| BACKGAMMONS | • backgammons v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon. • backgammons n. Plural of backgammon. • BACKGAMMON v. to defeat at the game of backgammon. |
| BICAMERALISM | • bicameralism n. (Government) The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers… • bicameralism n. (Psychology) Ambiguous misnomer for Julian Jaynes’s theory of bicamerality, probably never used by Jaynes… • BICAMERALISM n. the state of being bicameral, having two chambers. |
| BICAMERALISMS | • bicameralisms n. Plural of bicameralism. • BICAMERALISM n. the state of being bicameral, having two chambers. |
| BIOMATHEMATICS | • biomathematics n. (Biology, mathematics) The application of mathematics to the study of biological systems and processes. • BIOMATHEMATICS n. mathematics as applied to the biological sciences. |
| CHAMBERMAIDS | • chambermaids n. Plural of chambermaid. • CHAMBERMAID n. a maid who makes beds and does general cleaning of bedrooms (as in a hotel). |
| CIRCUMAMBAGES | • circumambages n. Instances of indirectness or deviousness in speaking or writing: circumlocutions. • CIRCUMAMBAGES n. roundabout methods of speech. |
| CIRCUMAMBAGIOUS | • circumambagious adj. Of or relating to circumambages; circumlocutionary. • CIRCUMAMBAGIOUS adj. roundabout in speech. |
| CIRCUMAMBULATES | • circumambulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumambulate. • CIRCUMAMBULATE v. to circle on foot esp. ritualistically. |
| COMMEASURABLE | • commeasurable adj. Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional. • COMMEASURABLE adj. able to be commeasured. |
| LAMBDACISM | • lambdacism n. (Phonology) A pronunciation shift whereby /l/ or other closely related phonemes are substituted for… • LAMBDACISM n. a fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously, also LABDACISM. |
| LAMBDACISMS | • lambdacisms n. Plural of lambdacism. • LAMBDACISM n. a fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously, also LABDACISM. |
| MACUMBAS | • macumbas n. Plural of macumba. • MACUMBA n. (Portuguese) a Black religious cult practised in Brazil, characterized by sorcery, ritual dancing, and the use of fetishes. |
| MEMBRANACEOUS | • membranaceous adj. Resembling or having properties of a membrane. • MEMBRANACEOUS adj. like a membrane, also MEMBRANEOUS, MEMBRANOUS. |
| SOMNAMBULANCE | • somnambulance n. (Rare) somnambulism. • SOMNAMBULANCE n. sleepwalking. |
| SOMNAMBULANCES | • SOMNAMBULANCE n. sleepwalking. |
| TIMBROMANIACS | • timbromaniacs n. Plural of timbromaniac. • TIMBROMANIAC n. an avid stamp collector. |