ANTISPASMODICS | • antispasmodics n. Plural of antispasmodic. • ANTISPASMODIC n. an agent capable of preventing or relieving spasms or convulsions. |
COMPASSIONATED | • compassionated v. Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate. • COMPASSIONATE v. to show compassion. |
DECOMPOSITIONS | • decompositions n. Plural of decomposition. • DECOMPOSITION n. the breakdown of dead organic material by detritivores or saprophytes. |
DEPRESSOMOTORS | • depressomotors n. Plural of depressomotor. • DEPRESSOMOTOR n. a drug with the effect of retarding motor activity. |
DIAGEOTROPISMS | • DIAGEOTROPISM n. the tendency of roots to orient perpendicular to gravity. |
DIPLOSTEMONOUS | • diplostemonous adj. (Botany) Having twice as many stamens as petals in two whorls, the inner aligned with the petals. • diplostemonous adj. (Botany, uncommon) Having twice as many stamens as petals. • DIPLOSTEMONOUS adj. having two whorls of stamens, the outer alternating with the petals, the inner with the outer. |
DISEMPLOYMENTS | • DISEMPLOYMENT n. the act of disemploying. |
ENDOPARASITISM | • endoparasitism n. Behaviour of endoparasites. • ENDOPARASITISM n. the state of being an endoparasite, a parasite that lives inside an animal. |
MISDESCRIPTION | • misdescription n. An inaccurate description, often fraudulent. • MISDESCRIPTION n. the act of misdescribing. |
MODERATORSHIPS | • moderatorships n. Plural of moderatorship. • MODERATORSHIP n. the office of moderator. |
POLYDACTYLISMS | • polydactylisms n. Plural of polydactylism. • POLYDACTYLISM n. the state of being polydactyl, having more than the normal number of fingers. |
POSTMODERNISMS | • postmodernisms n. Plural of postmodernism. • POSTMODERNISM n. a movement succeeding modernism. |
POSTMODERNISTS | • postmodernists n. Plural of postmodernist. • POSTMODERNIST n. a follower of postmodernism. |
PSEUDONYMITIES | • pseudonymities n. Plural of pseudonymity. • PSEUDONYMITY n. the state of being pseudonymous. |
PSEUDOSYMMETRY | • pseudosymmetry n. Apparent symmetry of a crystal due to twinning. • PSEUDOSYMMETRY n. a deceptively close approach by a crystal to a higher degree of symmetry. |
SPLENECTOMISED | • splenectomised v. Simple past tense and past participle of splenectomise. • splenectomised v. Alternative form of splenectomized. • SPLENECTOMISE v. to remove the spleen, also SPLENECTOMIZE. |
STAPEDECTOMIES | • stapedectomies n. Plural of stapedectomy. • STAPEDECTOMY n. the removal of the stapes and insertion of an artificial replacement to relieve deafness. |
SUPERDIPLOMATS | • superdiplomats n. Plural of superdiplomat. • SUPERDIPLOMAT n. an exceptional diplomat. |
SUPERDOMINANTS | • superdominants n. Plural of superdominant. • SUPERDOMINANT n. the submediant or 6th tone of the diatonic scale. |