| AMORPHISM | • amorphism n. An amorphous quality. • AMORPHISM n. absence of regular form; amorphous quality. |
| EMMETROPE | • emmetrope n. A person with emmetropia, perfect vision. • EMMETROPE n. a person showing emmetropia, correct refraction of light by the eyes. |
| EMPORIUMS | • emporiums n. Plural of emporium. • EMPORIUM n. (Latin) a large trading centre. |
| HAMMERKOP | • hammerkop n. A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the family Scopidaeand related to the herons. • HAMMERKOP n. (South African) a bird of the heron family. |
| HOMOMORPH | • homomorph n. Something exhibiting homomorphy, i.e. having the same form as something else. • HOMOMORPH n. a thing having the same form as another. |
| IMPROMPTU | • impromptu adj. Improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal. • impromptu n. (Music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation… • impromptu n. (By extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation. |
| KOMPROMAT | • kompromat n. Compromising material, blackmail material, (real or fabricated) evidence that a person does not want revealed, dirt. • KOMPROMAT n. documents, photographs, etc that may be damaging to a person's reputation, kept as a potential tool for blackmail. |
| MESOMORPH | • mesomorph n. A person with pronounced muscular development and low body fat. • mesomorph n. (Bodybuilding): Theoretical body type in which a person naturally has lower body fat and greater ability… • MESOMORPH n. a person of muscular body type. |
| MICROPUMP | • micropump n. A microscale pump. • MICROPUMP n. a miniature pump inserted under the skin to administer a drug. |
| MORPHEMES | • morphemes n. Plural of morpheme. • MORPHEME n. a word or part of a word that contains no smaller unit of meaning e.g. 'man' or the 'ed' in 'walked'. |
| MORPHEMIC | • morphemic adj. (Linguistics) Of or relating to morphemics or to a morpheme. • MORPHEMIC adj. of or like a morpheme. |
| PERSIMMON | • persimmon n. A type of fruit, of orange colour, very sweet, quite astringent when immature. • persimmon n. The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros… • PERSIMMON n. a kind of plumlike fruit. |
| PHORMIUMS | • phormiums n. Plural of phormium. • PHORMIUM n. a tall New Zealand evergreen plant of the agave family, with swordlike leaves. |
| POMOERIUM | • pomoerium n. Alternative form of pomerium. • pomœrium n. Alternative spelling of pomerium. • POMOERIUM n. (Latin) an open space around a town within the walls. |
| PROGRAMME | • programme n. Britain and New Zealand standard spelling of program. • programme n. (Britain, rare) Alternative spelling of program (“computer program”). • programme v. Britain standard spelling of program. |
| PROOEMIUM | • proœmium n. Obsolete form of proemium. • PROOEMIUM n. a preface, also PROEM, PROOEMION. |
| SUPERMOMS | • supermoms n. Plural of supermom. • SUPERMOM n. a superior mother. |