| APOTHEM | • apothem n. (Geometry) The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle. • apothem n. (Geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special… • APOTHEM n. (Greek) the perpendicular from centre to the side of a polygon. |
| BERSEEM | • berseem n. Egyptian clover. • BERSEEM n. a Mediterranean clover, grown as a forage crop. |
| BLIKSEM | • BLIKSEM interj. (South African) of surprise, shock etc. |
| DIASTEM | • diastem n. Intervening space; interval. • diastem n. (Obsolete, music) An interval. • diastem n. (Geology) A minor depositional break. |
| EPIBLEM | • epiblem n. Synonym of rhizodermis. • EPIBLEM n. the outer cell layer of the root of a plant. |
| EPITHEM | • epithem n. (Medicine, historical) Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters;… • EPITHEM n. (Greek) a group of leaf cells which exude water, also EPITHEMA. |
| ERATHEM | • erathem n. (Geology, paleontology) The total stratigraphic unit deposited during a certain corresponding span of… • ERATHEM n. the stratigraphical unit of rock strata, corresponding to a geological era. |
| MISDEEM | • misdeem v. To misjudge, to deem wrongly. • MISDEEM v. to judge unfavourably. |
| MISSEEM | • misseem v. (Literary) To be unbecoming to; not to suit. • MISSEEM v. (Spenser) to be unbecoming to. |
| PHELLEM | • phellem n. (Botany) cork (dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants). • PHELLEM n. (Greek) a layer of plant cells that make cork. |
| PROBLEM | • problem n. A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with. • problem n. A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise. • problem n. A puzzling circumstance. |
| REQUIEM | • requiem n. A mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person. • requiem n. A musical composition for such a mass. • requiem n. A piece of music composed to honor a dead person. |
| SUBITEM | • subitem n. An item that is subordinated to another item. • SUBITEM n. an item that forms a subdivision of a larger topic. |
| THEOREM | • theorem n. (Mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems… • theorem n. (Mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true. • theorem n. (Logic) A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system. |