n. The presence of the same mutation in all copies of mitochondrial or plastid DNA within a single cell or individual. • HOMOPLASMY n. the quality or fact of being homoplastic. |
| MESOMORPHY | • mesomorphy n. The condition of being mesomorphic. • MESOMORPHY n. the state of being a mesomorph. |
| MISEMPLOYS | • misemploys v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misemploy. • MISEMPLOY v. to employ wrongly or badly. |
| MYCOPLASMA | • mycoplasma n. Any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae. • Mycoplasma prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Mycoplasmataceae – bacteria that lack cell walls. • MYCOPLASMA n. a member of the Mycoplasma, a variety of pathogenic agents apparently neither viruses not true bacteria. |
| NYMPHAEUMS | • nymphaeums n. Plural of nymphaeum. • NYMPHAEUM n. a temple for nymphs. |
| PARAMYLUMS | • PARAMYLUM n. a substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water. |
| PERIMYSIUM | • perimysium n. (Anatomy) A layer of connective tissue which surrounds several muscle fibers into bundles. • PERIMYSIUM n. the connective tissue which surrounds and binds together muscle fibres. |
| PLASMOGAMY | • plasmogamy n. (Mycology) Stage of sexual reproduction joining the cytoplasm of two parent mycelia without the fusion of nuclei. • PLASMOGAMY n. a process of fusion of the cytoplasm of two cells; the first step in syngamy, also PLASTOGAMY. |
| POLYLEMMAS | • polylemmas n. Plural of polylemma. • POLYLEMMA n. an argument forcing a choice between contradictory statements. |
| POLYMERISM | • polymerism n. (Chemistry) The state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances. • polymerism n. (Chemistry) The act or process of forming polymers. • POLYMERISM n. the state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances. |
| SYMPHILISM | • SYMPHILISM n. the state of being in a symbiotic relationship. |
| SYMPOSIUMS | • symposiums n. Plural of symposium. • SYMPOSIUM n. (Greek) a conference. |