| ALLOMERISM | • allomerism n. (Chemistry) Variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form. • ALLOMERISM n. similarity of crystalline structure in substances of different chemical composition. |
| ANTIMERISM | • antimerism n. (Biology) The division of the body into antimeres. • ANTIMERISM n. the state of having antimeres. |
| BOOSTERISM | • boosterism n. (US) Promotion of a city, organisation, etc. in order to improve public opinion. • BOOSTERISM n. the practice of boosting or promoting a product or idea. |
| BOWDLERISM | • bowdlerism n. A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent. • BOWDLERISM n. the censoring of a literary text. |
| CHIMAERISM | • chimaerism n. Alternative spelling of chimerism. • CHIMAERISM n. the state of being or creating a genetic chimaera, also CHIMERISM. |
| COTTIERISM | • cottierism n. The cotter system of land tenure. • COTTIERISM n. the cottier system of land tenure. |
| EUHEMERISM | • euhemerism n. (Uncountable) The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical… • EUHEMERISM n. the interpretation of myths as traditional accounts of historical persons and events. |
| GRANGERISM | • Grangerism n. (Dated) The practice of illustrating a book with engravings collected from other books. • GRANGERISM n. the practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books. |
| HEXAMERISM | • hexamerism n. Six-part radial symmetry. • HEXAMERISM n. the state of being hexamerous. |
| HIPSTERISM | • hipsterism n. Hipness. • hipsterism n. Something typical of a hipster. • HIPSTERISM n. the state of being a hipster, a person who knows and appreciates up-to-date jazz. |
| MESOMERISM | • mesomerism n. (Chemistry) The property of some molecules of having a structure that cannot be represented by a single… • MESOMERISM n. in chemistry, resonance, a type of tautomerism. |
| METAMERISM | • metamerism n. (Biology) The segmentation of the body into similar discrete units. • metamerism n. (Psychology) The matching of a perceived attribute between objects with differing physical attributes. • metamerism n. (Chemistry) Structural isomerism. |
| 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. |
| SPOONERISM | • spoonerism n. A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the… • SPOONERISM n. a transposition of initial sounds of spoken words, e.g. 'shoving leopard' for 'loving shepherd'. |