ALARMISMS | • alarmisms n. Plural of alarmism. • ALARMISM n. the practice of alarming others needlessly. |
COMMISSAR | • commissar n. (Historical) An official of the Communist Party, often attached to a military unit, who was responsible… • commissar n. (Historical, Soviet Union) In the early Soviet Union, the head of a commissariat. • commissar n. (Colloquial) A political functionary whose job is to push the party or government line. Often used semi-humourously. |
MACARISMS | • macarisms n. Plural of macarism. • MACARISM n. a beatitude. |
MARMOSETS | • marmosets n. Plural of marmoset. • MARMOSET n. a kind of small monkey. |
MASSYMORE | • massymore n. (Scotland, archaic) The dungeon of a castle. • MASSYMORE n. (Scott) a subterranean prison, also MATTAMORE. |
MASURIUMS | • MASURIUM n. a name proposed for element number 43, now called technetium. |
MISFRAMES | • misframes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misframe. • MISFRAME v. to frame badly. |
MORALISMS | • moralisms n. Plural of moralism. • MORALISM n. the practice of moralizing. |
RACEMISMS | • RACEMISM n. the quality of being racemic. |
SAMARIUMS | • SAMARIUM n. a metallic element. |
SMARMIEST | • smarmiest adj. Superlative form of smarmy: most smarmy. • SMARMY adj. oily, ingratiating, also SMALMY. |
STRAMMELS | • strammels n. Plural of strammel. • STRAMMEL n. (obsolete) a straw; hence, hair, also STRUMMEL. |
SUMMARIES | • summaries n. Plural of summary. • SUMMARY n. a condensation of the substance of a larger work. |
SUMMARISE | • summarise v. (British spelling) Alternative form of summarize. • SUMMARISE v. to make a summary of, also SUMMARIZE. |
SUMMARIST | • summarist n. One who summarizes. • SUMMARIST n. one who summarized. |