| ADERMINS | • ADERMIN n. a former name of pyridoxine, a member of the vitamin B complex. |
| ALDERMAN | • alderman n. A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town. • alderman n. (UK, historical, obsolete slang) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence. • alderman n. A long pipe for smoking. |
| ALDERMEN | • aldermen n. Plural of alderman. • ALDERMAN n. a member of a municipal legislative body. |
| DERMATIC | • dermatic adj. (Dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic. • dermatic n. A remedy for diseases of the skin. • DERMATIC adj. relating to the derm or skin, also DERMAL, DERMIC. |
| DERMISES | • dermises n. Plural of dermis. • DERMIS n. (Greek) the true skin, below the outer layer, also DERM, DERMA. |
| DERMOIDS | • dermoids n. Plural of dermoid. • DERMOID n. a cyst or similar cell structure to that of the skin. |
| ECTODERM | • ectoderm n. (Biology) Outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development… • ECTODERM n. the external layer of an embryo, also EXODERM. |
| ENDERMIC | • endermic adj. (Medicine) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin. • ENDERMIC adj. acting by absorption through the skin. |
| ENDODERM | • endoderm n. One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce… • ENDODERM n. the innermost layer of embryo, also ENTODERM. |
| ENTODERM | • entoderm n. (Biology) Alternative form of endoderm. • ENTODERM n. the innermost layer of embryo, also ENDODERM. |
| EPIDERMS | • epiderms n. Plural of epiderm. • EPIDERM n. the outermost layer of the skin, also EPIDERMIS. |
| EXODERMS | • exoderms n. Plural of exoderm. • EXODERM n. the external layer of an embryo, also ECTODERM, EPIBLAST. |
| HYPODERM | • hypoderm n. Alternative form of hypodermis. • HYPODERM n. the tissue next under the epidermis, also HYPODERMIS. |
| MESODERM | • mesoderm n. (Embryology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through embryonic development… • MESODERM n. the middle germ layer of an embryo. |
| PERIDERM | • periderm n. (Botany) The outer layer of plant tissue comprising the phellem, phellogen and the phelloderm. • periderm n. (Zoology) The perisarc; the hard outer layer of hydroids and other marine animals. • PERIDERM n. an outer layer of plant tissue. |
| PYODERMA | • pyoderma n. (Medicine) An infection of the skin by pyogenic bacteria. • PYODERMA n. a pus-causing skin disease. |
| UNDERMAN | • underman n. A man who is subordinate to, inferior to, or in some way disadvantageously placed with respect to others. • underman n. A member of an acrobatic team who supports the others in his act. • underman v. To fail to provide with enough workers or crew. |
| UNDERMEN | • undermen n. Plural of underman. • UNDERMAN n. an inferior man. |