ALDERMANSHIP | • aldermanship n. The condition, position, or office of an alderman. • ALDERMANSHIP n. the office of alderman. |
AMPHIDENTATE | • AMPHIDENTATE adj. of a ligand, able to coordinate through either of two different atoms, also AMBIDENTATE. |
COMPAGINATED | • compaginated v. Simple past tense and past participle of compaginate. • COMPAGINATE v. to join; to connect. |
DEEPWATERMAN | • DEEPWATERMAN n. a seagoing ship. |
DEPARTMENTAL | • departmental adj. Of or pertaining to a department. • DEPARTMENTAL adj. relating to a department. |
DERMAPLANING | • dermaplaning n. The exfoliation of the skin by means of a scalpel. • DERMAPLANING n. a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance. |
DERMAPTERANS | • dermapterans n. Plural of dermapteran. • DERMAPTERAN n. any insect of the order Dermaptera, the earwigs. |
EMPARADISING | • emparadising v. Present participle of emparadise. • EMPARADISE v. (Milton) to put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy. |
MADREPORIANS | • madreporians n. Plural of madreporian. • MADREPORIAN n. a coral, a madrepore. |
MANSPREADERS | • manspreaders n. Plural of manspreader. |
MANSPREADING | • manspreading n. (Informal, derogatory) The practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport… • manspreading v. Present participle of manspread. • MANSPREADING n. the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him. |
PALUDAMENTUM | • paludamentum n. (Historical, Ancient Rome) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers. • PALUDAMENTUM n. a Roman general's or high military officer's cloak, also PALUDAMENT. |
PANDAEMONIUM | • pandaemonium n. Alternative spelling of pandemonium. • pandæmonium n. (Archaic) Alternative form of pandemonium. • Pandæmonium prop.n. The high capital of Hell in John Milton’s Paradise Lost. |
PANDEMONIANS | • PANDEMONIAN n. a noisy and disorderly person. |
PTERIDOMANIA | • pteridomania n. A craze, in 19th-century England, for collecting ferns and for using images of ferns in the decorative arts. • PTERIDOMANIA n. a passion for ferns. |
SUPRAMUNDANE | • supramundane adj. Above or beyond the mundane. • SUPRAMUNDANE adj. above or beyond this world. |