| APOSTROPHISES | • apostrophises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apostrophise. • APOSTROPHISE v. to address an inanimate object, also APOSTROPHIZE. |
| APOSTROPHUSES | • APOSTROPHUS n. (Greek) a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers. |
| LEPTOSPIROSES | • leptospiroses n. Plural of leptospirosis. • LEPTOSPIROSIS n. a disease of animals or man caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira, aka Weil's disease. |
| LEPTOSPIROSIS | • leptospirosis n. An acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. • LEPTOSPIROSIS n. a disease of animals or man caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira, aka Weil's disease. |
| PHILOSOPHISTS | • philosophists n. Plural of philosophist. • PHILOSOPHIST n. a would-be philosopher. |
| POSTPOSITIONS | • postpositions n. Plural of postposition. • POSTPOSITION n. the placing of a grammatical element after a word to which it is primarily related in a sentence. |
| POSTPOSITIVES | • postpositives n. Plural of postpositive. • POSTPOSITIVE n. a postpositive adjective. |
| PSEPHOLOGISTS | • psephologists n. Plural of psephologist. • PSEPHOLOGIST n. one who studies election results and trends. |
| SAPROPHYTISMS | • SAPROPHYTISM n. being a saprophyte. |
| SLIPSLOPPIEST | • SLIPSLOPPY adj. sloppy, nonsensical. |
| SPECTROSCOPES | • spectroscopes n. Plural of spectroscope. • SPECTROSCOPE n. an instrument for forming spectra by dispersing rays of light. |
| SPORTSMANSHIP | • sportsmanship n. The good attitude/behaviour displayed by players of a game; fairness, determination, magnanimity, courtesy… • sportsmanship n. The behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad. • SPORTSMANSHIP n. conduct (as fairness, respect for one's opponent, and graciousness in winning or losing) becoming to one participating in a sport. |
| SPORTSPERSONS | • sportspersons n. Plural of sportsperson. • SPORTSPERSON n. a sportsman or sportswoman. |
| STROPPINESSES | • STROPPINESS n. the state of being stroppy. |
| SUPPORTRESSES | • supportresses n. Plural of supportress. • SUPPORTRESS n. a female supporter. |
| SUPPOSITORIES | • suppositories n. Plural of suppository. • SUPPOSITORY n. a solid but readily meltable cone or cylinder of usually medicated material for insertion into a bodily passage or cavity, as the rectum. |