| DESMAN | • desman n. Either of two species, Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus, of aquatic or semi-aquatic insectivore… • DESMAN n. (Swedish) a Russian aquatic insectivore with long snout and musk glands. |
| DESMANS | • desmans n. Plural of desman. • DESMAN n. (Swedish) a Russian aquatic insectivore with long snout and musk glands. |
| BEDESMAN | • bedesman n. Obsolete form of beadsman. • BEDESMAN n. one who prays for another, also BEADMAN, BEADSMAN, BEDEMAN. |
| LODESMAN | • lodesman n. (Historical, nautical) A pilot; navigator. • LODESMAN n. a pilot. |
| SIDESMAN | • sidesman n. An assistant to a churchwarden, one of whose duties is to collect offerings during a service. • SIDESMAN n. a deputy churchwarden. |
| TIDESMAN | • tidesman n. A customhouse officer who goes on board a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter. • tidesman n. Synonym of tide waiter (“a person who watches public opinion before declaring their own”). • TIDESMAN n. a customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties. |
| BRIDESMAN | • bridesman n. A male friend or companion of the bridegroom, having various ceremonial duties at a wedding. • bridesman n. A male bridesmaid; a man who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the wedding party. • BRIDESMAN n. a male equivalent of a bridesmaid, also BRIDEMAN. |
| SPADESMAN | • spadesman n. A man who uses a spade or shovel. • SPADESMAN n. a worker with the spade. |
| TRADESMAN | • tradesman n. A skilled manual worker (implied male). • tradesman n. (Archaic) One who trades; a shopkeeper. • TRADESMAN n. one who makes a living from trade. |
| BRIDESMAID | • bridesmaid n. A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party. • bridesmaid n. (Sports, entertainment) A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first. • bridesmaid v. To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony. |
| BRIDESMAIDS | • bridesmaids n. Plural of bridesmaid. • bridesmaids v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bridesmaid. • bride's␣maids n. Plural of bride’s maid. |
| PLASMODESMA | • plasmodesma n. (Biology) A microscopic channel traversing the cell walls of plant cells and some algal cells, enabling… • PLASMODESMA n. a strand of living cytoplasm connecting two cells, also PLASMODESM. |
| PLASMODESMAS | • plasmodesmas n. Plural of plasmodesma. • PLASMODESMA n. a strand of living cytoplasm connecting two cells, also PLASMODESM. |
| PLASMODESMATA | • plasmodesmata n. Plural of plasmodesma. • PLASMODESMA n. a strand of living cytoplasm connecting two cells, also PLASMODESM. |
| TRADESMANLIKE | • tradesmanlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a tradesman. • TRADESMANLIKE adj. like a tradesman. |