| ASSYTHMENT | • assythment n. (Scotland, law, historical) Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence. • ASSYTHMENT n. in Scots law, indemnification for injury; satisfaction. |
| ASYMPTOTES | • asymptotes n. Plural of asymptote. • ASYMPTOTE n. a line (usually straight) that continually approaches a curve but never meets it. |
| CYSTOSTOMY | • cystostomy n. The surgical opening of a cyst. • CYSTOSTOMY n. the surgical operation of creating an artificial opening from the bladder to the abdomen. |
| MISTRYSTED | • mistrysted v. Simple past tense and past participle of mistryst. • MISTRYST v. (Scots) to fail to keep an appointment with. |
| MYOSTATINS | • myostatins n. Plural of myostatin. • MYOSTATIN n. a protein that prevents muscles from growing too large. |
| MYSTICETES | • mysticetes n. Plural of mysticete. • MYSTICETE n. a species of whale. |
| MYTHICISTS | • mythicists n. Plural of mythicist. • MYTHICIST n. an adherent of mythicism, also MYTHIST. |
| PRETTYISMS | • prettyisms n. Plural of prettyism. • PRETTYISM n. affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc. |
| RHYTHMISTS | • rhythmists n. Plural of rhythmist. • RHYTHMIST n. a person skilled in rhythm. |
| STORYTIMES | • storytimes n. Plural of storytime. • STORYTIME n. a time set aside for the telling of stories. |
| STYLITISMS | • STYLITISM n. the practice of being a stylite. |
| SYNTHETISM | • synthetism n. (Art) A style of postimpressionism that aims to synthesize varioous elements: the outward appearance… • synthetism n. (Medicine, obsolete) The complete treatment of a fracture, restoring the parts to their proper place… • SYNTHETISM n. the symbolism of Gauguin and the Nabis, who reacted against the impressionists and realists by seeking to produce brightly coloured abstractions of their inner experience. |
| SYSTEMATIC | • systematic adj. Carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure. • systematic adj. (By extension) Methodical, regular and orderly. • systematic adj. Treating an object as a system or coherent whole. |
| TYMPANISTS | • tympanists n. Plural of tympanist. • TYMPANIST n. one who plays the tympani, also TIMPANIST. |