| ASEMANTIC | • asemantic adj. Not semantic; not conveying or involving meaning. • ASEMANTIC adj. not semantic. |
| BAISEMAIN | • BAISEMAIN n. (French) a kiss on the hand. |
| CASEMAKER | • casemaker n. One who manufactures cases. • CASEMAKER n. a person who makes covers for books. |
| CASEMATED | • casemated adj. Furnished with, protected by, or built like a casemate. • CASEMATED adj. furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate. |
| CASEMATES | • casemates n. Plural of casemate. • CASEMATE n. a bombproof chamber or armoured compartment. |
| EMPHYSEMA | • emphysema n. (Pathology) An abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in tissues, most commonly the lungs. • emphysema n. (Medicine) Pulmonary emphysema, a chronic lung disease, one type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. • EMPHYSEMA n. a swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. |
| EXCISEMAN | • exciseman n. An officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws. • EXCISEMAN n. an officer charged with collecting excise duty. |
| HOUSEMAID | • housemaid n. A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid. • housemaid n. (Derogatory) A housewife. • housemaid v. To be a housemaid. |
| HOUSEMATE | • housemate n. Someone living in the same house. • HOUSEMATE n. one who dwells in the same house with another. |
| MOUSEMATS | • mousemats n. Plural of mousemat. • mouse␣mats n. Plural of mouse mat. • MOUSEMAT n. a piece of material on which a computer mouse is moved, also MOUSEPAD. |
| NURSEMAID | • nursemaid n. A woman or girl employed to care for children. • nursemaid v. To tend to as a nursemaid. • nursemaid v. (Colloquial) To care for or look after. |
| PHRASEMAN | • phraseman n. A phrasemonger. • PHRASEMAN n. a user or maker of fine phrases. |
| PLEASEMAN | • pleaseman n. (Obsolete) An officious fellow; a pickthank. • PLEASEMAN n. (Shakespeare) an officious fellow; a pickthank. |
| SEMAINIER | • semainier n. A tall, narrow chest of drawers, typically with seven drawers, as for storing a week’s supply of lingerie… • SEMAINIER n. (French) a chest of drawers. |
| SEMANTEME | • semanteme n. (Linguistics) an indivisible unit of meaning. • SEMANTEME n. an irreducible linguistic unit of meaning. |
| SEMANTICS | • semantics n. (Linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words. • semantics n. The study of the relationship between words and their meanings. • semantics n. The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage. |
| SEMANTIDE | • semantide n. (Biology) A macromolecule common to all cells, used in phylogeny because they change slowly over time. • SEMANTIDE n. a molecule carrying information, e.g. in a gene or messenger RNA. |
| SEMANTRON | • semantron n. A percussion instrument used chiefly in Eastern Orthodox monasteries to summon the brethren to prayer… • SEMANTRON n. (Greek) a wooden or metal bar struck with a mallet, used instead of a bell in Orthodox churches. |
| SEMAPHORE | • semaphore n. Any equipment used for visual signalling by means of flags, lights, or mechanically moving arms, which… • semaphore n. (Figurative) A visual system for transmitting information using the above equipment; especially, by… • semaphore n. (Computing) A bit, token, fragment of code, or some other mechanism which is used to restrict access… |